This episode is included in Radio Spirits CD Set The Shadow: Dead Men Tell*
Written by: Sidney Slon and/or Peter Barry
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Kenny Delmar, Alan Reed, Arthur Vinton, Everett Sloane, Stefan Schnabel, John Brown, Alice Frost, Paul Huber
Synopsis:
Centuries ago, according to the legend, the Genga family was blessed with the Circle of Light, a small ring with an everlasting charm against danger and sudden death for its owner. The strength of the ring passes on to each new owner, leaving only bitterness and defeat thereafter to the former possessor. After Mr. Genga of Genga and Cham, importers of precious gems, is found murdered, a mysterious woman named Kara Ling is the lead suspect. Ali Genga, son and heir to the family fortune, is found stabbed to death. Tracking down the whereabouts of Kara Ling, Lamont, Margot and Commissioner Weston are almost boiled alive in a death trap cleverly constructed in her residence. The Shadow applies practical reasoning to save their lives, but questioning Hassan, Mr. Grenga’s servant, Lamont discovers that Kara Ling and Ali Genga were in love. Mr. Genga was against the relationship and intended to give the ring to his business partner, Mr. Cham. Hassan plotted with Ali to kill his master so Kara Ling could get the ring for her fiancé, unaware that Cham killed Ali’s father and beat them to the ring. Betrayed for committing a murder that he realized was unjust, Hassan struggles with Kara Ling and the two criminals fall to their death from the top of a tower. Confessing his murderous deed to Commissioner Weston, Lamont and Margot, Cham keels over dead after drinking a cup of tea laced with strychnine. Driving back to the station, Commissioner Weston decides to throw the ring out the window until he is mysteriously saved from what almost became a deadly car accident. He decides to keep the ring for good measure.
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*This episode is also available on The Shadow: Rare Radio Gems - Legends of Radio: The Shadow - Greatest Radio Adventures
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