1947-11-30 Murder and the Medium

Broadcast November 30th, 1947 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal"

This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Dead Men Tell

Written by: Peter Barry

Announcer: Andre Baruch

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

A hoodlum named Frankie Harmon was safely kept under lock and key for the murder of millionaire art dealer Percy Bainbridge until the night he escaped state prison to exact revenge on those responsible for his incarceration. Frankie seeks out Celia Bainbridge, the woman he loves, only to find himself arrested by Commissioner Weston thanks to a tip-off from Rudolph Gamion, a phony medium. Celia is a client of Gamion and the medium attempted to sell her out for the reward money. Frankie escapes from the police, murders Gamion and wounds Gamion’s wife. As Lamont investigates, he discovers Frankie was in the company of Celia since escaping Weston’s custody. Margot arranges a séance of her own at Gamion’s place, inviting all the suspects and Commissioner Weston. As The Shadow, Lamont proves that Celia’s brother Henry was the real killer — including the murder of his brother, Percy, for the inheritance — and that he pinned the crime on Harmon.

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Note:

This episode was performed again under the title “Murder and the Ghost of Vengeance” broadcast November 1st 1953. The difference between versions is the 1953 version was told in flashback as Lamont and Margot sit before an open fire in a hunting lodge in the mountains.