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The Shadow | Old Time Radio

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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Step into the fog-shrouded world of Lamont Cranston — the mysterious figure who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Each episode of The Shadow brings noir crime and supernatural intrigue to life from radio’s most iconic detective drama. 🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio. Source: [OTRR.org] – Certified Public Domain Collection. Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.

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Episodes

  1. The Shadow - "Bubbling Death" (Old Time Radio)

    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…

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  2. The Shadow - "The Isle of the Living Dead" (Old Time Radio)

    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…

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  3. The Shadow - "Appointment with Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Appointment with Death,” originally broadcast on March 12, 1939, as episode 163 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series. This Blue Coal-sponsored installment stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane. Fresh from prison, Blacky...

  4. The Shadow - "Death Stalks the Shadow" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death Stalks the Shadow,” originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on October 9, 1938. This is episode 55, season 2, episode 3, starring Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane. On the eve of a condemned man’s execution,...

  5. The Shadow - "Death Prowls at Night" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death Prowls at Night,” originally broadcast on Mutual on March 23, 1941. Episode 220 of the Blue Coal-sponsored series stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margot Lane. On a ski holiday in wooded mountain country, Lamont and Margot find...

  6. The Shadow - "Cold Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Cold Death,” originally broadcast on December 19, 1937. This Christmas-season episode is identified as script no. 13 and is also cataloged as episode #099. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System...

  7. The Shadow - "The House That Death Built" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow: “The House That Death Built,” originally broadcast January 25, 1948. Common old-time-radio logs list it as episode 432, though some guides use alternate overall numbering. This archival presentation features Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot...

  8. The Shadow - "The Plot Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Plot Murder,” originally broadcast February 27, 1938. This early Mutual Broadcasting System drama, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane. When Army Lieutenant John Wilson is convicted of sabotaging a secret...

  9. The Shadow - "The Killers Rendezvous" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Killers Rendezvous,” originally broadcast December 15, 1940, as episode 206. This Mutual Broadcasting System production, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. When a storm forces their commercial...

  10. The Shadow - "Dream of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Dream of Death,” originally broadcast November 9, 1947. In episode 421 of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal series, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane. At an isolated house high above the sea, Lyra Sander is plagued…

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  11. The Shadow - "Dead Men Talk" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Dead Men Talk,” originally broadcast September 24, 1939. Episode 166 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, this Blue Coal-sponsored adventure stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and was written by Jerry Devine. When racketeer Joe Gordon vanishes, Cranston…

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  12. The Shadow - "Death Hunt" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death Hunt,” originally broadcast October 26, 1947, and identified as episode 419. In this Mutual Broadcasting System installment, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow alongside Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. A debt-ridden gambler accepts a...

  13. The Shadow - "The Chill of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Chill of Death,” originally broadcast January 4, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 429, this preserved Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast was sponsored by Blue Coal and written by Louis Vittes. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane....

  14. The Shadow - "Preview of Terror" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Preview of Terror,” originally broadcast June 5, 1949. Written by Frank Kane, this episode is cataloged as script-series number 378, though some audio listings use a different episode count. Driving through a storm, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane are diverted to an isolated…

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  15. The Shadow - "Murder by Rescue" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murder by Rescue,” originally broadcast on December 11, 1938. Common broadcast listings identify it as episode 64, or Season 2, episode 12, of the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal-sponsored run. When wealthy heir Warren Mitchell becomes entangled in a strange scheme...

  16. The Shadow - "The Tomb of Terror" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Tomb of Terror,” originally broadcast June 19, 1938, and commonly cataloged as episode 125. In this Orson Welles-era production, Margot Stevenson co-stars as Margot Lane. At the City Museum, an ancient Egyptian tomb is readied for public display when a series of deaths...

  17. The Shadow - "Altar of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Altar of Death,” originally broadcast March 15, 1942. Cataloged as episode 249 in some listings, this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. Lamont and Margo travel to Port St. Luce, a...

  18. The Shadow - "The Comic Strip Killer" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Comic Strip Killer,” originally broadcast November 23, 1947, as episode 425. In this late-period Mutual Broadcasting System mystery, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane. Poison murders begin echoing the exploits of Hypo, a villain…

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  19. The Shadow - "Dead Men Tell" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Dead Men Tell,” originally broadcast March 1, 1942. Cataloged as episode 247, this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. When debt-ridden John Matley faces disinheritance from his wealthy...

  20. The Shadow - "The House of Horror" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The House of Horror,” an archival episode of The Shadow. The original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied with this recording. The available source identifies this as a local archival recording and provides no verified plot or credit details. The Shadow…

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  21. The Shadow - "Ghosts Can Kill" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow, “Ghosts Can Kill” originally aired on January 15, 1939. It is episode 69 of the series (season 2, episode 17), written by Jerry Devine for the Mutual Broadcasting System. Convicted gangster Ralph Gorman vows revenge on the men he holds responsible for his fate—and the eerie sound...

  22. The Shadow - "The Cat and the Killer" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Cat and the Killer,” originally broadcast January 12, 1947. In this 1946–47 season episode, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. Written by Lewis Reed, the program aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System and was sponsored…

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  23. The Shadow - "A Gift of Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “A Gift of Murder,” originally broadcast December 21, 1947, as episode 427. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System Christmas-season mystery sponsored by Blue Coal. On a snowy Christmas Eve, Cranston and…

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  24. The Shadow - "Murder with Music" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murder with Music,” originally broadcast on February 3, 1946. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, number 357, stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane. A society musicale at Harriet Hamilton’s mansion turns deadly when actress...

  25. The Shadow - "Fountain of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Fountain of Death,” originally broadcast November 27, 1938. This is episode 148 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, starring Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane. When medical researcher Dr. Anna Marler develops a serum with…

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  26. The Shadow - "Death in a Minor Key" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death in a Minor Key,” originally broadcast June 2, 1946, episode 374. In this Mutual Broadcasting System production, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Lesley Woods as Margot Lane. A troubling case at Dr. Norton’s private sanitarium draws Lamont and Margot into a…

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  27. The Shadow - "Death Shows the Way" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death Shows the Way,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1939. In this Mutual Broadcasting System adventure, sponsored by Blue Coal, Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston, the man known to the world as the Shadow. Lamont and Margot Lane arrive for a country weekend at the...

  28. The Shadow - "The Death Triangle" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Death Triangle,” originally broadcast December 12, 1937. It is episode 12 of the 1937–38 Orson Welles season, though some overall-series listings number it 98. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane, on the Mutual…

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  29. The Shadow - "Death by Imagination Partial 1ST Half" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death by Imagination,” episode 394, originally broadcast January 26, 1947. This surviving archival recording is incomplete. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane; the script was written by William Morwood. At a mental institution, reports…

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  30. The Shadow - "Death on the Bridge" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death on the Bridge,” originally broadcast March 3, 1940. Episode 189 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, sponsored by Blue Coal, stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. The script was written by Sidney Slon. A series of...

  31. The Shadow - "Death Has Eight Arms" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Death Has Eight Arms,” originally broadcast November 2, 1947. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Grace Matthews as Margot Lane, in a script by William Morwood for the Mutual Broadcasting System. A theft from a Burmese temple reaches across the world when a valuable...

  32. The Shadow - "The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper,” originally broadcast on April 7, 1946. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is listed as program 366 and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Lesley Woods as Margo Lane. When Lamont and Margo…

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  33. The Shadow - "The Ghost Walks Again" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow: “The Ghost Walks Again,” originally broadcast March 16, 1941. Episode 219 follows Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane into a small New England town haunted by reports that its long-dead colonial governor, Sir Roger Mathus, has returned. Victims are found clutching death warrants...

  34. The Shadow - "A Mask for Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “A Mask for Murder,” originally broadcast on October 10, 1948. This Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is program 455 and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. When a man appears to seek out a…

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  35. The Shadow - "The Ghost That Gleams" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow: “The Ghost That Gleams,” originally broadcast April 4, 1948 (episode 442). This late-run Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane, from a script by Louis Vittes. At his isolated Oceanside cottage, Max…

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  36. The Shadow - "Murderer's Vanity" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murderer’s Vanity,” originally broadcast on March 17, 1940. This surviving Mutual Broadcasting System episode, sponsored by Blue Coal, is generally listed as episode 191 and stars Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow alongside Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. When a…

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  37. The Shadow - "Scent of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Scent of Death” (also known as “The Scent of Death”), originally broadcast on February 2, 1947. Episode 395 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane. A woman’s sudden death after opening an...

  38. The Shadow - "Dragon's Tongue Murders" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Dragon’s Tongue Murders,” originally broadcast October 12, 1941. This is episode 227 of the series, starring William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. When Margo accepts a women’s-magazine feature assignment at the wealthy Post…

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  39. The Shadow - "Makeup for Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Makeup for Murder,” originally broadcast December 1, 1946. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Joe Bates Smith credited as writer; the Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast was sponsored by Carey’s Salt. After a terrified beggar dies on Beggar’s Road, Lamont Cranston...

  40. The Shadow - "The Man Who Murdered Time" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The Man Who Murdered Time,” originally broadcast on Mutual on January 1, 1939. Episode 153 features Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane. On New Year’s Eve in New York, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane find themselves trapped in a day...

  41. The Shadow - "Prelude to Terror" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Prelude to Terror,” originally broadcast January 29, 1939, and commonly cataloged as episode 145. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars William Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane, with Blue Coal as sponsor. After a professor’s...

  42. The Shadow - "The Ghost Without a Face" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow, “The Ghost Without a Face” originally aired on March 10, 1946, as episode 362 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series. Written by Joe Bates Smith, it stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Lesley Woods as Margo Lane. A troubled theatrical production turns...

  43. The Shadow - "Murder in E Flat" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murder in E Flat,” originally broadcast December 4, 1938. Episode 149 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series features Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane. A series of baffling explosions leaves a city fearful of even the loudest...

  44. The Shadow - "The League of Terror" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “The League of Terror,” originally broadcast January 9, 1938. Commonly cataloged as episode 102, this surviving Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane. When a frightened grocer withdraws testimony...

  45. The Shadow - "Murder on Approval" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murder on Approval,” originally broadcast June 12, 1938, as episode 124. This Mutual Network installment stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Margot Stevenson as Margot Lane. When a mysterious illness strikes American soldiers, Lamont Cranston and Margot…

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  46. The Shadow - "The Three Ghosts" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow, “The Three Ghosts,” originally broadcast October 31, 1937. Episode 6 of the 1937–38 Mutual/Blue Coal season, this Halloween installment stars Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane. A newly married woman fears that her isolated country mansion is…

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  47. The Shadow - "Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Terror at Wolf’s Head Knoll,” originally broadcast February 15, 1948 (episode 435). This late-period Mutual Broadcasting System installment was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. A drive through the...

  48. The Shadow - "Mind over Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Mind over Murder,” originally broadcast March 31, 1946, as episode 365. Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston, with Lesley Woods as Margo Lane, in this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery written by Joe Bates Smith. When unsettling deaths strike the home of three elderly...

  49. The Shadow - "Murders on the Main Stem" (Old Time Radio)

    The Shadow presents “Murders on the Main Stem,” originally broadcast December 15, 1946. In episode 388 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, Bret Morrison stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, with Grace Matthews as Margo Lane. When an actress and a singer are murdered, Cranston traces a...

  50. The Shadow - "Reflection of Death" (Old Time Radio)

    From The Shadow, “Reflection of Death” originally aired on May 9, 1948, as episode 447. This Mutual Broadcasting System presentation was sponsored by Blue Coal and stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Grace Matthews as Margot Lane. When newlywed Nancy Craig begins seeing the…

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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Step into the fog-shrouded world of Lamont Cranston — the mysterious figure who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Each episode of The Shadow brings noir crime and supernatural intrigue to life from radio’s most iconic detective drama.

🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio. Source: [OTRR.org] – Certified Public Domain Collection. Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.

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