1940-12-08 The Voice of Death (Mad Scientist)

Broadcast December 8th 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: Hearts of Evil*

Written by: Jerry Devine

Announcer: Ken Roberts

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

Music: Elsie Thompson

Synopsis:

Down in a Louisiana bayou, Lamont and Margot respond to an invitation from Arthur Whittington, with whom Lamont roomed in medical school. The friendly reunion becomes an evening of terror, however, when they discover a huge dog with the vocal chords of a tiny kitten, and Arthur and his cousin, Harper, have their voices switched. As The Shadow, Lamont learns that Arthur has a laboratory where he is able to transplant voice boxes. In the lab, Arthur forcibly straps Margot to a table, intending to switch her larynx with that of a Persian cat. The Shadow interferes, freeing Margot from the table, while Arthur jumps out a window and makes a break for it until the giant dogs catch up to him on the grounds and tear him to pieces.

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Note:

An episode with the same title was broadcast on December 26th 1937, another episode with this title was broadcast on December 8th 1940.

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