This is a truly lost episode! The Shadow was not broadcast on April 15, due to news coverage of the recent death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Virtually all programs originally scheduled this weekend on the major networks were preempted, this script is not known to have been recorded for syndication broadcast.
2 recreations have been posted to Youtube in 2019 & 2020
Written by: Bob Shaw
Announcer: Don Hancock
Cast: John Archer (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Judith Allen (Margot Lane)
Music: Elsie Thompson
Synopsis:
The body of wealthy Mathilda Redfield is fished out of the river early one morning and Lamont investigates after learning that the late woman’s niece, Muriel, suspects foul play. The prime suspect is Private Dan Burke, who had threatened the old lady if she chose to continue attempting to break up his secret marriage to Muriel. After Dan escapes police custody and Muriel mysteriously vanishes, Lamont digs into the facts of the case and learns the identity of the guilty culprits. Mrs. Haverson, a resident at the hotel, cheated at cards to put Mathilda in debt, requiring her to sell an expensive bracelet. When Mathilda discovered that Haverson was cheating, Mathilda was bumped off and the bracelet was stolen. Attempting to dispose of Muriel the same way because the young girl has figured out the truth, Haverson and her accomplice, Mr. Reed of the hotel switchboard, find their efforts thwarted when The Shadow steals her gun and puts it in the hands of Muriel, who forces the criminals into the custody of Commissioner Weston and his men.
Read the script for this episode
Listen to the Recreation by The Shadow Recreation Series 12-31-2019
Listen to the Recreation by The Ouray County Players 6-16-2020
Cast: John Archer (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Judith Allen (Margot Lane)
Synopsis:
The body of wealthy Mathilda Redfield is fished out of the river early one morning and Lamont investigates after learning that the late woman’s niece, Muriel, suspects foul play. The prime suspect is Private Dan Burke, who had threatened the old lady if she chose to continue attempting to break up his secret marriage to Muriel. After Dan escapes police custody and Muriel mysteriously vanishes, Lamont digs into the facts of the case and learns the identity of the guilty culprits. Mrs. Haverson, a resident at the hotel, cheated at cards to put Mathilda in debt, requiring her to sell an expensive bracelet. When Mathilda discovered that Haverson was cheating, Mathilda was bumped off and the bracelet was stolen. Attempting to dispose of Muriel the same way because the young girl has figured out the truth, Haverson and her accomplice, Mr. Reed of the hotel switchboard, find their efforts thwarted when The Shadow steals her gun and puts it in the hands of Muriel, who forces the criminals into the custody of Commissioner Weston and his men.
Read the script for this episode
Listen to the Recreation by The Shadow Recreation Series 12-31-2019
Listen to the Recreation by The Ouray County Players 6-16-2020
Note:
The script for this episode was published in Sanctum Reprints #36 River of Death & Crime Rides the Sea
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