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The Shadow

Heard
1929–1954
Episodes
487
Language
English

What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!

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This upload contains 239 episodes of the great old time radio drama, The Shadow. The show aired for 22 years, from 1932 to 1954, and followed the exploits of amateur detective Lamont Cranston and his companion Margo Lane. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove to young and old alike that crime does not pay! Over the 22 years, Cranston was portrayed by Frank Readick (although none of his 86 episodes appear to have survived), the legendary Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison. The lovely Margo Lane was portrayed the exceptional Agnes Moorehead, Marjorie Anderson, Lesley Woods and Grace Matthews. Unfortunately only about 1/3 of aired episodes appear to be currently circulating.

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Episodes, in broadcast order page 2 of 5

  1. Can the Dead Talk (Blue Coal)

    · No. 164 · 28 min

  2. Conversation With Death

    · No. 165 · 30 min

  3. Dead Men Talk

    · No. 166 · 26 min

  4. The Night Marauders

    · No. 167 · 25 min

  5. The Diamond Murders (Murder in the Ball Park)

    · No. 168 · 25 min

  6. Village of Doom

    · No. 169 · 25 min

  7. House of Fun

    · No. 170 · 25 min

  8. Phantom Fingerprints

    · No. 171 · 24 min

  9. Mansion of Madness

    · No. 172 · 24 min

  10. The Inventor of Death

    · No. 173 · 25 min

  11. The Shadow Returns

    · No. 174 · 25 min

  12. Sandhog Murders

    · No. 175 · 25 min

  13. Death Shows the Way

    · No. 176 · 24 min

  14. Flight of the Vulture

    · No. 177 · 25 min

  15. Murder Incorporated

    · No. 178 · 26 min

  16. The Stockings Were Hung

    · No. 179 · 26 min

  17. The Cat That Killed

    · No. 180 · 26 min

  18. Murder in the Death House

    · No. 181 · 24 min

  19. The Precipice Called Death

    · No. 183 · 25 min

  20. Return of Carnation Charlie, The

    · 23 min

  21. The Return of Carnation Charlie

    · No. 185 · 24 min

  22. Death is an Art

    · No. 186 · 24 min

  23. Death on the Bridge

    · No. 189 · 26 min

  24. The Laughing Corpse

    · No. 190 · 26 min

  25. Murderer's Vanity

    · No. 191 · 25 min

  26. Plot That Failed, The

    · 23 min

  27. The Plot That Failed

    · No. 192 · 30 min

  28. Death in a Minor Key

    · No. 195 · 27 min

  29. Ghost Town

    · 27 min

  30. Ghost Town

    · No. 196 · 28 min

  31. Isle Of The Living Dead, The

    · 25 min

  32. The Isle of the Living Dead

    · No. 197 · 30 min

  33. Oracle of Death, The

    · 25 min

  34. The Oracle of Death

    · No. 198 · 26 min

  35. Mark Of The Black Widow, The

    · 25 min

  36. The Mark of the Black Widow

    · No. 199 · 29 min

  37. The Creeper

    · No. 200 · 25 min

  38. Carnival of Death

    · No. 201 · 25 min

  39. The House of Horror

    · No. 202 · 24 min

  40. Green Man, The

    · 24 min

  41. The Green Man

    · No. 203 · 24 min

  42. Curse Of Shiva, The

    · 24 min

  43. The Curse of Shiva

    · No. 204 · 24 min

  44. Voice of Death, The

    · 24 min

  45. The Voice of Death

    · No. 205 · 23 min

  46. Killer's Rendezvous, The

    · 25 min

  47. The Killer's Rendezvous

    · 25 min · Not offered here: why

  48. The Killers Rendezvous

    · No. 206 · 25 min

  49. Joeys Christmas Story

    · 29 min

  50. Joey's Christmas Story

    · No. 207 · 31 min

  51. Ghost Of The Stair, The

    · 30 min

  52. The Ghost Of the Stair

    · 29 min · Not offered here: why

  53. The Ghost on the Stair

    · No. 208 · 30 min

  54. Leopard Strikes, The

    · 30 min

  55. The Leopard Strikes

    · No. 209 · 30 min

  56. The Ghost Building

    · No. 210 · 30 min

  57. The Shadow Challenged

    · No. 211 · 30 min

  58. The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie

    · No. 212 · 30 min

  59. Nightmare At Gaelsbury

    · 24 min · Not offered here: why

  60. Nightmare at Gaelsberry

    · No. 213 · 29 min

  61. Man Who Lived Twice, The

    · 25 min

  62. The Man Who Lived Twice

    · No. 214 · 25 min

  63. The Phantom Voyage

    · No. 215 · 24 min

  64. Chess Club Murders

    · No. 216 · 29 min

  65. Death Rides a Broomstick

    · No. 217 · 29 min

  66. Murder Underground (03-09-4.mp

    · 26 min

  67. The Murder Underground

    · No. 218 · 25 min

  68. The Ghost Walks Again

    · No. 219 · 25 min

  69. Death Prowls at Night

    · No. 220 · 25 min

  70. Voodoo

    · No. 221 · 30 min

  71. MurderFromTheGrave

    · 26 min

  72. Murder from the Grave

    · No. 222 · 26 min

  73. Death on the Rails

    · No. 223 · 29 min

  74. Dragon's Tongue Murders

    · No. 227 · 30 min

  75. Hoodoo Ship, The

    · 29 min

  76. The Hoodoo Ship

    · No. 228 · 30 min

  77. The Devil's Hour

    · No. 229 · 30 min

  78. Organ Played at Midnight, The

    · 30 min

  79. The Organ Played at Midnight

    · No. 231 · 30 min

  80. The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen

    · No. 232 · 29 min

  81. The Ring of Light

    · No. 233 · 29 min

  82. The Curse of Baldring Heights (Recreation 5-20-2017)

    · 34 min · Not offered here: why

  83. Death Imported

    · No. 237 · 30 min

  84. Death Pulls the Strings

    · No. 239 · 30 min

  85. The Drums of Doom

    · No. 240 · 30 min

  86. The Thing in the Swamp

    · No. 241 · 29 min

  87. Dead Man's Revenge

    · No. 242 · 30 min

  88. The Return of Anatole Chevanic

    · No. 243 · 30 min

  89. Death Speaks Twice

    · No. 245 · 29 min

  90. Death Gives an Encore

    · No. 246 · 29 min

  91. Dead Men Tell

    · No. 247 · 30 min

  92. Altar of Death

    · No. 249 · 30 min

  93. e634ff49da80ba

    · 24 min

  94. The Terror of Madman's Deep

    · 57 min

  95. The Mystery of Madman's Deep

    · 26 min · Not offered here: why

  96. The Mystery of Madman's Deep

    · No. 255 · 26 min

  97. Death Keeps a Deadline

    · No. 256 · 30 min

  98. The Wailing Corpse

    · No. 257 · 29 min

  99. mp

    · 29 min

  100. The Lady In Black

    · No. 259 · 28 min

Where it comes from 30

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. The Shadow - 239 Episodes of the Old Time Radio Drama

    Old Time Radio · 239 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  2. The Shadow Radio Show 1937-1954 Old Time Radio (All Available Episodes)

    Old Time Radio · AcousticMonster · 27 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  3. The Shadow OTR

    Old Time Radio · 56 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  4. The Shadow

    Old Time Radio · John Rivera · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  5. The Shadow

    Old Time Radio · Robert Farrell · 37 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  6. The Shadow 38 05 29 The Creeper

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  7. The Shadow 38 06 05 Tenor With A Broken Voice

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  8. The Shadow 38 06 12 Death From The Deep

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  9. The Shadow 1941-11-09 The Organ Played at Midnight

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  10. The Shadow 1938-02-06 The Phantom Voice

    Old Time Radio · 2 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  11. The Shadow 1940-10-06 Ghost Town

    Old Time Radio · 2 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  12. The Shadow 1939-11-26 The Sandhog Murders

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  13. The Shadow 1938-10-16 Night Without End

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  14. The Shadow 1937-10-31 The Three Ghosts

    Old Time Radio · 5 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  15. The Shadow 1938-03-13 The Silent Avenger

    Old Time Radio · 5 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  16. The Shadow 1938-01-23 The Society of the Living Dead

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  17. The Shadow 1946-03-31 Mind Over Murder

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  18. The Shadow 1938-09-25 Traffic in Death

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  19. The Shadow 1938-05-22 The Message from the Hills

    Old Time Radio · 5 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  20. The Shadow 1939-11-05 Mansion of Madness

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  21. The Shadow 1941-10-19 The Hoodoo Ship

    Old Time Radio · 6 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  22. The Shadow 1937-11-28 Circle of Death

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  23. The Shadow 1938-05-08 Aboard the Steamship Amazon

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  24. The Shadow 1940-12-08 The Voice of Death

    Old Time Radio · 2 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  25. The Shadow 1939-03-19 Can the Dead Talk

    Old Time Radio · 2 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  26. The Shadow 1938-03-06 The Bride of Death

    Old Time Radio · 5 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  27. The Shadow 1940-09-29 Death in a Minor Key

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  28. The Shadow 1938-01-16 Sabotage

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  29. The Shadow 1938-06-19 The Tomb of Terror

    Old Time Radio · 4 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  30. The Shadow 1947-05-11 The Shadow's Revenge

    Old Time Radio · 6 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

83 more sets hold only episodes played here from a set above.

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

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