1939-2-05 The Ghost of Captain Bayloe

Broadcast February 5th 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: Unearthly Specters*

Written by: Frederic Dannay and/or Manfred B. Lee

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Agnes Moorehead (Margot Lane) Kenny Delmar, Alan Reed, Dwight Weist, Everett Sloane, Ted de Corsia, Thomas Coffin Cooke

Music: Rosa Rio or Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Investigating the mysterious ship wrecks attributed to the ghost of Captain Bayloe, an old sea dog who was thrown overboard a hundred years ago and lost a cargo of silver and his dear wife, Lamont and Margot set a course on his private yacht for Bayloe Island. When the engines smoke and the crew panics, the two set sail to the island and discover the survivors of previous wrecks being held captive — prisoners in an underground dungeon. Yandi and his men operate a heat ray that causes ships to wreck on the north end of the island. The survivors are made prisoners to mine the mineral wealth of the island. After liberating the prisoners, The Shadow smashes the tubes on the heat ray. Back on board the yacht, Lamont and Margot offer food to the survivors and Lamont explains to Margot that before they left Bayloe Island, the prisoners overpowered Yandi, locking him and his confederates in their own dungeons to suffer the terrible fate they designed for others.

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