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January 31, 2024 • 29 mins
"The Shadow" is a classic radio drama series that originally aired in the United States from 1930 to 1954. Created by Walter B. Gibson, the show features the mysterious and crime-fighting character known as "The Shadow."The Shadow is actually the alter ego of Lamont Cranston, a wealthy man about town. Using his supernatural abilities to cloud men's minds and become invisible, The Shadow operates as a vigilante and detective, taking on various criminals and solving crimes that baffle the police. He is often accompanied by his loyal companion and confidante, Margo Lane.The show is known for its suspenseful and dramatic storytelling, with each episode featuring The Shadow's deep, mysterious voice, ominous laughter, and his signature catchphrase, "The Shadow knows." The series was hugely popular during its time and has since become a classic in the world of old-time radio. It has also inspired comic books, novels, and other adaptations over the years.
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Who knows what evil lurks in thehearts of men. The shadow knows ladies

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At no extra costs. The ShadowLamont Cranston, a man of wealth,

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a student of science, and themaster of other people's minds, devotes his
life to writing wrongs, protecting theinnocent, and punishing the guilty. Cranston
is known to the underworld as theShadow, never seen, only heard.
His true identity is known only tohis constant friend and aid Margoline. Today's

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story The Mind Hunters, he tookLet me come, Tita. Why you
make me come down here to thePanama Waters Front in the middle of a
poly night like this? Why isCaptain Bogart here? Captain Bogat is no

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longer satisfied to take out as hewants to know. Why my men spend
so much time taking soundings off theentrance of the Panama Canal. Why this
fishing trolley he commands does not catchsmall fish? And what's the idea of
contacting the trump steamer that's been standingoff shore. You are paid well to
do as you're told and be silent, Captain Bigart, not enough for what
I think you're mixed up in.And what is that captain spying sounding out

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the defenses and laying secret minds offthe Panama Canal? That's what you know.
Too much, Captain, much toomuch. And the sharks but infest
the waters of the shot of LaBoca will welcome you. Ohs that I

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mean, Rker. We're glad tosee you fix it up for me to
get that deck hands job on thetroiler. Yes, it is all arranged.
Say what's the idea? Why thegun? Just this? We know
you are not a deck and youare Lieutenant cut Right, and they never
Intelligence division, So you found outabout me before I could get the goods

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on you and your spiring eh SoSally, Lieutenant, it is the bottom.
The espionage made you bake it tosee you, Commander, show him
right in good morning, Major notin. Commander's heard one of your covers

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found the body of Lieutenant cut Right, washed up on the beach Nilaboga.
Yes, one of our best men. I beg pardon, Commander. Another
message in the Navy Department. Itmakes the third today. Good grief.
Now what this message? The NavyDepartment sent two men down here a month
ago. They haven't reported in thelast ten days. What use are our
elaborate defenses of the Panama Canal Ifevery potential enemy knows as much about them

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as we do. You're right,we've got to wipe out this spir ring.
But how every intelligence officer put onthe job as come back empty handed?
Yes or dead? There must besome way, some man smart enough
and nervy enough to deal with thesespies, these killers. In Animal City

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in five minutes passing through for I'mand Valpariso had one hour stop over her,
Margo, much of our destination?Yes? Or any ideas yet as
to how you're going to try andlocate the leaders of that spiring operating in
around the canal zone. It's aloud Margo. No, I have no
definite plan yet. I thought itwas time the shadow got a part and

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finding out who is at the headof this spirring. Hope I can be
of some help to you. You'vealways been a big help to La mont
Krimston, Margo, this time maybehelping our country as well. Waiter,

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see signor we have a check,see Senor Lahman. I love the way
these Panama Natives say quickly and thentake all day life. Life moves very
slowly in the tropics, Margot,so does criminal investigation. It would seem
we've been here a week, yes, and we've hunted every cafe in Panama,
the best of the lowest dives alongthe waterfront. You know, Lamant,

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if these international spies are half asclever as you seem to think they
are, they may be suspicious ofus. It's a very old axiom among
hunters. If you're after a killer, whether it be a wolf, a
tiger, or a man, youcan't find him, make it easy for

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him to find jewel. In otherwords, Lamont, we're just a couple
of walking invitations for a shot inthe dark or a knife in the back.
Is that not quite? I dowant people around here to get a
bit curious about us. Whine,are you scared? This water front sector
gives me the creeps, especially thepeople in this cafe. It looked like

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they'd slitch your throat for the funof it. Why, Oh, yes,
of course, amanth Who is she? Oh? Who is who?
That's Spanish down you've been watching thelast ten minutes. That's that's Verita.
She owns this cafe, and accordingto rumor, she's one of the most
notorious characters in Panama. How didyou find that out, Lamon? After

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Lamont, Kranston, the amateur criminologist, has seen his assistant safely to a
room in the hotel. The shadowhas been prowling the back streets of Panama.
Careful a month the way it's comingback. It's about time. You're
really two dollars fifty cents American,Senor, you are keep a change a
good life. Yet, Senor Glacier, you will be back against Senor Why

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when you ask only that for threenights? Now you have come, Senor.
You like the cafe, Senorita Barita, see you have a very interesting
place. Yes, I think wewill be back long ago, Callaghan,
whena's nuer, Senor, Senor,whenas nutches Manuel, Senorita Veriti, tell

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Senorito here what am I can say? He say, you have a most
interesting place. He came back againstyou. Hear, yes, that will
be all. Manuel, Go backto your family. See set what have
you learned? This man and hispretty companion, very little Marita at the
hotel they are registered as John Harryand New York and Miss Martha Adams of

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Boston. The room did you havehad them searched? Yes, the head
potter is one of our men.He found nothing, no suspicious papers.
Then what makes you think their governmentations? I have good reason to suspect this
man, if not the young woman. But it is so, Why is
it so? Each night he hasseen the young lady to her room,

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and then he has left the hotelagain, where does he go? Three
knights? Now my men have followedhim, But each night he has walked
into the shadows and vanished. Hetalked like a pool. Men do not
vanish in Sanama, Let's sweet seeit to it, But this man does.
Last night he came to the waterfront, walked out on the fisherman's walk.

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Three of my men thought they hadhim connaught, But when they searched
the walk, he was not there. Perhaps he had wings and flew away,
or jumped into the water and drownedhimself, And that his ghosts we
saw here tonight. Now he wasthere. He spoke to my men,
but they could not see him,could only hear his voice and his laughter,
laughter such as you might hear fromthe devil himself. Do not invent

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life to cover your sucredity. Itis not a lie. This man can
move into the shadows, become asa shadow itself unseen. Do not laugh,
Verita did the truth. There issuch a man I have heard of
him and of his powers to thosein our profession. He is the most
dangerous man alive. And he ishere here in Panama. I tell you

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who are you talking about? Perhapsyou too have heard of him, Verita.
He is the terror of the criminalworld of America. He succeeds where
police and secret service and agents ofcounter espionage have failed. He is a
man all men fear, yet noone has ever seen. And his name

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Verita. It is the Shadow.The Shadow, Yes, the Shadow.
He is here in Panama after us, and unless we find a way of
trapping him, he will trap us. And do you think this John Hardy
of New York is the Shadow oran accomplish the Troller? Then that side

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puts to see tonight. Yet inone hour, this girl, it might
be well less she went along.I see you think she will make a
fine date for a trap to catchthe Shadow. It can be arranged.
It will not be difficult to gether out of the hotel good and on

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board the troller in the open sea. After dawn there will be no shadows.
Get her, bring her to thetroller. I will meet you there.
You go to see with us.See if the Shadow appears, it
will be interesting to see if hispowers are strong enough to save him from

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the tiger sharks that swarm the watersof Panna. You know what you have

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to do, Si Seniorsito, whenyou have taken the girl away, I
am to run quick to the roomof Senor hard In, her friend and
tell him some men take her tothe steam troller Bandetta. Yes, wait
five, now, ten minutes,then warm him. I understand God,
now, which is in Senilita's room. There I have a key to that

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open door to the patio. Unluckymy man will do the Restor Pedro Manuel,
quick, bring the girl. Donot tell her cry out, see
Senor, she will not try outa Ladies and gentlemen, many perilous things

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What have you learned nothing, Verita? It is strange she does not come.
This shadow. We cannot wait muchlonger. That's all I must put
to see. What are you goingto do with a girl like he does
not come? What we did withCaptain Bogat, with the lieutenant from the
Navy Department and the others. Whereis the girl in the next cabin.
Perhaps you can make her talk?You know so many ways, Tito.

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I will try, but women aredifficult. They can stand much more torture,
more pain than a man. Ricawe talk to you now, maybe
you will talk to us. Youcan talk all your night. I have
nothing to say. Do not betoo sure, saying, Arista. This
is mister Zito. He has hadexperience in loosening the tongue of those will

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not speak freely. I can imagine, Senior Reita. Among my people,
there is a saying that the tongueis for speech, and those who will
not use their tongue for speaking Ihave no need of it, and they
will not feel it's loss if thetongue is taken away. I really believe
you would, mister Tito, ithas been necessary on occasion. What good

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would it do you to have mytongue cut out, ma'am? Therefore,
we would both lose if your stubborncarriage should force me to go so fast
in your litime. What do youwant to know, this friend of yours,
this man John Hardy of New York. What is he doing in Panama?
I don't know where is he now? I don't know. You'll lie
you know who he is, whathe is, Why he's here? I

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tell you? Why? Ya?Quick? Tell me this one thing choked
me? Is it not true?This friend of yours is the man the
whole world knows as the shutout.Okay, why don't I will answer that
question for you, mister the shadow. He's here. He has walked intoward

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trap. No, Zito, itis I who have set a trap for
you. He Manuel, quick,watch the door. Let no one out
of this canon. It will dono good to ring for your cutthroat,
Zito. I have disposed of themone by one. Vito. It is

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true. They do not answer.You are cornered, trapped, Zito,
trapped. Do not stand there staring. He's here, somewhere in this cabin.
We have got the girl. Don'tgo over her. What is the
matter with you? Surely you've heardthe power of hypnosis in your return.
Look at him. He can't move, can't speak. Listen to me.

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Take your fingers from that girl's throat. Releaser, release her, release her,
Zeto. This useless scenor too,so you cant Shadow, but you
will never get me, never,never them. Thank Heaven you got here
in time. I'm sure you meantto kill her quick. Why did you

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let Rita get away? Because shewill show me the way to the real
leader of this aspiring bent on destroyingthe defenses of the canal. What about
Zita? Go on hurry, I'lljoin you on the war after I make
mister Zito tell all he knows tothe shadow the mark. Where are we

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going? In the seabog straight outto sea? Eight miles south southwest?
You better hope I haven't forgotten howto read a compass. I thought you
were going to trail for reach won'tbe necessary. She'll be where we're going.
Did you get that from Zita?Just many other things? My god,
there's a ship out there, andthat's where the troller was going.
Yes, the Moon. You're notgoing to board that ship? Will?
I must, Margo. It's theonly chance of getting a real leader this

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spiring. But what can you doagainst the whole crew of a ship.
Why don't you turn your information overto the Navy patrol. Let them deal
with it. They kin't without creatingan international incident. The ship is beyond
the twelve mile limit, carrying theflag of a supposedly friendly country. What
kind of ship is it? Atramped steamer? But actually it's a disguised
tender, loaded with mines and capableof converting fishing trollers like the Vendetta into

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mind layers in a few hours.Good heaven. Just what are you going
to do? Laman? What canI do to help Margo? All I
want you to do is take awhid of the speed boat. I'm going
to jump overboard and swim to thatship and get near enough. You turn
back to where the coast cup ofmiles cut the motor. Wake your here
for me over the short wave bandthe shadows uses. I suppose they hear
us and send a boat. We'rerunning without lights. You stop the motor.

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They never find you in the dark. All right, Laman, only
I hope you know what you're doing. You're taking a terrible risk, even
for the shadow. Don't worry aboutme. I mean one thing more.
The wind springs up and see getsrough head back. The coast boat won't
ride a stone and leave you onthat ship. I will know you will.
I want you to promise we turnback now, all right, I

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promise them. Look is a shipdead ahead without lies. That's it,
Margo, take a real quick.There's a smaller boat along side. I
thought there'd be one. That meansVerita's on board ship ahead of me.
So wait, let me swing closer. Now this is close enough. Now
remember Margo, stand off, didyou hear from me? So sitars caught

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and you Snarita Verita becomes so afraidof the shatele that you dare to obey
my command that you shall never comeaboard the ship. But doctor mller White,
by coming aboard this ship, youhave linked me with the activities of
our spies and Panama a fool anda cart Cinerita, and I have no
use for those who cannot obey myoffice. But you do not know this
shadow. You have not seen asI have what he can do. I
know all about this shuttle. Itis my business to know anything about those

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who may, sooner or later standin the way of my plans. You're
very clever, doctor Moola, Buthow do you know the shadow is not
on board this ship? If hehas followed you here, I shall deal
with him. Speedboat. We heardhalf an hour ago was not cruising around
for nothing. I tell you itis dangerous to stay in the waters.
After what has happened. We arebeyond the twelve mile limit. You are

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not tafe from this shadow, notanywhere. Yes, come in. I
had the ships sides from PARTI sternAs. You're the doctor Marlove. I
don't believe anyone bordered us from thatspeedboat. What about this speedboat? I
had the troller cruise around, notrace of it. Sir, must have
returned to Panama. Very well,go to the bridge and wait waters from

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me. Yes, sir, nowI shall consider your case. I cannot
go back to Panama. It istoo bad for Panama is the only place
you are having the use to me. I have done nothing. I have
not betrayed you. You could putme ashore down the cost until it is

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says for me to go back.I have a better plan with this gun.
It is easier, quicker. No, you would not shoot me for
one mistake. I have been valuableto you. I have found out many
secrets for you. No more.Do not be afraid. Do not cower

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like an animal. I am notgoing to shoot you. I am merely
going to give you a chance todo it yourself. No, no,
I want it. I will doanything but that. And why not Senorita.
You and mister Zita killed many men. I want very well. Can
you give me no choice? Wait, doctor Mola, before you shoot.

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Yes, I'm here. I wantyou, Doctor Malaw, but you would
not listen. Oh you there tocome even here? Shut? Yes,
doctor, come for you, andyou are a fool. There is no
one here you can call upuant tohelp you. And this ship is beyond
the twelve my limit. But youare going to leave the ship, doctor
Malof. You are going to leavethe ship before ten minutes are past,
or you will never leave alive.Save your bluffuff fools, like my agent
Shadows is not bluff, doctor,I've not been idle in the half hour

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I've been aboard. I know thewhole of the ship is filled with high
explosive minds. Think what will happenwhen a time bomb goes off in that
cargo of death? A time bomb? Ten minutes less than ten? Doc,
come all off? Think fast.You still have time to get your
crew or the troller alongside. Idon't believe your shadow. Why should you
warn me if this is true?Because the troller flies our flag and wants

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aboard. You are subject to thelaws of our country. The naval patrol
pick you up after the explosions.Oh that's it, Yes, nine minutes
left to the side, prison forbionage or death. I don't believe you,
Sha, you stay here. Ibelieve him. I'm going. I

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cannot take a chance that you havenot planted a time bomb in the whole
shadow. What have you had?I am going to give you your choice.
Try to come through this door beforeI lock it, and I'll shoot
you down even if I cancel you. Or stay in this cabin and be
blown up with the ship. Ihave another choice, another choice, Doctor

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molop It. Margo Margo Lane,Margo Lane, I've left the ship and
save a portraller. Black Girl returnedto Panama. Returned to Panama. The

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mistaryship will blow up any minute now, but disregarding pros, disregarding explosion,
return to Panama where your message,Commander came just now. I don't know
what you make of it. Sothe center would identify and me see steam

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Trawler Black Girl six miles south southwestLa Boca. Doctor molop an agent's abspiring
aboard in the scept and Taula's beenunder suspicion for some times. Yes,
and this may be the break we'vebeen waiting for. The destroyer case seventeens
in that vicinity, investigating a mysteriousexplosion, Notifire commanding officer to precede to
the position of the Trawler, BlackGirl and searcher god him as. How

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did he get off the ship beforehe grew up? I don't know,
Writa. We found him on thedeck of the Girl like this, unconscious.
Nah, he ain't dead, buthe took an awful beating from somebody.
It's too bad the Shadow did notkill him. Shadow, What are
you talking about? What the shadowsaid? We would be stopped. We
have got with the way. Wecan't they flow us out of the water,

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stop the engine, Yes, andI cannot stop us. We are
beyond the twelve mile limited. You'rewrong, Senorita. This trawler applies our
flag. You you save doctor Bollas, you won the Navy patrol. Yes,
Brita, your spiring is broken.Your minds have exploded harmlessly like your

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theories. You led me to doctorMollo, the chief of this spiring.
You and he will suffer the extremepenalty an example to all spies who seek
to discover the secrets of our country'sdefenses and in danger the safety of our

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territorial waters. You have been listeningto a dramatized version of one of the
many copyrighted stories which appear in theShuttle magazine, now on sale at your
local news stand, The Weed ofCrime. There's bitter food. Crime does

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not pay the shadow nose. Allthe characters and all the places named are
fictitious. Any similarity to person's livingor dead is purely coincidental. A
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