1941-1-19 The Shadow Challenged

Broadcast January 19th 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: Radio Treasures*

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Jean Paul King

Cast: Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) Dwight Weist, Frank Readick, Arthur Vinton, Everett Sloane, Paul Huber

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Four scholars who are restoring an ancient Hindu book for the Cosmopolitan Museum are being murdered one by one by a mysterious voice calling himself The Shadow. Professors Rice and Hagen are the first two victims, leaving Lamont the difficult task of figuring out which of the remaining two, Professors Amund or Carter, is posing as The Shadow. While Margot visits Commissioner Weston to encourage him to report to the museum with police officers, Lamont faces off against the guilty party, following instructions from a note left at his apartment. Professor Carter is the guilty party, having learned the secret of clouding men’s minds from his section of the Hindu book. Carter committed the murders to lure Lamont Cranston to a face-off and eliminate the real Shadow, so he can capitalize on the power. Unlike his other victims, Carter discovers that Lamont’s mind is not receptive to his hypnosis. When the police arrive, Carter exchanges gunfire with the police and dies before he can reveal the identity of the real Shadow to Weston.

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Note:

The script for this episode was published in Sanctum Reprint #85 Masters of Death & Voodoo Death

This episode was adapted and recorded for broadcast in Australia by Grace Gibson Productions. This episode has not been released by Grace Gibson Productions.

*This episode is also available on Legends of Radio: The Shadow - Greatest Radio Adventures