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Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast

by Keith Heltsley

Sharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

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Episodes

  1. The Shadow – Tenor With A Broken Voice. 380814

    Margot Lane accompanies Lamont Cranston to a concert to hear a world-famous tenor. In an unexplained disaster, the singer suddenly loses his voice in mid-note. Shortly after, a replacement tenor…

  2. The Shadow – Message From The Hills. ep131, 380731

    A pilot of a mail plane has a problem and finds his path has crossed with Margot Lane and Lamont Cranston. What weird things are going on in the hills?…

  3. The Shadow – Murders In Wax. 380724

    At a circus side show, wax figures are on display. The figures are posed in a scene of a recent famous mobster coming to justice, but imagine the shock of…

  4. The Shadow – Aboard the Steamship Amazon(Reincarnation of Michael). ep129, 380717

    Munitions for a band of revolutionaries are being smuggled on a luxury steamer. When orders are received that the munitions are no longer needed and are to be destroyed, one…

  5. The Shadow – White God. 380710

    Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows. Lamont Cranston, lawyer by day, but known to the underworld as the Shadow, fights crime with the…

  6. The Shadow – The White Legion. ep26, 380320

    The White Legion is a vigilante group who dishes out judgement based on its own set of rules and standards. William Devons is their latest victim, and his case has…

  7. The Shadow – The Bride Of Death. ep110, 380306

    Superstitious omens foretell the tragedy of death. A mysterious explosion has killed the reverend Colby, and ten others. Lamonte Cranston is on the scene with Margot Lane to investigate a…

  8. The Shadow – Death On The Bridge. ep189, 400303

    Title: The Bridge of Tragedy. After six months off work, Bill comes home to tell his wife Myra that he has a new job. When she learns it’s the only…

  9. The Shadow – Death Is An Art. ep186, 400211

    On the waterfront a cop spots a suspicious man. He is identified as previously trying to commit suicide, but tonight the melancholy man seems to be on a different mission.…

  10. Shadow – The Return Of Carnation Charlie. ep185, 400204

    A gangster on death row who is known for wearing his lucky carnation, asks for the favor of wearing one as he’s marched to the death house. He claims the…

  11. The Shadow – Murder In The Death House. ep16, 400107

    A citizens committee is organized to clean up crime, and corruption. Margot Lane is enthusiastic at being part of it, and drags her boss, Lamonte Cranston along to the meeting.…

  12. The Shadow – The Three Ghosts. ep6, 371031

    Lamont Cranston needs a vacation after his recent exhausting adventures. He picks a resort that is said to be haunted. To combat the alleged supernatural killer ghosts, the Shadow uses…

  13. The Shadow (Mutual, Blue Coal) Death House Rescue. ep87, 370926

    A man sent to death row is falsely accused, and it’s up to the Shadow to set things right.

  14. The Shadow – Hounds In The Hills. ep22, 380220

    A boy is in the woods near an old house that is said to be haunted. Dogs howl, and old Sadie give the house the reputation it deserves. Is the…

  15. The Shadow – The Poison Death. ep19, 380130

    A rash of poisoning has broken out, and the mayor gets a letter claiming that the Shadow is fed up with crimefighting. The Shadow is now bent on holding the…

  16. The Shadow – League Of Death. 380109

    A courtroom decision puts a man behind bars, but Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane think it’s a case for the Shadow to be involved with. The sentenced man leaves a…

  17. The Shadow – house that death built ep432, 480125

    A lunatic retired executioner has died and left a haunted house, filled with death traps and murders.

  18. The Shadow – Inventor Of Death. 391112

    An inventor, George Aldrin, has created a mechanical man, and Lamonte Cranston is in the audience to watch the demonstration. Henry the robot responds to mental commands from the inventor,…

  19. The Shadow – Valley Of The Living Dead. 390122

    Lamonte and Margot are travelling, but there seems to be alack of wrongs that need to be put right. A rock slide scares margot, but it’s not just one, but…

  20. The Shadow – Joey’s Christmas Story. 401222

    Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane help Joey and his poor family every year. Joey aspires to be a detective, and observes Lamonte in action on a case. When things don’t…

  21. The Shadow (MBS) The Stockings Were Hung. 391224

    Looking in on the Grover family, we find they are a family in need. Margot, and Lamont learn from the newsboy about the business loss, and the single father who…

  22. The Shadow (MBS) Man Who Murdered Time. ep153, 390101

    Lamonte Cranston celebrates the New Year, and a new hope for everyone. Things aren’t so happy though when a death threat from a man claiming to have a time machine…

  23. The Shadow – Ruby Of Caraval. ep9, 371121shad

    A car crash draws the attention of lawyer, Lamonte Cranston, and his secretary, Margot Lane. The petty burglar who died in the wreck is found with a valuable ruby that…

  24. The Shadow – black rock 381113

    An embezzler who is absconded with over two million dollars has apparently died over the ocean, but the Shadow believes he can be found on the desolate island Black Rock.

  25. The Shadow – Sabotage. 380116

    A ship sends out a frantic SOS after an explosion onboard. Someone is sabotaging Navy ships, and Lamonte Cranston decides it’s time for the Shadow to come to the aid…

  26. The Shadow – prelude to terror. 390129

    A gangster has a professor killed to obtain an explosive he has developed. The explosive is then planted in light bulbs all over the city, leaving chaos and terror in their wake.

  27. The Shadow – society of the living dead. ep18, 380123

    Lamont looks into what he believes is a connection between a passport forgery ring and the supposed suicide of a broker linked to a recent stock swindle.

  28. The Shadow – oracle of death. ep198, 401020

    A man who was accidentally hit by Shrevie's cab appears to be a bit out of joint with time, as he seems to think it is a day later than it actually is and tells of crimes he says he read about which end up happening later. Lamont is more inclined to believe that he knows of them because he is in…

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  29. The Shadow – precipice called death. ep183, 400121

    A friend of Lamont's is alarmed when a strange man breaks in and attempts to strangle a servant, leaving behind a note that possibly refers to his shady past.

  30. The Shadow – curse of shiva. ep204, 401201

    A skeptic broker is told by a mystic that he willl die shortly and the prediction comes true. During a seance, he starts to reveal to the Shadow who the killer was but he is shot by one of the participants before he can do so.

  31. The Shadow – laughing corpse. ep190, 400310

    A scientist is killed by a poison that induces laughter before death. But it is a mystery to the Shadow on how it was administered.

  32. The Shadow – can the dead talk. 390319

    An anarchist with genuine psychic powers who has been using them as a stage magician learns the identity of the Shadow during a performance Lamont and Margot are attending.

  33. The Shadow – death on the bridge. ep189, 400303

    There is trouble and death on the new bridge as men hear voices and die immediately after. Lamont gets a job on the bridge and is apparently the next to die.

  34. The Shadow – dead men talk. 390924

    When Lamont decides to look into the disappearance of a gangster associated with a political boss, the boss dies rather suddenly of allegedly pneumonia.

  35. The Shadow – The House Of Horror. ep21, 380213

    A gorilla is stolen from a zoo. As they take a cab ride, Lamonte and Margot learn all the details of the theft from the cabbie. Later Lamonte hears of…

  36. The Shadow – phantom voice. ep20, 380206

    A philanthropist Senator is on trial for the seeming absurd charge of accepting a bribe from a deceased gangster. But the case becomes unexpectedly solid when the prosecution presents some motion picture evidence of the alleged incident.

  37. The Shadow – power of the mind. 380424

    A spy has been torturing a scientist to tell him the formula of a new explosive, but instead causes his mind to snap. So he kidnaps a fellow countryman psychiatrist Lamont just met and demands that he repair the mental damage done.

  38. The Shadow – hounds of the hills. ep22, 380220

    While in the boondock region of North Carolina, Lamonts investigations of the disappearances of several boys leads him to the abode of a crazy old woman, her hunchback son, and their pack of ferocious hounds.

  39. Shadow – Voice Of Death. ep16, 371226

    A man is shot when a band of kittens gun him down! OK, not really, he’s just lured outside by the sound of meowing kittens where he is mysteriously shot.…

  40. The Shadow – Appointment With Death. 390312

    A man is released from prison, but claims to the warden that he’ll get the man who put him behind bars. Back with his gang, the gangsters plan is to…

  41. The Shadow – The Cat That Killed. ep180, 391231

    Most likely the wrong date, probably from 1949 instead. Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane are on a scavenger hunt on a foggy, creepy night. A scream from a warehouse has…

  42. The Shadow – Death From The Deep. 371003.

    a pirate with a submarine is terrorizing the shipping lanes. The Shadow has a plan and investigates. The submarine inventor has been having regrets about his role in the pirate’s…

  43. The Shadow – chill of death. ep429, 480104

    Lamont looks into the possibility of insurance fraud mixed with murder by an elderly couple whose maids have a curious tendency to die of pneumonia shortly after being employed.

  44. The Shadow – Appointment with Death. 380312. (RV65, retro690)

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  45. The Shadow (MBS) The Gift of Murder. 471221

    At a family gathering, death makes an appearance. With Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane on hand, they do their best to capture a killer. Is it the butler who did…

  46. The Shadow – The Gibbering Thing. 430926

    The woods are full of gibbering things, true. If they’re only monkey’s , where is aunt Sue? People keep coming up missing, with bodies in heaps. A sneaking professer gives…

  47. Shadow – The Ruby Of Caraval (Modoc). ep9, 371121 (retro616)

    Some sources list this show as I have in the title, but others list it as The Ruby of Caraval, which is how it’s announced in the show itself. It’s…

  48. The Shadow MBS The Gift of Murder. 471221 (retro613)

    At a family gathering, death makes an appearance. With Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane on hand, they do their best to capture a killer. Is it the butler who did…

  49. The Shadow – The Creeper. ep122, 380529 (retro595)

    A dark and stormy night, a screen, and a kidnapper steals away his latest victim. Robberies, burglaries, and disappearances have Margot Lane in a panic as she recounts newspaper reports…

About this show

Sharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

Hosted by

Keith Heltsley

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast have?

Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast has 53 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 22, 2026.

What is Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast about?

Sharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

How often does Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast release new episodes?

Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast publishes about every 84 days, based on its 53 episodes since November 2014.

Who hosts Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast?

Shadow – Retro Radio Podcast is created and hosted by Keith Heltsley.
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