This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Unearthly Specters
Written by: Jerry Devine
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Alice Frost (doubles), Kenny Delmar (doubles), Arthur Vinton, Everett Sloane, Paul Huber
Synopsis:
The owners of a small hotel in the middle of the country are having a devil of a time retaining customers. It seems the lovesick ghost of Becky Branch from the Civil War plays music in the middle of the night, and a series of bloody murders have occurred. Both Mr. Simeon and hotel owner Roger Miller die from stab wounds to their chests. Lamont and Margot investigate and discover a secret door with an old bayonet attached to a spring that is released when the door is opened. It was placed there years ago to prevent the escape of soldiers, and thus the cause of two murders. As for the music that continues to lure men to the secret door, The Shadow investigates down the passageway to find Becky Branch still waiting for her love and playing the music that she hopes will bring him back to her. Before The Shadow can help the old woman, she dies of a broken heart and old age — closing the door to the mystery of the ghost on the stair.
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