1950-5-21 Murder by Scandal

Broadcast May 21st 1950 on Mutual at 5:00 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal" and Grove Laboratories (Fitch Dandruff Remover 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: Frank Kane

Announcer: Andre Baruch

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Lamont and Margot assist Johnny Ferris, a reporter for the local newspaper, in an effort to expose a blackmail racket involving phony narcotics charges that cost the life of Diane, a young woman whose father is a wealthy socialite. When Diane is murdered, the crooks turn to her father in an effort to extort money but then murder the old man in cold blood. The two suspects are Viano, a nightclub owner who frames the victims, and his silent partner, Wellington Vaughn, the society columnist who works for the newspaper and uses his influence to assist the racket. When Lamont discovers that Ferris is really Wellington Vaughn, the merciless leader of the well-organized gang, he uses his hypnotic power to become invisible and expose the clever criminals. Attempting to escape, Ferris discovers all the exits are blocked by police and is killed in an exchange of gunfire.

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