1947-6-01 Spider Boy

Broadcast June 1st 1947 on Mutual at 5:00 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: Radio Treasures

Written by: Joe Bates Smith

Announcer: Don Hancock

Cast: Bret Morrison (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Grace Matthews (Margot Lane) Joseph Julian, Bernard Lenrow, Ed Lukins, Ethel Everett

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

This story is told through the viewpoint of a young introvert who actually believes he is a spider. After finding a young girl named Tina on the streets suffering from shock and apparent beatings, Lamont and Margot set out to find the source of her fears. A mentally ill young man named Eric hides in the attic of an old brownstone. Lamont and Margot become his next intended victims, having killed his large spider during their investigations. The Shadow has a talk with Tina’s father, forcing him to see her in the hospital. Margot finds herself trapped in Eric’s room, but The Shadow arrives to save the day. Believing he can make a spider web like his former pet, Eric attempts to flee out the window on a flimsy strand he wove and falls to his death.

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Note:

This script is the same as the November 11th 1945 broadcast with Lesley Woods as Margo Lane