1944-9-24 The Ebony Goddess

Broadcast September 24th 1944 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 is a lost episode and no recreation of it has yet been made. If you have a copy of the script please let me know.

Written by: Max Ehrlich

Announcer: Don Hancock

Cast: John Archer (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane)

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Days after Carl Van Vooten, a famous collector of rare relics, returns from a trip with new items, his body is found. Soon after, his collection is put up for auction, and Margot Lane becomes the proud new owner of the ebony figure known as the Goddess of Kala. Shrouded by superstition and mystery, the item originated from the blackest jungles of the Belgian Congo. Murderer Martin Hamilton visits Margot in an attempt to buy the figure at a price four times more than she paid, but he fails. After the body of Paul Gabriel, a special agent for the Belgian Congo colonial government, is found dead in an alley outside Margot’s apartment, Commissioner Weston and Lamont begin to dig into the facts. The solution involves a clever smuggling trick planned by Hamilton. A large amount of radium worth half a million dollars was smuggled into the U.S. inside the ebony figure and it was Hamilton who shot the special agent.As Hamilton threatens to scar Margot with his burning cigarette, The Shadow arrives to reveal the solution and ensure no one escapes the room surrounded by the police outside.

Note:

The script for this episode was published in Sanctum Reprint #123 The Voice & Alibi Trail

This episode would later be rewritten as “Auction of Death” broadcast on May 31st 1953.