The Shadow


(3 stars; 4 reviews)

On July 31, 1930, a sinister voice introduced "The Detective Story Magazine Hour," a weekly radio program that dramatized stories from the pages of Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine . The mysterious narrator claimed; "The Shadow knows all" and then announced the story from the current issue of the crime magazine with a menacing laugh. Though the program was canceled after 52 episodes, The Shadow became an immediate hit with the listening audience and continued on with his own magazine. The Shadow came back to the airwaves to narrate other crime programs, such as, "Blue Coal Mystery Revue and a handful of his own short lived shows in 1932 and 1934. However, they too were dropped from the airwaves. On September 26, 1937, Street & Smith gave The Shadow a central role, and a long-time radio residence, on the Mutual Broadcasting System network. The first show, starring Orson Welles, was titled "The Death House Rescue." The last radio program had Bret Morrison portraying the mysterious sleuth. It was titled "Murder by the Sea," and aired on December 26, 1954. Bret Morrison and Grace Matthews recorded two final episodes for a special record released in 1968.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

1937-09-26 - *The Death House Rescue 29:13
1937-10-03 - Red Macaw (Recreation 4-22-2016) 32:31
1937-10-10 - Danger in the Dark (Recreation 10-30-2017) 27:09
1937-10-17 - Murder by the Dead (Recreation 1-31-2017) 23:49
1937-10-24 - *The Temple Bells of Neban 29:24
1937-10-31 - *The Three Ghosts 29:26
7 26:47
1937-11-28 - *Circle of Death 29:40
1937-12-12 - *The Death Triangle 28:56
1937-12-19 - Cold Death 29:08
1938-01-09 - *The League of Terror 29:28
1938-01-16 - *Sabotage 29:24
1938-01-23 - Society of the Living Dead 29:19
1938-01-30 - Poison Death 29:31
1938-02-06 - The Phantom Voice 29:27
1938-02-20 - Hounds In the Hills 28:47
1938-02-27 - *The Plot Murder 29:30
1938-03-06 - *The Bride of Death 29:30
1938-03-13 - *The Silent Avenger 29:36
1938-03-20 - *The White Legion 29:28
1938-03-27 - The Hypnotized Audience 29:42
1938-04-03 - Death From the Deep 29:36
1938-04-10 - The Fire Bug 29:30
1938-04-17 - The Blind Beggar Dies 29:49
1938-04-24 - The Power of the Mind 29:53
1938-05-01 - The White God 29:41
1938-05-08 - Aboard the Steamship Amazon 29:26
1938-05-15 - Murders in Wax 29:31
1938-05-22 - The Message from the Hills 29:29
1938-05-29 - The Creeper (Tunnel) 29:24
1938-06-05 - The Tenor with the Broken Voice 29:33
1938-06-12 - Murder on Approval 29:38
1938-06-19 - The Tomb of Terror 29:20
1938-06-26 - The Old People 29:32
1938-07-03 - The Voice of the Trumpet 29:26
1938-07-10 - He Died at Twelve 29:23
1938-07-17 - The Reincarnation of Michael 29:27
1938-07-24 - The Mark of the Bat 29:26
1938-07-31 - Revenge on the Shadow 29:32
1938-08-07 - The Mine Hunters 29:31
1938-08-14 - The Hospital Murders 29:30
1938-08-21 - The Caverns of Death 29:31
1938-08-28 - Death Under the Chapel 25:48
1938-09-04 - The Black Buddha 29:27
1938-09-11 - The Witch Drums of Salem 29:32
1938-09-18 - Professor X 29:26
1938-09-25 - Traffic in Death 29:07
1938-10-02 - The Black Abbot 29:03
1938-10-09 - Death Stalks the Shadow 29:37
1938-10-16 - *Night Without End 29:28
1938-10-23 - *Gun Island 29:36
1938-10-30 - *The Isle of Fear 29:38
1938-11-06 - Shyster Payoff 29:28
1938-11-13 - Black Rock 29:09
1938-11-20 - Death is Blind 29:22
1938-11-27 - Fountain of Death 29:35
1938-12-04 - *Murder In E Flat 28:45
1938-12-11 - Murder By Rescue 29:31
1938-12-18 - *Guest of Death 29:43
1939-01-01 - The Man Who Murdered Time 29:27
1939-01-08 - Island of the Devil 28:43
1939-01-15 - Ghosts Can Kill 29:06
1939-01-22 - Valley of the Living Dead 29:45
1939-01-29 - Prelude to Terror 28:23
1939-02-05 - The Ghost of Captain Bayloe 29:16
1939-02-12 - Hypnotic Death 29:17
1939-02-19 - Friend of Darkness 28:11
1939-02-26 - Horror in Wax 29:34
1939-03-05 - Sabatoge by Air 29:32
1939-03-12 - Appointment with Death 29:14
1939-03-19 - Can the Dead Talk (BF Goodrich) 29:32
1939-03-19 - Can the Dead Talk (Blue Coal) 28:29
1939-09-17 - Conversation With Death 29:32
1939-09-24 - Dead Men Talk 25:36
1939-10-01 - The Night Marauders 24:48
1939-10-08 - The Diamond Murders (Murder in the Ball Park) 25:04
1939-10-15 - Village of Doom 24:49
1939-10-22 - House of Fun 25:15
1939-10-29 - Phantom Fingerprints 24:14
1939-11-05 - Mansion of Madness 24:28
1939-11-12 - The Inventor of Death 24:57
1939-11-19 - The Shadow Returns 25:20
1939-11-26 - Sandhog Murders 23:34
1939-12-03 - Death Shows the Way 24:09
1939-12-10 - Flight of the Vulture 24:38
1939-12-17 - Murder Incorporated 24:25
1939-12-24 - The Stockings Were Hung 24:23
1939-12-31 - The Cat That Killed 24:15
1940-01-07 - Murder in the Death House 24:17
1940-01-21 - The Precipice Called Death 24:32
1940-02-04 - The Return of Carnation Charlie 23:42
1940-02-11 - Death is an Art 23:58
1940-03-03 - Death on the Bridge 24:00
1940-03-10 - The Laughing Corpse 25:00
1940-03-17 - Murderer's Vanity 24:51
1940-03-24 - The Plot That Failed 29:35
1940-09-29 - Death in a Minor Key 26:38
1940-10-06 - Ghost Town 26:42
1940-10-13 - The Isle of the Living Dead 29:37
1940-10-20 - The Oracle of Death 25:50
1940-10-27 - The Mark of the Black Widow 29:14
1940-11-03 - The Creeper (Lumber Camp) 25:08
1940-11-10 - Carnival of Death 24:31
1940-11-17 - The House of Horror 24:29
1940-11-24 - The Green Man 24:03
1940-12-01 - The Curse of Shiva 24:11
1940-12-08 - The Voice of Death 23:28
1940-12-15 - The Killers Rendezvous 25:09
1940-12-22 - Joey's Christmas Story 29:48
1940-12-29 - The Ghost on the Stair 29:15
1941-01-05 - The Leopard Strikes 29:37
1941-01-12 - The Ghost Building 29:32
1941-01-19 - The Shadow Challenged 29:26
1941-01-26 - The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie (Evil Lurks) 29:45
1941-01-26 - The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie (Hearts of Evil) 29:49
1941-02-02 - Nightmare at Gaelsberry 29:29
1941-02-09 - The Man Who Lived Twice (Thrice) 25:16
1941-02-16 - The Phantom Voyage 24:28
1941-02-23 - The Chess Club Murders 29:35
1941-03-02 - Death Rides a Broomstick 29:06
1941-03-09 - The Murder Underground 25:05
1941-03-16 - The Ghost Walks Again 25:08
1941-03-23 - Death Prowls at Night 24:33
1941-03-30 - Voodoo 29:13
1941-04-06 - Murder from the Grave 29:40
1941-04-13 - Death on the Rails 29:26
1941-10-12 - Dragon's Tongue Murders 29:40
1941-10-19 - The Hoodoo Ship 29:45
1941-10-26 - The Devil's Hour 29:45
1941-11-09 - The Organ Played at Midnight 29:39
1941-11-16 - The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen 29:15
1941-11-23 - The Ring of Light 29:29
1941-12-07 - The Curse of Baldring Heights (Recreation 5-20-2017) 33:53
1941-12-21 - Death Imported 29:46
1942-01-04 - Death Pulls the Strings 29:46
1942-01-11 - The Drums of Doom (Executioner) 29:36
1942-01-18 - The Thing in the Swamp 29:12
1942-01-25 - Dead Man's Revenge 29:39
1942-02-01 - The Return of Anatole Chevanic 29:35
1942-02-15 - Death Speaks Twice 29:17
1942-02-22 - Death Gives an Encore 29:13
1942-03-01 - Dead Men Tell 29:31
1942-03-15 - Altar of Death 29:32
1942-10-24 - The Mystery of Madman's Deep 25:55
1942-11-01 - Death Keeps a Deadline 29:39
1942-11-08 - The Wailing Corpse 28:38
1942-11-22 - The Lady In Black 28:28
1942-12-06 - Death Shoots an Arrow 28:13
1943-02-28 - The Touch of Death 29:44
1943-09-26 - The Gibbering Things 28:28
1943-10-03 - The Crystal Globe 29:23
1943-12-05 - Bubbling Death 25:23
1943-12-19 - The Club of Doom 24:04
1944-02-06 - A Pass to Death 28:43
1944-03-12 - Death to the Shadow 29:30
1944-03-19 - Drums of Doom (Voodoo Drums) 29:28
1944-11-12 - Death Goes Fishing (Recreation 5-31-2017) 26:42
1944-11-19 - The Man Who Dreamed too Much (Recreation?) 29:23
1944-12-10 - The Immortal Murderer (Recreation 10-31-2016) 30:17
1944-12-17 - The Ghost on Horseback (Recreation 6-21-2017) 28:53
1945-02-11 - The Face of Death (Recreation 3-31-2020) 30:23
1945-03-18 - The Case of the Flaming Skull 30:08
1945-03-25 - The Destroyer 29:05
1945-04-08 - The Little Man Who Wasn't There 30:08
165 32:34
1945-04-15 - The Case of the River of Eternal Woe (Recreation 12-31-2019) 29:35
1945-11-11 - Spider Boy (My Remaster) 26:02
1945-11-11 - Spider Boy 26:02
1946-01-20 - The Curse of the Cat 29:30
1946-02-03 - Murder with Music 26:27
1946-02-10 - The Living Head 27:04
1946-03-03 - The Island of Ancient Death 29:30
1946-03-10 - The Ghost Without a Face 29:35
1946-03-17 - Etched With Acid 29:26
1946-03-24 - The Walking Corpse 29:25
1946-03-31 - Mind Over Murder 28:41
1946-04-07 - The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper 29:16
1946-04-14 - The Unburied Dead 29:40
1946-04-21 - The Gorilla Man 29:23
1946-04-28 - The Dreams of Death 29:25
1946-05-05 - The White Witchman of Lawaiki 29:13
1946-05-12 - The Bride Wore Black 29:43
1946-05-19 - The Touch of Death 29:10
1946-05-26 - They Kill With a Silver Hatchet 29:15
1946-06-02 - Death In a Minor Key 30:02
1946-10-13 - The Valley of Living Terror 29:16
1946-10-20 - Blood Money 29:19
1946-11-24 - Gang Doctor 29:34
1946-12-01 - Makeup for Murder 29:35
1946-12-08 - The Devil Takes a Wife 29:18
1946-12-15 - Murders on the Main Stem 29:19
1946-12-22 - The Fine Art of Murder 29:55
1946-12-29 - Shadow of Suspicion 29:28
1947-01-05 - The Werewolf of Hamilton Mansion 23:31
1947-01-12 - The Cat and the Killer 24:16
1947-01-26 - Death by Imagination (Partial 1st Half Only) 13:39
1947-02-02 - Scent of Death 28:34
1947-02-23 - The Witch of the Crescent Moon (Partial 1st Half Only) 16:25
1947-04-27 - Death Takes a Handout (Partial 2nd Half Only) 13:57
1947-05-04 - Suicide League (Partial 2nd Half Only) 13:52
1947-05-11 - The Shadow's Revenge 29:29
1947-05-18 - Death Rides High 29:56
1947-05-25 - Seance with Death 25:35
1947-06-01 - Spider Boy 29:15
1947-09-07 - The Phantom of the Lighthouse 29:29
1947-09-14 - When the Grave is Open 29:29
1947-09-21 - The Face 28:33
1947-09-28 - Death Takes the Wheel 29:36
1947-10-05 - The Curse of the Gypsies 29:33
1947-10-19 - The Ruby of Karvahl 29:34
1947-10-26 - Death Hunt 30:29
1947-11-02 - Death Has Eight Arms 26:11
1947-11-09 - Dream of Death 29:58
1947-11-16 - Doom and the Limping Man 29:50
1947-11-23 - The Comic Strip Killer 29:44
1947-11-30 - Murder and the Medium 29:42
1947-12-21 - A Gift of Murder 25:03
1947-12-28 - The Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle 24:01
1948-01-04 - The Chill of Death 29:22
1948-01-11 - The Bones of the Dragon 29:42
1948-01-18 - Death and the Black Fedora 29:26
1948-01-25 - The House That Death Built 29:28
1948-02-01 - One Dead and Two to Go 28:55
1948-02-08 - The Thing in the Cage 29:32
1948-02-15 - Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll 29:24
1948-02-22 - The Nursery Rhyme Murders 24:13
1948-02-29 - The Man Who Was Death 23:37
1948-03-07 - The Beast of Darrow House 29:25
1948-03-14 - Stake Out 24:31
1948-03-21 - Death Coils to Strike 29:18
1948-03-28 - Death and the Easter Bonnet 28:47
1948-04-04 - The Ghost That Gleams 29:27
1948-05-02 - The Legend of the Living Swamp 23:55
1948-05-09 - Reflection of Death 29:43
1948-05-16 - The Giant of Madras 24:03
1948-09-12 - Murder at Dead Man's Inn 29:18
1948-09-19 - Revenge is Murder! 29:36
1948-09-26 - Death is a Colored Dream 29:29
1948-10-03 - The Phantom Racketeer 29:15
1948-10-10 - A Mask for Murder 27:09
1948-10-17 - Dead Man's Ride 29:22
1948-10-24 - The Drum of Obi 29:25
1948-10-31 - Murder by a Corpse 29:17
1948-11-07 - Evil In The House 29:30
1948-11-28 - The Wig Makers of Doom Street 29:34
1949-01-02 - Death and the Crown of Odalph 26:33
1949-02-20 -The Trail of the Knifer 29:47
1949-02-27 - Collectors of Death 29:36
1949-03-06 - Unto Death Do Us Part 29:38
1949-03-13 - The Ring of Mahlalayee 29:44
1949-04-17 - Death and the Easter Bonnet 29:26
1949-05-29 - Monkey Woman 29:44
1949-06-05 - Preview of Terror 29:46
1950-03-19 - The Curse of the Great Nirvan (Recreation 7-01-2017) 30:14
1950-11-12 Career in Crime (Recreation 2-29-2020) 26:37
256 27:59
257 30:16
1951-08-19 - The Ten Thousand Dollar Fish (Recreation 7-20-2017) 24:27
1951-10-28 - Revenge by Special Delivery (Recreation 9-20-2017) 22:15
1954-04-11 - Struggle with Death (Recreation 4-11-2019) 24:40
1954-04-18 - The Bells of St. Peters (Recreation 9-30-2017) 28:16
1954-04-25 - Horror In the Night (Recreation 10-20-2017) 26:08
1954-05-30 - The Master of Torture (Recreation 11-30-2017) 27:09
1954-06-06 - Vision of Death (Recreation 5-31-2019) 27:21
1954-06-27 - The Vengeance of Angela Nolan 25:07
1954-07-04 - Death by Chapter (Recreation 9-30-2019) 26:44
1954-07-25 - The Case of the Dead Man's Shoes (Recreation 8-31-2019) 27:02
1954-08-01 - Murder in the Sun (Recreation 03-31-2018) 26:12
1954-08-08 - The Case of the Vanishing Killer (Recreation 11-01-2017) 25:03
1954-08-29 - The Blackball Murder (Recreation 02-28-2018) 22:00
1954-09-05 - Heartbeat of Death (Recreation 01-31-2018) 27:55
1954-09-19 - The Nightmare Combination (Recreation 08-20-2018) 30:05
1954-10-10 - Murder Before the Storm (Recreation 09-30-2018) 23:27
1954-10-17 - Hands of Death (Recreation 10-31-2018) 28:25
1954-10-24 - Tunnel of Terror (Recreation 02-11-2019) 22:04
1954-10-31 - The Final Hour (Recreation 03-11-2019) 24:15
1954-11-07 - The Long Arm of Death (Recreation 11-07-2019) 32:42
1968-xx-xx - Air Freight Fracas! (Recreation 07-01-2018) 13:37

Reviews

Recreations are Terrible!


(1 stars)

I dont care who they thought they were entertaining with these recreations other than themselves but they suck! Whomever made them I will say "Don't quit your day-jobs!" If you prefer the authentic Shadow episodes then be prepared to waste time downloading and then deleting dozens of episodes.