1953-1-18 The Man Who Died Four Times

Broadcast January 18th 1953 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic and Sylvania Television

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: J.G. Leighton (a pseudonym of John Cole)

Announcer: Sandy Becker

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

Music: Charles Paul

Synopsis:

Five years ago, five men were brutally murdered in a vendetta gang war. Now, in Havana, Cuba, Lamont and Margot follow a trail of execution-style murders after they learn that Frank Caprino, the man accused of committing the murders, was released from prison. Police were only able to convict him on income tax evasion. Caprino intends to start up in business again using the best driver, roughest bodyguard and smartest all-around assistant in the business. After Mama Rosa, a slightly mad crone, puts a curse on the gangster and predicts four executions, each of Caprino’s men die — by hanging, electrocution and gas. Tracking down Mama Rosa to keep from becoming the final victim of the curse, Caprino faces The Shadow, who followed the trail of murders to Mama Rosa. Her young son was one of the five men killed five years ago. Unable to combat the invisible force, Caprino becomes a victim of the gunfire from the police who surround the shack where he attempts to flee.