1948-9-12 Murder at Dead Man's Inn

Broadcast September 12th 1948 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: Strange Puzzles

Written by: Peter Barry

Announcer: Andre Baruch

Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Amzie Strickland (Margot Lane) George Petrie (Dave Levett) Santos Ortega (Dunstead)

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Lamont answers a plea from friend Dave Levett to investigate the Darkcliff Inn, rumored to be haunted since three men were found brutally murdered fifteen years ago — by hanging, stabbing and a gun. A strange old man with the strength of a maniac eludes Margot and Lamont who find Levett trapped within a coffin in the wine cellar. In the attic, Margot finds a hidden compartment containing a treasure chest once owned by a privateering sea captain. Levett pulls a gun and explains to Margot that, aware of Lamont’s investigating skills, he called the sleuths in to help find the treasure. Dunstead, the murderous proprietor, killed two tramps who came upon the inn and snooped too closely. During the struggle for the treasure, Dunstead falls out the window to his death. The Shadow laughs after Levett opens the chest and discovers the treasure is nothing more than eighteenth century Scrip dollars issued by the pirate government of the buccaneer, the city of Gunsport in Tabago — worthless in today’s world.

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Note:

This episode would later be rewritten as “The Horror in the Night” broadcast on April 25th 1954.