1941-2-09 The Man Who Lived Twice (Thrice)

Broadcast February 9th 1941 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: Dream of Death

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Ken Roberts

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Dwight Weist

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Slasher Evans is making complete monkeys out of the entire police department. Having committed a series of robberies after recently escaping from prison, Slasher attributes his elusive powers to his cunning, intelligence and masterful disguises. Lamont sets out to a small town in Louisiana to track down Slasher by meeting with his brother, Charleton. He succeeds. Willing to die rather than be apprehended, the killer exchanges gunfire before shooting himself in the head. Lamont returns to New York under the guise of The Shadow, and reveals to Commissioner Weston and Margot that Charleton is the real Slasher, who performed a switcheroo in an effort to convince the police that he was dead. Exposed, Slasher uses Margot as a hostage and attempting to flee from the long arm of the law, falls to his death off a thirty-story building.

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Note:

Most sources list this episode as being called "The Man Who Lived Twice" but some sources list it as "The Man Who Lived Thrice"