1939-2-26 Horror in Wax

Broadcast February 26th 1939 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: Knight of Darkness

Written by:

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Agnes Moorehead (Margot Lane)

Music: Rosa Rio or Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Commissioner Weston and Cardona have a laugh at The Shadow’s expense when they give him a tip to investigate the ‘murder’ of a wax body found in an apartment. What they don’t know is that their wild goose chase turns out to be a real murder. French scientist Dr. Ferneaux has invented a chemical which, when injected, causes victims to have a wax-like appearance and holds their organs in suspended animation. Having been laughed out of the scientific community, Ferneaux now operates the Cosmos Wax Figure Company, a front for a crooked smuggling ring where his patients pay him 25 percent of their earnings for five years as payment for entering the United States illegally. Profiting from the scheme, he has worked in secret without the law’s knowledge — except when the reversal process fails and his men have to dispose of a waxen body. When Margot is apprehended outside the factory, Ferneaux intends to silence her with the serum until The Shadow takes matters into his own hands. Having witnessed his gunmen disarmed and knocked out, Ferneaux injects himself with a super concentrated dose and, before turning to wax, destroys the restorative.

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