The Shadow: A Mask For Murder (10-10-1948)

A fake murder-for-hire turns into a real con, a real corpse, and a very dangerous lie. When a desperate man hires a gunman to kill him, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane step into a web of blackmail, identity tricks, and a death that is not what it seems.What starts as a simple payment to a hired killer quickly spirals into one of The Shadow’s most devious mysteries. A missing husband, a mysterious bail bond, a body in the morgue, and one chilling clue on a hand send Lamont and Margo hunting for the truth before the wrong man walks away with everything.You’ll hear how The Shadow unravels the scheme through pressure, observation, and one tiny detail the police could have missed. The episode builds toward a tense confrontation with Diano, the gunman who thinks he controls the entire operation, and ends with a reveal that flips the whole case on its head.In this episode:How Frank Garner’s staged disappearance hides a much bigger financial fraudWhy the bail bond trail points straight to Lamont’s own nameHow Margo’s instincts keep the investigation moving when the story starts to splinterThe forensic clue on the corpse’s left hand that exposes the switchWhy Diano is even more dangerous once he realizes he has been set upThis episode also features classic Shadow messages about crime, civic duty, and voting, wrapping the drama in the unmistakable style of vintage radio suspense.If you love hard-boiled intrigue, masked identities, and twist endings that reward close listening, A Mask for Murder delivers mystery and suspense from beginning to end.