1946-11-10 The Corpse Without a Skin

Broadcast November 10th 1946 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal" and syndicated for the summer by Goodrich Tires

This is a lost episode and no recreation of it has yet been made. If you have a copy of the script please let me know.

Written by: Gibson Scott Fox

Announcer: Don Hancock

Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Grace Matthews (Margot Lane)

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

After receiving a bloodstained book bound in leather made from human skin, Lamont Cranston finds himself swept up in a whirlwind of strange events climaxed by the almost simultaneous stabbing of three men — one of whom is Shreve, the cab driver.A corpse found in an alley has had its skin removed, and Commissioner Weston says a number of bodies have been found recently in the same condition. After The Shadow questions a fence named Lazarus and an antique dealer named Benda, Lamont discovers who is responsible for the stabbings and murders. Mr. Pennypacker, Lazarus’ secretary, has found it profitable to sell books bound in leather made from human skin. After all, the Borgias had entire libraries bound with it. Margot stumbles on liming vats and tan-pits containing the human skin, but is saved from a similar fate when The Shadow arrives. Attempting to throw himself in a lime pit to avoid the law, Pennypacker discovers an invisible man is holding him back for the police.