1941-3-23 Death Prowls at Night

Broadcast March 23rd 1941 on Mutual at 5:30 p.m. EST sponsored by D.L. & W. Coal Company "Blue Coal" and syndicated for the summer by Goodrich Tires

This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Bitter Fruit*

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane)

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

High in the snow covered Adirondack Mountains, locals talk of a werewolf responsible for a number of brutal killings. There on a skiing vacation, Lamont and Margot find terror beyond their imaginations when Dr. Vandaine uses his hypnotic abilities to retain a hold on Margot in the vein of Svengali. After a search across the countryside for Margot, Lamont finally finds her at Vandaine’s sanitarium and is forced to become The Shadow to break the hold the mad doctor has over her. The Shadow blames the recent murders on Vandaine, who takes on the guise of a werewolf to indulge in nocturnal prowling. After freeing Margot from the criminal’s grasp, Vandaine makes a break for it but before The Shadow can give chase, gunshots end the criminal’s activities. An officer of the law claimed he shot a huge grey wolf — the same one witnessed at the scene of the crimes. With Vandaine’s vague past exposed, Lamont is fairly certain that Vandaine has met justice by silver bullets…

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*This episode is also available on The Murray Hill Anthology of The Shadow