Broadcast January 25th 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: Judith and David Bublick
Announcer: Sandy Becker
Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Gertrude Warner (Margot Lane)
Music: Charles Paul
Synopsis:
A great mass of living tissue has been created by Professor Ernst Haller, eccentric biochemist, in a house which lies hidden behind enormous poplar trees on the outskirts of town. Searching for the origin of a weird purple glow left behind on what remains of a cow and a research scientist, Lamont and Margot trace the source to Haller’s cottage. Upon discovering that Haller created a new life form that absorbs food through osmosis and that the scientist plans to use this creature as the first stage of building a vast army of ungodly monsters to take over the world, Lamont sets out as The Shadow to put a stop to the madman’s dream. The dead research scientist was a rival who attempted to expose Haller, only to become a victim before he could alert the authorities. Snooping too close to the truth, Margot almost becomes the madman’s next victim until The Shadow arrives to lock the creature in a cage and ensure Haller spends his remaining years in an institution. As for the creature, it is buried in a lead casket twenty feet in the ground.
Note:
An episode with this same title was broadcast on February 8th 1948.
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