1939-12-17 Murder Incorporated

Broadcast December 17th 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: Dead Men Tell

Written by: Brian J. Byrne

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Kenny Delmar, Alan Devitt, Arthur Vinton, Edmond McDonald

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Lamont and Margot go undercover as husband and wife to find proof against three men operating a murder-for-profit enterprise. A brilliant chemist named Pascell develops a deadly, untraceable chemical that kills anyone using matches previously dipped in the solution, and use it to light their cigar or cigarette. With Dr. Pascell’s associates posing as a lawyer and a mind reader, they target maladjusted people and suggest they increase the life insurance of loved ones before using the matches to bump them off. When a victim dies, the survivor pays a percentage to Pascell and his men. The crooks see through Margot’s ruse and attempt to eliminate her and Lamont. The Shadow phones the police to pick up the two henchmen. When the tables are turned and Pascell believes he will be apprehended, he lights a deadly cigarette and enjoys a smoke.

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