EPISODE · Apr 22, 2026 · 28 MIN
Shadow -- The Poison Death
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Someone has declared war on the city's water supply — poisoning it in the name of The Shadow himself. But the real Shadow has other plans. Lamont Cranston traces the terror to a bitter city chemist whose wounded pride has curdled into something far more dangerous, leading to a white-knuckle showdown atop a water tower that only one man will survive. A 22-year-old Orson Welles stars in this chilling 1938 thriller — one of the boldest episodes in golden age radio drama.
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Someone has declared war on the city's water supply — poisoning it in the name of The Shadow himself. But the real Shadow has other plans. Lamont Cranston traces the terror to a bitter city chemist whose wounded pride has curdled into something far more dangerous, leading to a white-knuckle showdown atop a water tower that only one man will survive. A 22-year-old Orson Welles stars in this chilling 1938 thriller — one of the boldest episodes in golden age radio drama.
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