Episodes

  • The Shadow - "The Voice of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "The Voice of Death" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 28 2026
    The Shadow presents “The Voice of Death,” originally broadcast on December 8, 1940. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is listed as episode 205 and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.

    Lamont and Margo venture into the Louisiana bayous to visit Arthur, an old friend living in isolated seclusion. A decaying house, strange animal sounds, and Arthur’s unnerving experiments draw The Shadow into a case involving altered voices and dangerous attempts to tamper with nature.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:55 Original Broadcast
    24:24 Closing

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    25 mins
  • The Shadow - "The Dreams of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "The Dreams of Death" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 27 2026
    The Shadow presents “The Dreams of Death,” originally broadcast on Mutual on April 28, 1946. Episode 282 of the series, this Blue Coal-era mystery stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane, from a script by Stedman Coles.

    At a lonely house perched above the ocean, a terrified widow dreams that her husband, lost in a sailing accident, has returned from the sea to claim her. As strange clues gather around the cliff-top home, Lamont and Margo investigate a haunting that may be more than imagination.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:41 Original Broadcast
    30:06 Closing

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    30 mins
  • The Shadow - "Traffic in Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "Traffic in Death" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 26 2026
    The Shadow presents “Traffic in Death,” originally broadcast September 25, 1938, and cataloged as episode 53. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama marked the beginning of Blue Coal’s sponsorship of the series.

    At Memorial Sanitarium, a string of unexplained hemorrhage deaths prompts Dr. Randolph Lee to seek Lamont Cranston’s help before suspicion becomes public scandal. William Johnstone stars as The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane, in a tense medical mystery written by Alonzo Deen Cole.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:45 Original Broadcast
    29:52 Closing

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    30 mins
  • The Shadow - "Death and the Black Fedora" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "Death and the Black Fedora" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 24 2026
    From The Shadow: “Death and the Black Fedora.” The original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied with this local archival recording.

    No reliable plot synopsis or production credits accompany the available source, preserving this episode as an archival presentation of the classic mystery series.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:15 Original Broadcast
    29:41 Closing

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    30 mins
  • The Shadow - "Nightmare at Gaelsberry" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "Nightmare at Gaelsberry" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 23 2026
    The Shadow presents “Nightmare at Gaelsberry,” originally broadcast on February 2, 1941. Often listed as episode 213, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane.

    When Margot’s debilitating headache draws Lamont Cranston to Gaelsberry, a mental institution in crisis, the Shadow finds danger behind its locked doors. With the inmates in control, he must confront a growing threat before more lives are endangered.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:40 Original Broadcast
    30:09 Closing

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    30 mins
  • The Shadow - "Death and the Crown of Odalph" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "Death and the Crown of Odalph" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 22 2026
    The Shadow presents “Death and the Crown of Odalph,” originally broadcast January 2, 1949. Script number 356 in the Street & Smith records, it is also listed as episode 467 in some old-time-radio logs.

    When a historian is murdered, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are drawn into the mystery of the jeweled Crown of Odalph, an artifact tied to an ancient Viking legend and a chilling supposed curse. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, in a Peter Barry script originally heard on Mutual and sponsored by Blue Coal.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    27:26 Closing

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    28 mins
  • The Shadow - "Bubbling Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "Bubbling Death" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 21 2026
    The Shadow presents “Bubbling Death,” originally broadcast December 5, 1943. This surviving installment comes from the Mutual Broadcasting System’s 1943–44 Blue Coal season and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane.

    At the LeGrand family’s ancestral estate, a history of violent deaths and talk of a family curse cast a sinister pall over the household. As ominous signs—including a conspicuous bubbling cauldron—heighten the fear, Lamont and Margo investigate the human truth behind the seemingly supernatural terror. Written by Eric Arthur.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:47 Original Broadcast
    26:10 Closing

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    26 mins
  • The Shadow - "The Isle of the Living Dead" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow - "The Isle of the Living Dead" (Old Time Radio)
    Oct 20 2026
    The Shadow presents “The Isle of the Living Dead,” originally broadcast October 13, 1940. In this 197th episode of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. The script was written by Jerry Devine.

    When Betty Fulton asks for help finding her missing fiancé, Lamont and Margo travel through a storm to the tropical island of St. Jude. Tales of zombies and the forbidding hilltop plantation of Mrs. Nesbitt lead the Shadow into a dangerous mystery where island folklore may conceal a very human threat.

    The Shadow presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:47 Original Broadcast
    30:25 Closing

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    31 mins