1940-10-13 The Isle of the Living Dead

Broadcast October 13th 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: Crime Does Not Pay!*

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Arthur Vinton, Everett Sloane, Kenny Delmar,

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Local superstition states half of the island of St. Jude is dominated by zombies who work on a plantation belonging to a devil lady, Mrs. Nesbit. On board a boat bound for the island, Lamont and Margot meet Betty Fulton, a desperate young woman in search of her fiancé, David Belmont. After a thorough investigation, Lamont is forced to become The Shadow in an effort to break the spell Mrs. Nesbit has over her manservant, Mondo, and learn the secret she uses to turn natives and tourists into living dead people — slaves who move and act like animals. She accomplishes her task by feeding them a drug whose effects wear off unless administered daily. After The Shadow interferes, Mrs. Nesbit discovers her hold over the creatures is not as strong as it once was and becomes a victim of her own device. Back on board the ship, David is reunited with Betty and the local authorities clear the men of any responsibility for Mrs. Nesbit’s death.

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