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The Shadow - 278 Episodes Old Time Radio Show 1937 -1954 OTR in 2 MP3 DVDs

Total Run time 129 Hours 33 Minutes 58 Seconds in 2 MP3 Audio DVDs

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.

1 1937-09-26 - *The Death House Rescue - 29:13
2 1937-10-03 - Red Macaw (Recreation 4-22-2016) - 32:31
3 1937-10-10 - Danger in the Dark (Recreation 10-30-2017) - 27:10
4 1937-10-17 - Murder by the Dead (Recreation 1-31-2017) - 23:50
5 1937-10-24 - *The Temple Bells of Neban - 29:25
6 1937-10-31 - *The Three Ghosts - 29:27
7 1937-11-07 - Death Rides the Skyway (Recreation 6-20-2020) - 26:48
8 1937-11-28 - *Circle of Death - 29:40
9 1937-12-12 - *The Death Triangle - 28:57
10 1937-12-19 - Cold Death - 29:09
11 1938-01-09 - *The League of Terror - 29:28
12 1938-01-16 - *Sabotage - 29:24
13 1938-01-23 - Society of the Living Dead - 29:20
14 1938-01-30 - Poison Death - 29:31
15 1938-02-06 - The Phantom Voice - 29:27
16 1938-02-20 - Hounds In the Hills - 28:47
17 1938-02-27 - *The Plot Murder - 29:31
18 1938-03-06 - *The Bride of Death - 29:31
19 1938-03-13 - *The Silent Avenger - 29:36
20 1938-03-20 - *The White Legion - 29:29
21 1938-03-27 - The Hypnotized Audience - 29:43
22 1938-04-03 - Death From the Deep - 29:36
23 1938-04-10 - The Fire Bug - 29:31
24 1938-04-17 - The Blind Beggar Dies - 29:49
25 1938-04-24 - The Power of the Mind - 29:53
26 1938-05-01 - The White God - 29:42
27 1938-05-08 - Aboard the Steamship Amazon - 29:27
28 1938-05-15 - Murders in Wax - 29:32
29 1938-05-22 - The Message from the Hills - 29:30
30 1938-05-29 - The Creeper (Tunnel) - 29:24
31 1938-06-05 - The Tenor with the Broken Voice - 29:33
32 1938-06-12 - Murder on Approval - 29:39
33 1938-06-19 - The Tomb of Terror - 29:21
34 1938-06-26 - The Old People - 29:33
35 1938-07-03 - The Voice of the Trumpet - 29:27
36 1938-07-10 - He Died at Twelve - 29:23
37 1938-07-17 - The Reincarnation of Michael - 29:28
38 1938-07-24 - The Mark of the Bat - 29:26
39 1938-07-31 - Revenge on the Shadow - 29:33
40 1938-08-07 - The Mine Hunters - 29:31
41 1938-08-14 - The Hospital Murders - 29:30
42 1938-08-21 - The Caverns of Death - 29:31
43 1938-08-28 - Death Under the Chapel - 25:49
44 1938-09-04 - The Black Buddha - 29:28
45 1938-09-11 - The Witch Drums of Salem - 29:33
46 1938-09-18 - Professor X - 29:26
47 1938-09-25 - Traffic in Death - 29:07
48 1938-10-02 - The Black Abbot - 29:04
49 1938-10-09 - Death Stalks the Shadow - 29:37
50 1938-10-16 - *Night Without End - 29:29
51 1938-10-23 - *Gun Island - 29:36
52 1938-10-30 - *The Isle of Fear - 29:38
53 1938-11-06 - Shyster Payoff - 29:29
54 1938-11-13 - Black Rock - 29:09
55 1938-11-20 - Death is Blind - 29:23
56 1938-11-27 - Fountain of Death - 29:36
57 1938-12-04 - *Murder In E Flat - 28:46
58 1938-12-11 - Murder By Rescue - 29:32
59 1938-12-18 - *Guest of Death - 29:43
60 1939-01-01 - The Man Who Murdered Time - 29:28
61 1939-01-08 - Island of the Devil - 28:43
62 1939-01-15 - Ghosts Can Kill - 29:07
63 1939-01-22 - Valley of the Living Dead - 29:45
64 1939-01-29 - Prelude to Terror - 28:24
65 1939-02-05 - The Ghost of Captain Bayloe - 29:16
66 1939-02-12 - Hypnotic Death - 29:17
67 1939-02-19 - Friend of Darkness - 28:11
68 1939-02-26 - Horror in Wax - 29:34
69 1939-03-05 - Sabatoge by Air - 29:32
70 1939-03-12 - Appointment with Death - 29:14
71 1939-03-19 - Can the Dead Talk (BF Goodrich) - 29:33
72 1939-03-19 - Can the Dead Talk (Blue Coal) - 28:30
73 1939-09-17 - Conversation With Death - 29:33
74 1939-09-24 - Dead Men Talk - 25:37
75 1939-10-01 - The Night Marauders - 24:49
76 1939-10-08 - The Diamond Murders (Murder in the Ball Park) - 25:05
77 1939-10-15 - Village of Doom - 24:50
78 1939-10-22 - House of Fun - 25:16
79 1939-10-29 - Phantom Fingerprints - 24:15
80 1939-11-05 - Mansion of Madness - 24:28
81 1939-11-12 - The Inventor of Death - 24:58
82 1939-11-19 - The Shadow Returns - 25:20
83 1939-11-26 - Sandhog Murders - 23:34
84 1939-12-03 - Death Shows the Way - 24:10
85 1939-12-10 - Flight of the Vulture - 24:39
86 1939-12-17 - Murder Incorporated - 24:25
87 1939-12-24 - The Stockings Were Hung - 24:23
88 1939-12-31 - The Cat That Killed - 24:15
89 1940-01-07 - Murder in the Death House - 24:18
90 1940-01-21 - The Precipice Called Death - 24:32
91 1940-02-04 - The Return of Carnation Charlie - 23:43
92 1940-02-11 - Death is an Art - 23:58
93 1940-03-03 - Death on the Bridge - 24:01
94 1940-03-10 - The Laughing Corpse - 25:00
95 1940-03-17 - Murderer's Vanity - 24:51
96 1940-03-24 - The Plot That Failed - 29:36
97 1940-09-29 - Death in a Minor Key - 26:38
98 1940-10-06 - Ghost Town - 26:42
99 1940-10-13 - The Isle of the Living Dead - 29:38
100 1940-10-20 - The Oracle of Death - 25:51
101 1940-10-27 - The Mark of the Black Widow - 29:15
102 1940-11-03 - The Creeper (Lumber Camp) - 25:09
103 1940-11-10 - Carnival of Death - 24:32
104 1940-11-17 - The House of Horror - 24:29
105 1940-11-24 - The Green Man - 24:04
106 1940-12-01 - The Curse of Shiva - 24:11
107 1940-12-08 - The Voice of Death - 23:29
108 1940-12-15 - The Killers Rendezvous - 25:09
109 1940-12-22 - Joey's Christmas Story - 29:49
110 1940-12-29 - The Ghost on the Stair - 29:16
111 1941-01-05 - The Leopard Strikes - 29:37
112 1941-01-12 - The Ghost Building - 29:33
113 1941-01-19 - The Shadow Challenged - 29:26
114 1941-01-26 - The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie (Evil Lurks) - 29:45
115 1941-01-26 - The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie (Hearts of Evil) - 29:49
116 1941-02-02 - Nightmare at Gaelsberry - 29:29
117 1941-02-09 - The Man Who Lived Twice (Thrice) - 25:16
118 1941-02-16 - The Phantom Voyage - 24:28
119 1941-02-23 - The Chess Club Murders - 29:36
120 1941-03-02 - Death Rides a Broomstick - 29:07
121 1941-03-09 - The Murder Underground - 25:06
122 1941-03-16 - The Ghost Walks Again - 25:09
123 1941-03-23 - Death Prowls at Night - 24:33
124 1941-03-30 - Voodoo - 29:13
125 1941-04-06 - Murder from the Grave - 29:41
126 1941-04-13 - Death on the Rails - 29:27
127 1941-10-12 - Dragon's Tongue Murders - 29:41
128 1941-10-19 - The Hoodoo Ship - 29:46
129 1941-10-26 - The Devil's Hour - 29:46
130 1941-11-09 - The Organ Played at Midnight - 29:40
131 1941-11-16 - The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen - 29:15
132 1941-11-23 - The Ring of Light - 29:30
133 1941-12-07 - The Curse of Baldring Heights (Recreation 5-20-2017) - 33:54
134 1941-12-21 - Death Imported - 29:46
135 1942-01-04 - Death Pulls the Strings - 29:46
136 1942-01-11 - The Drums of Doom (Executioner) - 29:36
137 1942-01-18 - The Thing in the Swamp - 29:13
138 1942-01-25 - Dead Man's Revenge - 29:40
139 1942-02-01 - The Return of Anatole Chevanic - 29:35
140 1942-02-15 - Death Speaks Twice - 29:17
141 1942-02-22 - Death Gives an Encore - 29:14
142 1942-03-01 - Dead Men Tell - 29:32
143 1942-03-15 - Altar of Death - 29:32
144 1942-10-24 - The Mystery of Madman's Deep - 25:56
145 1942-11-01 - Death Keeps a Deadline - 29:39
146 1942-11-08 - The Wailing Corpse - 28:39
147 1942-11-22 - The Lady In Black - 28:29
148 1942-12-06 - Death Shoots an Arrow - 28:14
149 1943-02-28 - The Touch of Death - 29:45
150 1943-09-26 - The Gibbering Things - 28:29
151 1943-10-03 - The Crystal Globe - 29:24
152 1943-12-05 - Bubbling Death - 25:23
153 1943-12-19 - The Club of Doom - 24:05
154 1944-02-06 - A Pass to Death - 28:44
155 1944-03-12 - Death to the Shadow - 29:30
156 1944-03-19 - Drums of Doom (Voodoo Drums) - 29:28
157 1944-11-12 - Death Goes Fishing (Recreation 5-31-2017) - 26:43
158 1944-11-19 - The Man Who Dreamed too Much (Recreation?) - 29:23
159 1944-12-10 - The Immortal Murderer (Recreation 10-31-2016) - 30:17
160 1944-12-17 - The Ghost on Horseback (Recreation 6-21-2017) - 28:53
161 1945-02-11 - The Face of Death (Recreation 3-31-2020) - 30:24
162 1945-03-18 - The Case of the Flaming Skull - 30:09
163 1945-03-25 - The Destroyer - 29:06
164 1945-04-08 - The Little Man Who Wasn't There - 30:09
165 1945-04-15 - The Case of the River of Eternal Woe (Ouray County Players Recreation 6-16-2020) - 32:34
166 1945-04-15 - The Case of the River of Eternal Woe (Recreation 12-31-2019) - 29:35
167 1945-11-11 - Spider Boy (My Remaster) - 26:03
168 1945-11-11 - Spider Boy - 26:03
169 1946-01-20 - The Curse of the Cat - 29:30
170 1946-02-03 - Murder with Music - 26:28
171 1946-02-10 - The Living Head - 27:04
172 1946-03-03 - The Island of Ancient Death - 29:30
173 1946-03-10 - The Ghost Without a Face - 29:36
174 1946-03-17 - Etched With Acid - 29:27
175 1946-03-24 - The Walking Corpse - 29:25
176 1946-03-31 - Mind Over Murder - 28:41
177 1946-04-07 - The Ghost Wore a Silver Slipper - 29:16
178 1946-04-14 - The Unburied Dead - 29:41
179 1946-04-21 - The Gorilla Man - 29:23
180 1946-04-28 - The Dreams of Death - 29:25
181 1946-05-05 - The White Witchman of Lawaiki - 29:13
182 1946-05-12 - The Bride Wore Black - 29:43
183 1946-05-19 - The Touch of Death - 29:10
184 1946-05-26 - They Kill With a Silver Hatchet - 29:15
185 1946-06-02 - Death In a Minor Key - 30:03
186 1946-10-13 - The Valley of Living Terror - 29:17
187 1946-10-20 - Blood Money - 29:19
188 1946-11-24 - Gang Doctor - 29:35
189 1946-12-01 - Makeup for Murder - 29:36
190 1946-12-08 - The Devil Takes a Wife - 29:19
191 1946-12-15 - Murders on the Main Stem - 29:19
192 1946-12-22 - The Fine Art of Murder - 29:55
193 1946-12-29 - Shadow of Suspicion - 29:29
194 1947-01-05 - The Werewolf of Hamilton Mansion - 23:32
195 1947-01-12 - The Cat and the Killer - 24:17
196 1947-01-26 - Death by Imagination (Partial 1st Half Only) - 13:39
197 1947-02-02 - Scent of Death - 28:35
198 1947-02-23 - The Witch of the Crescent Moon (Partial 1st Half Only) - 16:26
199 1947-04-27 - Death Takes a Handout (Partial 2nd Half Only) - 13:58
200 1947-05-04 - Suicide League (Partial 2nd Half Only) - 13:53
201 1947-05-11 - The Shadow's Revenge - 29:29
202 1947-05-18 - Death Rides High - 29:56
203 1947-05-25 - Seance with Death - 25:35
204 1947-06-01 - Spider Boy - 29:15
205 1947-09-07 - The Phantom of the Lighthouse - 29:30
206 1947-09-14 - When the Grave is Open - 29:30
207 1947-09-21 - The Face - 28:33
208 1947-09-28 - Death Takes the Wheel - 29:37
209 1947-10-05 - The Curse of the Gypsies - 29:34
210 1947-10-19 - The Ruby of Karvahl - 29:35
211 1947-10-26 - Death Hunt - 30:30
212 1947-11-02 - Death Has Eight Arms - 26:12
213 1947-11-09 - Dream of Death - 29:58
214 1947-11-16 - Doom and the Limping Man - 29:50
215 1947-11-23 - The Comic Strip Killer - 29:45
216 1947-11-30 - Murder and the Medium - 29:43
217 1947-12-21 - A Gift of Murder - 25:04
218 1947-12-28 - The Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle - 24:01
219 1948-01-04 - The Chill of Death - 29:22
220 1948-01-11 - The Bones of the Dragon - 29:43
221 1948-01-18 - Death and the Black Fedora - 29:26
222 1948-01-25 - The House That Death Built - 29:28
223 1948-02-01 - One Dead and Two to Go - 28:55
224 1948-02-08 - The Thing in the Cage - 29:33
225 1948-02-15 - Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll - 29:25
226 1948-02-22 - The Nursery Rhyme Murders - 24:13
227 1948-02-29 - The Man Who Was Death - 23:37
228 1948-03-07 - The Beast of Darrow House - 29:26
229 1948-03-14 - Stake Out - 24:31
230 1948-03-21 - Death Coils to Strike - 29:18
231 1948-03-28 - Death and the Easter Bonnet - 28:48
232 1948-04-04 - The Ghost That Gleams - 29:27
233 1948-05-02 - The Legend of the Living Swamp - 23:55
234 1948-05-09 - Reflection of Death - 29:44
235 1948-05-16 - The Giant of Madras - 24:03
236 1948-09-12 - Murder at Dead Man's Inn - 29:18
237 1948-09-19 - Revenge is Murder! - 29:36
238 1948-09-26 - Death is a Colored Dream - 29:29
239 1948-10-03 - The Phantom Racketeer - 29:15
240 1948-10-10 - A Mask for Murder - 27:09
241 1948-10-17 - Dead Man's Ride - 29:23
242 1948-10-24 - The Drum of Obi - 29:26
243 1948-10-31 - Murder by a Corpse - 29:17
244 1948-11-07 - Evil In The House - 29:31
245 1948-11-28 - The Wig Makers of Doom Street - 29:35
246 1949-01-02 - Death and the Crown of Odalph - 26:34
247 1949-02-20 -The Trail of the Knifer - 29:48
248 1949-02-27 - Collectors of Death - 29:36
249 1949-03-06 - Unto Death Do Us Part - 29:38
250 1949-03-13 - The Ring of Mahlalayee - 29:45
251 1949-04-17 - Death and the Easter Bonnet - 29:27
252 1949-05-29 - Monkey Woman - 29:44
253 1949-06-05 - Preview of Terror - 29:47
254 1950-03-19 - The Curse of the Great Nirvan (Recreation 7-01-2017) - 30:14
255 1950-11-12 Career in Crime (Recreation 2-29-2020) - 26:37
256 1950-11-12 - Career in Crime (Ouray County Players Recreation 7-07-2020) - 27:59
257 1951-04-01 - The Golden Deceiver (Ouray County Players Recreation 6-30-2020) - 30:16
258 1951-08-19 - The Ten Thousand Dollar Fish (Recreation 7-20-2017) - 24:28
259 1951-10-28 - Revenge by Special Delivery (Recreation 9-20-2017) - 22:16
260 1954-04-11 - Struggle with Death (Recreation 4-11-2019) - 24:41
261 1954-04-18 - The Bells of St. Peters (Recreation 9-30-2017) - 28:17
262 1954-04-25 - Horror In the Night (Recreation 10-20-2017) - 26:09
263 1954-05-30 - The Master of Torture (Recreation 11-30-2017) - 27:10
264 1954-06-06 - Vision of Death (Recreation 5-31-2019) - 27:21
265 1954-06-27 - The Vengeance of Angela Nolan - 25:07
266 1954-07-04 - Death by Chapter (Recreation 9-30-2019) - 26:45
267 1954-07-25 - The Case of the Dead Man's Shoes (Recreation 8-31-2019) - 27:03
268 1954-08-01 - Murder in the Sun (Recreation 03-31-2018) - 26:12
269 1954-08-08 - The Case of the Vanishing Killer (Recreation 11-01-2017) - 25:03
270 1954-08-29 - The Blackball Murder (Recreation 02-28-2018) - 22:00
271 1954-09-05 - Heartbeat of Death (Recreation 01-31-2018) - 27:56
272 1954-09-19 - The Nightmare Combination (Recreation 08-20-2018) - 30:05
273 1954-10-10 - Murder Before the Storm (Recreation 09-30-2018) - 23:27
274 1954-10-17 - Hands of Death (Recreation 10-31-2018) - 28:25
275 1954-10-24 - Tunnel of Terror (Recreation 02-11-2019) - 22:05
276 1954-10-31 - The Final Hour (Recreation 03-11-2019) - 24:15
277 1954-11-07 - The Long Arm of Death (Recreation 11-07-2019) - 32:42
278 1968-xx-xx - Air Freight Fracas! (Recreation 07-01-2018) - 13:38


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