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THE SHADOW OLD TIME RADIO COLLECTION / 6 CD / 268 mp3 / Total Playtime:122:55:46

The Shadow was long believed to have debuted on radio as a program in its own right September 26, 1937, on the Mutual Broadcasting System. But the character actually premiered in September 1931, on CBS, as part of the hour-long The Blue Coal Radio Revue (named for the show's sponsor), featuring Frank Readick -- the "Shadow" announcer of Detective Stories -- as The Shadow, and playing Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The stories also appeared on Thursday nights for a month, when Love Story Drama (another Street and Smith creation) took the Thursday night slot -- but also featured occasional portrayals of The Shadow.
Blue Coal had a long relationship with the Shadow, moving the radio series to NBC in October 1932 with Readick playing the character on Wednesday nights now. Two years later, NBC ran the stories on Mondays and Wednesdays, both at 6:30 p.m., with LaCurto taking occasional turns as the title character. Three years later came the beginning of the half-hour drama radio buffs have remembered so well, with the then-unknown Orson Welles as The Shadow, the show moving to Mutual, and the famous catch phrase now in full play accompanied by the strains of an excerpt from Opus 31 of the Camille Saint-Saëns classical composition, "Le Rouet d'Omphale".
Welles did not speak that signature line -- Readick did, using a water glass next to his mouth for the echo effect. But Welles did make a credible Shadow, two years before his notoriety as the mastermind of Mercury Theatre on the Air's production of War of the Worlds.
After Welles left the role for a career in the cinema, The Shadow was portrayed by such actors as Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison (the longest tenure, with ten years in two separate runs), John Archer, and Steve Courtleigh as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. The radio show also introduced female characters into the Shadow's realm, most notably Margot Lane (played by Agnes Moorehead among others) as Cranston's love interest and crime-solving partner (the character was eventually integrated into Gibson's pulp novels). Lane was described as Cranston's "friend and companion" in later episodes, although the exact nature of their relationshp was left unclear. In the 1994 movie, Margot's name was spelled "Margo." However, early scripts of the radio show clearly show that the character's name was spelled "Margot".
Once The Shadow joined Mutual as a half-hour series, it did not leave Sunday evenings radio until December 26, 1954, outlasting the magazine that gave birth to it: The Shadow Magazine ended with the summer 1949 issue, although Gibson wrote three new "official" stories between 1963 and 1980. Gibson started off a short series of updated Shadow novels for Belmont with Return of the Shadow under his own name, followed by The Shadow Strikes, Beware Shadow, Cry Shadow, The Shadow's Revenge, Mark of The Shadow, Shadow Go Mad, Night of The Shadow, and Destination: Moon. The Shadow had mental powers in these books, to cloud men's minds so he effectively became invisible, to conquer pain, etc.

 

EPISODES LIST

370926 001 Death House Rescue (Begin First Season)
371017 004 Murder By The Dead (Recreation)
371024 005 The Temple Bells of Neban
371031 006 The Three Ghosts
371128 010 Circle of Death
371212 012 The Death Triangle
371219 013 Cold Death
371226 014 The Voice of Death
380109 016 The League of Terror
380116 017 Sabotage
380123 018 The Society of the Living Dead
380130 019 The Poison Death
380206 020 The Phantom Voice
380213 021 The House of Horror
380220 022 Hounds in the Hills
380227 023 The Plot Murder
380306 024 The Bride of Death
380313 025 The Silent Avenger
380320 026 The White Legion
380327 027 The Hypnotized Audience(Begin 1st Season Summer Series)
380403 028 Death from the Deep
380410 029 The Fire Bug
380417 030 The Blind Beggar Dies
380424 031 Power of the Mind
380501 032 White God
380508 033 Aboard the Steamship Amazon
380515 034 Murders in Wax
380522 035 Message from the Hills
380529 036 The Creeper
380605 037 Tenor with a Broken Voice
380612 038 Murder on Approval
380619 039 The Tomb Of Terror
380626 040 The Old People
380703 041 Voice Of the Trumpet
380710 042 He Died At Twelve
380717 043 Reincarnation Of Michael
380724 044 The Mark of the Bat
380731 045 Revenge On The Shadow
380807 046 The Mine Hunters
380814 047 The Hospital Murders
380821 048 The Caverns of Death
380828 049 Death Under the Chapel
380904 050 The Black Buddha
380911 051 The Witch Drums Of Salem - with Orson Wells
380918 052 Professor X
380925 053 Traffic in Death (Begin 2nd Season)
381002 054 The Black Abbot
381009 055 Death Stalks the Shadow
381016 056 Night Without End
381023 057 Gun Island
381030 058 The Isle of Fear
381106 059 Shyster Payoff
381113 060 Black Rock
381120 061 Death Is Blind
381127 062 Fountain of Death
381204 063 Murder in E Flat
381211 064 Murder by Rescue
381218 065 Guest of Death
390101 067 The Man Who Murdered Time
390108 068 Island of the Devil
390115 069 Ghosts Can Kill
390122 070 Valley of the Living Dead
390129 071 Prelude to Terror
390205 072 The Ghost of Captain Bayloe
390212 073 Hypnotic Death AKA Design for Murder
390219 074 Friend of Darkness
390226 075 Horror in Wax
390305 076 Sabotage by Air AKA Death by Violence
390312 077 Appointment with Death
390319 078 Can the Dead Talk
390917 Conversation with Death
390924 079 Dead Men Talk (Begin 3rd Season)
391001 080 The Night Marauders
391009 081 Murder in the Ball Park
391015 082 Village of Doom
391022 083 House of Fun
391029 084 Phantom Fingerprints
391105 085 Mansion of Madness
391112 086 Inventor of Death
391119 087 The Shadow Returns
391126 088 The Sandhog Murders
391203 089 Death Shows the Way
391210 090 The Flight of the Vulture
391217 091 Murder Incorporated
391224 092 The Stockings Were Hung
391231 093 The Cat That Killed
400107 094 Murder in the Death House
400121 096 The Precipice Called Death
400204 098 The Return of Carnation Charlie
400211 099 Death Is an Art
400303 102 Death on the Bridge
400310 103 The Laughing Corpse
400317 104 Murderers Vanity
400324 105 The Plot That Failed
400929 108 Death in a Minor Key (Begin 4th Season)
401006 109 Ghost Town
401013 110 The Isle of the Living Dead
401020 111 The Oracle of Death
401027 112 The Mark of the Black Widow
401103 113 The Creeper
401110 114 Carnival of Death
401117 115 The House of Horror
401124 116 The Green Man
401201 117 The Curse of Shiva
401208 118 The Voice of Death
401215 119 The Killers Rendezvous
401222 120 Joeys Christmas Story
401229 121 The Ghost of the Stair
410105 122 The Leopard Strikes
410112 123 The Ghost Building
410119 124 The Shadow Challenged
410126 125 The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie
410202 126 Nightmare at Gaelsberry
410209 127 The Man Who Lived Twice
410216 128 The Phantom Voyage
410223 129 The Chess Club Murders
410302 130 Death Rides a Broomstick
410309 131 Murder Underground
410316 132 The Ghost Walks Again
410323 133 The Death Prowls at Night
410330 134 Voodoo
410406 135 Murder from the Grave AKA Death from the Grave
410413 136 Death on the Rails
411012 140 The Dragon's Tongue Murders
411019 141 The Hoodoo Ship
411026 142 The Devil's Hour
411109 144 The Organ Played at Midnight
411116 145 The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen
411123 146 The Ring of Light
411221 150 Death Imported
420104 152 Death Pulls the Strings
420118 154 The Thing in the Swamp
420125 155 Dead Man's Revenge
420201 156 The Return of Anatole Chevanic
420215 158 Death Speaks Twice
420222 159 Death Gives an Encore
420301 160 Dead Men Tell
420315 162 Altar of Death
421025 168 The Mystery of Madmans Deep
421101 169 Death Keeps a Deadline
421108 170 The Wailing Corpse
421122 172 The Lady in Black
421206 174 Death Shoots an Arrow
430228 186 The Touch of Death
430314 188 The Crystal Globe AKA The Crystal Screen
430926 190 The Gibbering Things (Begin 7th Season)
431003 191 The Crystal Globe
431119 Return To Life - (Australian)
431205 200 Bubbling Death
431219 202 Club of Doom
431226 203 The Juggernaut
440206 209 A Pass to Death
440312 214 Death to the Shadow
440319 215 Drums of Doom
441119 228 The Man Who Dreamed Too Much
450121 237 Death Is Just Around the Corner - Out Of This World
450211 240 The Face of Death! (Radio Recreation)
450311 244 The Brief Fame of John Cooper
450318 245 The Case of the Flaming Skull (Australian Version)
450325 246 The Destroyer
450408 248 The Little Man Who Wasnt There
451021 255 Out of This World
451104 257 Spotlight on the Duchess
451111 258 Spider Boy
451202 261 Murder By Candlelight (Australian)
460120 268 Curse of the Cat
460127 269 Dream of Death
460203 270 Murder with Music
460210 271 The Living Head
460217 272 Murder For Money (Australian)
460303 274 Island of Ancient Death
460310 275 The Ghost Without a Face
460317 276 Etched with Acid
460324 277 The Walking Corpse
460331 278 Mind over Murder
460407 279 The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper
460414 280 The Unburied Dead
460421 281 The Gorilla Man
460428 282 The Dreams of Death
460505 283 The White Witchman of Lawaiki
460512 284 The Bride Wore Black
460519 285 The Touch of Death
460526 286 They Kill with a Silver Hatchet
460602 287 Death in a Minor Key
461013 292 The Valley of the Living Terror
461020 293 Blood Money
461124 298 Gang Doctor
461201 299 Makeup for Murder
461208 300 The Devil Takes a Wife
461215 301 Murders on the Main Stem
461222 302 The Fine Art of Murder
461229 303 The Shadow of Suspicion
470105 304 The Werewolf of Hamilton Mansion
470112 305 The Cat and the Killer
470126 307 Death by Imagination (Incomplete)
470202 308 The Scent of Death
470223 311 The Witch of the Crescent Moon (Incomplete)
470427 320 Death Takes a Fadeout (Incomplete)
470504 321 Suicide League (Incomplete)
470511 322 The Shadows Revenge
470518 323 Death Rides High
470525 324 Seance with Death
470601 325 Spider Boy
470608 326 Air Freight Fracas
470907 327 The Phantom of the Lighthouse (Begin 11th Season)
470914 328 When the Grave Is Open
470921 329 The Face
470928 330 Death Takes the Wheel
471005 331 The Curse of the Gypsies
471019 332 The Ruby of Karvahl
471026 333 Death Hunt
471102 334 Death Has Eight Arms
471109 335 Dream of Death
471116 336 Doom and the Limping Man
471123 337 The Comic Strip Killer
471130 338 Murder and the Medium
471221 341 A Gift of Murder
471228 342 Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle
480104 343 The Chill of Death
480111 344 The Bones of the Dragon
480118 345 Death and the Black Fedora
480125 346 The House That Death Built
480201 347 One Dead and Two to Go
480208 348 The Thing in the Cage
480215 349 The Terror at Wolfs Head Knoll
480222 350 The Nursery Rhyme Murders
480229 351 The Man Who Was Death
480307 352 The Beast of Darrow House
480314 353 Stake Out
480321 354 Death Coils to Strike
480328 355 Death and the Easter Bonnet
480404 356 The Ghost That Gleams
480502 360 The Legend of the Living Swamp
480509 361 Reflection of Death (Recreation)
480509 361 Reflection of Death
480516 362 The Giant of Madras
480530 364 The Ruby of Karvahl
480912 365 Murder at Dead Mans Inn (Begin 12th Season)
480919 366 Revenge Is—Murder!
480926 367 Death Is a Colored Dream
481003 368 The Phantom Racketeer
481010 369 A Mask for Murder
481017 370 Dead Mans Ride
481024 371 The Drum of Obi
481031 372 Murder by a Corpse
481107 373 Evil in the House
481128 376 The Wig Makers of Doom Street
490102 381 Death and the Crown of Odalph
490220 388 Trail of the Knifer
490227 389 The Collectors of Death
490306 390 Unto Death Do Us Part
490313 391 The Ring of Mahlalayee
490417 396 Death and the Easter Bonnet
490529 402 Monkey Woman
490605 403 Preview of Terror
500115 421 The Bride of Death
540321 637 Voice of Death
540328 638 Death In The Deep
540627 651 The Vengeance of Angela Nolan
Quick As A Flash Guest The Shadow 1948 02 14
Story Of The Shadow P.1
Story Of The Shadow P.2
Story Of The Shadow P.3
Story Of The Shadow P.4
The Bridge Of Tragedy
The Computer Calculates But the Shadow knows
The Shadow - BBC Radio
What Ever Became Of The Shadow

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This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 August, 2011.