1952-8-24 The Case of the Vanishing Baseball Player

Broadcast August 24th 1952 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic and Wildroot Cream Shampoo

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: Judith and David Bublick

Announcer: Sandy Becker

Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Gertrude Warner (Margot Lane)

Music: Charles Paul

Synopsis:

Sensational baseball star Roy Collins has been kidnapped by Professor Nordin and his assistant Frank. Using a new anti-coagulant drug called Compound 23, Nordin intends to transplant the living brain of a Nobel Prize winner in physics and chemistry into a young, powerful body. Having succeeded in transplanting the brain and nervous system from one dog to another, the mad scientist believes he can do the same with humans. However, Frank picked dogs off the street instead of buying them as he was told, plaguing the police department with a number of “lost dog” phone calls and a tip that gives Lamont what he needs to start the investigation. Energetic reporter Russ Miller discovers the whereabouts of the ballplayer, but is shot before telling Lamont over the phone what he learned. With few clues at his disposal, The Shadow tracks down the location of the laboratory and, discouraging the mad scientist from beginning his transplants, tricks him into seeking the source of the unseen voice. Slipping on the floor, Professor Nordin falls onto the very instruments he was about to use, killing him.