1944-12-10 The Immortal Murderer

Broadcast December 10th 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, a recreation was posted on YouTube in 2016

Written by: Alfred Bester

Announcer: Don Hancock

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

A Neanderthal exhibit comes to life in the city museum, striking down a guide. Adam Cain quickly changes clothes from the museum costume to 20th century apparel and starts a series of crimes across the city, attracting the attention of Lamont Cranston. In private, the two face one another. Cain knows Cranston’s secret identity. He claims to have been struck down by radioactive gasses from a meteor centuries ago, rendering him immortal. Believing he can die only by beheading or a shot to the heart, Cain asks Lamont to join him in conquering the world and growing in power, but quickly discovers the playboy will not oblige. Seeing no other solution, Lamont tricks Cain during the Neanderthal’s latest theft, locking them both in an airtight bank vault. Without air, both will die. However, fearing for Lamont’s life, Margot arrives and attempts to shoot Cain dead. During the struggle with the gun, the bullet pierces Cain’s heart, ending his millennia-long life.

Listen to the recreation made by The Rageaholic 10-31-2016

Note:

The script for this episode was published in Sanctum Reprint #10 The City of Doom & The Fifth Face