1944-10-15 The Rocks of Doom

Broadcast October 15th 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 and no recreation of it has yet been made. If you have a copy of the script please let me know.

Written by: Max Ehrlich

Announcer: Don Hancock

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Stranded at a deserted hotel on Horizon Island during an evening storm, Lamont and Margot discover their surroundings amiss when all the occupants mysteriously vanish within minutes. Margot is quickly bound and gagged and left behind until The Shadow cuts away her bindings. Then he sets forth toward a lighthouse. High seas piracy is about to be committed as the freighter “North Star,” is coming in from South Africa, carrying a cargo of three million dollars in diamonds. Margot alerts the Coast Guard while The Shadow boards the craft. With the lighthouse beacon extinguished, the freighter relies on blind navigation and runs aground on the reefs. As the ship takes on water, the gang of cutthroats disguised in Coast Guard uniforms boards and takes command of the disaster. The captain is about to hand over the papers and cargo when The Shadow reveals the scheme. The real Coast Guard arrives, and The Shadow laughs because the fiendish ploy is up.

Note:

This episode would later be rewritten as “Rendezvous with Doom” broadcast on April 26th 1953.