1940-11-03 The Creeper (Lumber Camp)

Broadcast November 3rd 1940 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: Hearts of Evil*

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Ken Roberts

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

A series of accidents at a lumber camp has caused the death of five men in one week. Local superstition about Mitchagima frightens the workers, who believe “The Creeper” is responsible for the deaths. Vacationing in the backwoods, Lamont and Margot stumble on to the scene, and as The Shadow, Lamont discovers why the deaths are occurring and who is responsible. Frank Barton, a former employee for MacCraig and Dermott, was crippled for life when a tree fell on him and was left for dead. A huge grizzly bear pushed the tree off Barton, and using the bear as an instrument of evil, Barton used the name of “The Creeper” to exact revenge against the men who did him wrong. The Creeper succeeds in letting the bear kill Dermott and MacCraig. Before he can kill The Shadow, a lantern is knocked over and the shack is set ablaze, killing Barton.

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Note:

An episode with the same title was broadcast on May 29th 1938,

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