The Creeper | The Shadow (11-03-40)

Original Air Date: November 03, 1940
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: The Shadow

Stars:
• Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston)
• Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane)

Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Old Time Radio NetCastNetwork. I'm your host, ag Ryans,
and let's get into this episode.This episode is going to be the
Shadow original ERD. It's November third, nineteen forty and the title is The
Creeper. Oh no, what evilwork in the heart of man? The

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Shadow? No, the Shadow,the various character who weds the portrait of
law and Order is in reality welcomeyoung man about them? The Shadow Cranston

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is gifted with hypnotic power to cloudmen's mind so that they cannot speak.
Cranston's friend and companion, the lovelyMargoling. He's the only person who knows
to whom the voice of the invisibleShadow belong. Today's storry, the Creeper.

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There goes another one. Come on, come on? What three and
your fellows at number three? Gangis coll on two trees, dear one,
they'll catch him. I don't worryabout her, dever, Gray,
they only work on Little Tree.Is not big Father like this? Well
here, I can't tell at abit. The more you're the boys,
he'd inspire me and get another warmer. Do come on, let's get the
more work done. It's better dormant. Do you think I'm doing kingling.

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He's gotta be careful with dim andgray who many had lately we holly,
we get carrat, we get called. We hear a laugh of creeper.
Do you believe that creeper? Ecan cool here? Why not? Every
time I didn't happen? Somebody herethe creeper laugh? And don't see him
calling away? So they would,right, mac, every time somebody has

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been ten under a pall, andsee the little twisted body of the creeper
has been standing by? What hashappened? You can work the wall?
Is that inhuman? Laugh? Iswell? Creeper or no creeper? We
got work though, right? Don'tcome on the turn of the moving through
the underbrush or is it it?You can't you see on Toba Pigga,

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he's the creeper, the cree Thewalls pour the wrong way quick, I
like you. The ball went righthome, then the cluster back claim quick
quick climb run But the cup ofdifferent tomor right they creep again? They

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creeper? Did it? Look seehim standing up the hill? Now?
Do you believe in his evil?Stick with him? A kaiker here?
And I guess I do. Thislast accident was beyond coincidence. It's all

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the money. Had no idea whata relink it is to get away a
few hours and we've crowd at theloge. I know what you mean,
Marga with to keep the boat closeto the shop. Please to many falling
logs in the middle of the river. Your love and grunt, you can
hear you has every question we want. We left the lodge and get danted.

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He did that to keep his flandguys in the Indian Guide Union the
one calling it in store. Yeah, I'll pull over to see what he
wants. That was particular grunt.Better call than usual, Iambargo. If
you keep on, Squanda will beeyeing yourself. How about don't be killing
I'm sure he's been running right alongfor my that's a benefit. He's been

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exascinating. Not just Squatto though.You'll go right up there to the bank.
Yeah, we'll do that. Whathe wants to know? Seemed to
be several men there standing around afallen tree. If you just pull up
alongside, your guy can tie up. Is there anything wrong here? He
asked, you had an accident?Two men sit under a falling tree.

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He'll let me help you on.I didn't mean you missed. I think
you ought to stay in the boat. It's not a very pleasant side.
I'd rather come a storm. I'dbe able to help. Tell well,
I'll give you a hand. Margo. Are the men that hurt. One
of them is dead. The otherI believe has a broken hip. I
thought if we could use your launch, we could get him down string to
a doctor. Well, it mightbe best not to move him until the

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hip. Boneer said that had someexperience with such things. I might be
able to help him. Good.By the way, my name is sad
Lass. I'm the owner of thisone. Becaud you're doing This is miss
Lane, and I'm the monk Cranston. Mister Clanton, Hey, yes,
going up? I hope too.I know good coming up. I want
him back. Well, that's fair. That's my afortman from Craig mc lane's

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Clampton. Let's have a look atthis summer. There's some water there.
You can hold its head and playthat. Well. We try to set
the bone. I make blint agood quarter. Good uh a man,
But we have to move you.You hold it on, Craig, mister
Moore, you hold it up thelane right, all right? Here we
go uh gets a bit more.Ah, yeah, I get that trin

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ready quarter break one more drink beready June and we use that broke on
the board. You can get theother went back to work back. I
don't think they'll do any more worktoday, mister Moore. Why not,
Well, this is the fourth accidentthis week, and then don't like it.
They're scared that will always accidents inthe lumber can not this kind of

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accident. What do you mean?I mean the creeper that uh, that
silly to be sticking m craig,and you know it. Yesterday I've agreed
with you, mister Morris, butnow I don't know. I'm beginning to
think maybe he's an evil spirit.They put the chinks on the old jar
on nonsenseer, what's the coverlement themorrise? The men are upset because he's
had a series of accidents and deathlately. They blame them all on the

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legendary character who was supposed to beseen when each let half occurs. This
mythical being is called the creeper.I see, and is here a mythical
being? Well, car, Ihate to contradiction, miss the Morris,
but you're wrong. Today just beforethis tree fell. I saw the creeper
and I let him back of youfalling? Look? Look do you keep

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calling out? Then? What's thecreeper? Boeopleway keep the three for area.
Yes, he's a weird looking individual. Or vent Hoover. Hey,
what's that standing beside him? It'scold to tell it looks like a giant
player that Mittagima? What are yousaying, Quanta one you call creeper is

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Indian poet Sma, father of bears. He has come back with Gma had
come back. What is this Indiantrying to say? What do you come
back? Quant spirit of forest?You white man stopped down three? He
belonged to mitcha GiMA. He punishedwhite men by death. Well, mes
a Gem or the creeper or whateverhe is, it's not going to stop

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the work I'm doing here. Ihave my entire force and tied up in
the lumbering operations of the lad won'ttell the trees. I'll be ruined the
mac You've got to get them backhere. I'll try it. The more
chance, would you and McClean cadhelp me bring this man back to Camper?
Surely will be. He's appearing overthe hill. Oh yes, but

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tomorrow I'll be delighted to return tocamp with you. I am most curious
to learn more about the legend ofthe cree long cock in the planet humide
class. Yet I will please allright now, but the creeper again.
You see that he's been seen atevery accident that happened. I believe so,

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is that right? Max? Here? Everyone, according to the men,
and I myself saw him at thelast day. You know that bet
of it would explain the corner deathof Jim morder lust. We are coming.
Why hasn't he ever been apprehended?Will the men are scared of him?
For one thing? And for another? He's always far enough away for
a quick giveaway. When I said, the touch thing to do is to
capture him, yes, yes,then the man would feel better about walking.

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That's easier said than done. Iknow that none of my gang would
go with and show him distance ofhim bet alone organized a touch, Perhaps
we wouldn't need your men for thechurch. I for one, would be
glad to volunteer to hunt for him. Well, so that's mighty nice of
you. We've got to put thestop of this thing some way. If
the man should quit now, Ijust go back all the creeper guessing the

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long as he had the conductors fellinto a covered bed and landed in the
pilot charts. Say, oh,but the head it's come on the craig.
It will be a cent tight comingalong with the creeper. Mister Morton
with the creeper that unnet for him? Has I got tired? His laugh?
Well? Yeah, right over hereback in the house, the men
are run easy. Mister Morning sayall right, all right, curp friend,

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come on boys, click it up. He just the picture. Take
a look, mister Moore, you'llsee what's left the piel of blank.
Oh, the creeper, dunn,it's the creepers ball that we ain't let
ing it working anymore. That creepersturn away with a wait a minute.
When mister mort is going to organizethe hunt for the creeper right away,

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Well, he ain't taking me alonghigh all right, all right, all
right, nobody ask you the joy. We'll take care of that hotel,
and we'll put the creeper into thewall to the authority. Nobody cuts fitted
up? Would if you try tocut him everybody die a hell? Then

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you know what he's talking about allof you. Go back to your cabin.
We'll tend to this thing or two. Get I'll get on. The
creeper has nothing to do with hisdeath with the marsh. His whole peel
of bright stumbled into looks like anold Indian game pitfalls. I say,
well, let's get the body out. I think I'll take mc clean away

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while you do that. Mister Mork, Yes, I am on the bar.
I'm not sure yet Mongoeper is reallyresponsible? Yet I can't answer that.
Now mister Moss is invited to spendthe night with him, So perhaps
later on I'll have more to tellyou. We're in a mysterious atmosphere.

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Mardon everyone, even the quip theforeman seems to be holding something back.
He was much to glib in hisexplanation of the death of Pierre la Blank.
But Craig had spent all his lifein this country and he knows its
history. Yet he told us thatwas an Indian Dean pitfall, when he
must have known that Indians never huntedhere. Ready, do I know from

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my friend Squando? Don't you thinkthat Craig didn't bother the creatures? No,
nor I don't. But there mustbe know de Leonard discovering the key
of this forest mystery. But howLamark, perhaps Morgo were the aid of
the hypnotic powers possessed only by theshadow hol'man. I hope you'll remember your

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early boy scout trained. I hateto be Lawton. Was it Samonite?
This is a well marked moncl Maybewe should have gonelong and torn paper to
joft. That why the proud mattI always used to use corn. Colonel
plamont I dank you cause him inthe trees like two five passed this way
the man crossed the toes mango.In case you don't realize that different period,

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I do realize. I'm just doinga little verbal hooking in the dark,
and people courage them. I usuallylove the wood That night kept them
out, Oh didn't so I'm twentyat night. No Lama, I had
the feeling, I'm not funk hasbeen watching the left the path. Well,

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we haven't part to go now.The Craigs captain because the head people
anything. I don't know whether wewere that tree and Knick mccraig hit le

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Craig. It's Nick rain lit theCraig. That's the mid m Craig,
something awful happened. Three, getdown with the Cranston badly hard, Please
come at one? Yes, ofcourse. When does it happen up now?
Down the trnk Oh, good lord, I thought, will you both
throw it out here at this hourof night? The Cranston was looking for

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the creeper and please come at once. Sounds like he's found the creeper.
Come on your help, give methat letter? Okay boy? Yeah?
Thanks? Is he badly hurt?Mc train? Oh? I don't know.
He was unconscious when I left.Do you really think it was the
creeper again, Craig? Sounds likehim? God was the creepers? The
tree right over there, the oldestland in the Tlaine. Will run ahead,

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aland play with you all right toyour house. It's part of the
pre done here anything, let's gonehere right on the he's gone go on

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singing. Hey, I want youto sleep well at night. The creeper
has what to do tomorrow. Ineed your help. What would people say
if they saw the creeper without hisfair Maybe the fools wouldn't believe that silly
superstiking about the Tama that God?No, now wait, that's want be

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fine hoking just because we share thesame place. That doesn't mean to do
you'd be bleeding now. You're asgreedy as a bear, and that's because
you are a bag that I hate. Interrupt your dinner, creeper, I

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spoke, creeper, Oh you byI am called the shadow. I stand
right here with you if I makeyes, But don't bother to look for
me. By my histotic power,I've made myself invisible to your right,
and that's not right. You couldn'tdo that to you. I have come
here taking information from your creeperma,well you have no information. Have we

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care? Oh, not even aboutthe series of accidents that have happened lately
at the lumber camp. I don'tknow what you mean. Why don't you
come out where I can see you? I prefer to remain invisible an the
bus, to remain in invisible tome perhaps, but not here. You

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can see him castill, not abile. Do you know the lane?
You don't expect us to believe thata man was pinned under a tree,
unconscious, maybe dead, and thenhe could get up and walk away in

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one minute flat? Do you inthe crank the creeper, not the common
peeping. The creeper didn't come here. He's found asleep and they shack up
in the mountain, you know,but never mind. I know that the
creeper didn't sell this tree. That'sall. Early. It seems you put
your nose in where it doesn't belong. But if you think the creeper has
your boyfriend, let's all make alittle vegget to the creeper's shack and find

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out. Hey, hey, creeper, that's right. Help. If you're
mister Criston is not there, we'llleave you with a creeper to await his
arrival. He and his wild bearcould be a killer companion. You've been

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lucky shadow. That king hasn't killedyou yet, but he will when he
gets hungry, will see but yougetting because he wanted to complete his revenge.
He found out of that who Iam as mccraigs also told you why
I'm called the creeper. Anyway,He gave me this twisted body as well

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as the name of the creeper.How did he do it? You know
as well as he that I wascutted by a tree when mccraig and used
them metters. A few years agoon another lombring job. They deliberately crippled
you. They deliberately crippled me,Me and a half a dozen others.
The others died. They let meforget you, but King didn't get King.

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King saved my life. This animalbehaved your life. Yeah, he
pulled the tree off the body ofwhat was left a Frank Botton and made
him the creeper. But why havemccraigan Dermot done these things? What can
they gain by it? They wantto do fighting the lumbermen away, and

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they can buy up the timberland foralmost nothing and word it with the wrong
crew. But why did I tellyou what you already know? What makes
you think that Craig had me here? Because I've kept my identity from him
until now he called on me.But the recognize my twisted body as his
farm employing Botton. We thought thatthe creeper was a mad hermit of the

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woods who unwittingly has helped him tofighting people away. Yes, I know
that's cool. Yes, well,perhaps I am mad. Yes it's perhaps
I am, But I am goingto surprise mccragn's Diermond. But he stole
my real identity and surprised him ina very relaxing way. But but he
and hi. That's if you onceand for all, creeper. If you

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do it, I say your revengeagain, the craik will be complete time
getting my reveens. Don't worry.Let the big creeper. You've got to
give me this cat. You didn'thave everybody good dinner tonight? Did you
think you're agay? Now? Whatis your what's the po then you read
me? Creeper? You Well,here we are the creeper, you ceper,

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creeper over up. But the mindsof becoming permanent creeper. We brought
along the pray me for you andthe bear. Oh I bringer inside.
Come on, girling lady has beenso curious about your creeper. We thought
it was high time you too,met ray Dermott. Yeah. In fact,

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he may decide to stay that verynice we like company. Yeah for
a while. Is that better thedistance for you? You need not see
it? What did do? Waspaying you know what to do with her
if you become troublesome? What wasthat? Not quite so fast? Mccraig,

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Who was that? I spoke toyou? Mccraig, I thought king
to carry you? Not yet creeper, not yet. Where's that boys coming
from? What kind of a trickis it? What's going on here?
Creeper? You yet? Now,mcclik don't turn to the creeper for help.
He's never seen me either. Butallow me to introduce myself. I
am called the shadow, a shurtle. I've heard of him. What are

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you doing here? I've been awaitingyour arrival, gentlemen. I have a
number of questions to ask you aboutthe murders in the lumber camp. We
will not be able to see you, but you're not. I have no
intention of scaring you. I'm goingto leave that to my friends. The
creeper, the creeper that almost fool, that harmless for mccraig is the twisted

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remains of a man who was onceknown as my bot. Wait now,
he said, that's what you thought. But your murderous scene didn't work in
this case, did it. Creeper? No, No, the prizcuse that's
the bag you are. Wasn't itwasn't. You're all wrong if you think,
ah, I've been awaiting how longthat moment I've seen of making you

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endament? Yeah, like you are. Let's get out of here. You
what were you doing? And bythe dark king, no one is leaving
him. Now let me handle it. No, thank you, daddo.
This is my body. It's mad. There's God. I'm mad, but
not so mad that I don't recognize. But my hour of fire for the

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time? What to me? Whatare you gonna do your day? You
cut me my bag? That bearwould pay you? That thing away front
of the prey that the paper.You're turning these men over to me.
I promise you that I make myown dustess. Don't get them pail my
no, he did their away fromme in the crane. Don't get out

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of here and want get him paid? Nothing away your next maday, colf
that was kicking, but go holdto your dot pay get in me me.
You're knocking over that ladder. Don'tcut the oil, not doing to

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get for you? Why I wantsomeone with the king and get away?
That did That's it? Now thatone more they gat you had better get
out of here. We'll die together. Then got up. Now second change

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the month. The months were stillin that setting, Colonel Oh. I
tried to take the cleeper Mongol,but with no use. I finally had
to leave through the window. I'mafraid that they bear took care of them.
Are how awful? Well, webetter be getting back to the camp

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yet, not hope from the campthat would be getting back to the city.
Yes, we can leave right away. There is one thing about taking
they take some of the monk.It's always so nice to get back to
town. For re read a crimea book, Why Love Met on Welcome

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