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August 11, 2024 25 mins
Original Air Date: December 01, 1940
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: The Shadow

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

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.
The Shadow knows.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
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Speaker 3 (00:40):
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(01:14):
Call your blue coal dealer tomorrow. The Shadow la Mont Cranton,
a man of wealth, a student of science, and a
master of other people's minds, devotes his life to righting wrongs,
protecting the innocent, and punishing the guilty. Cranston is known

(01:36):
to the underworld as the Shadow.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Never seen, only heard.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
His true identity is known only to his constant friend
and aid Margolin.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
Time a curse, good evening what's comings at home?

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Later than that? That was one of the guests. One
of the gets Omar omar Omar's a mystic. Oh, I
see where there's oh Marbastic. That's what goes on in
there with oh Mastic. I believe it's called the in
my library. Well, I've put a chpter. Whoever the man,

(02:29):
mister Laurie and mister Well, now that's fine, fine, before
the town fury, I've ever heard of it. And now
we will prepare to contact the city to what's going
on here there? Oh?

Speaker 5 (02:42):
John?

Speaker 4 (02:42):
Did John reading?

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Well, what are you doing?

Speaker 6 (02:47):
What's it's all about?

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yes?

Speaker 6 (02:50):
And I'll break my neck if you don't put the
mics on in here.

Speaker 7 (02:53):
Quietly you're about to consume.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Who was that?

Speaker 5 (02:58):
Oh, you don't know what my doing? This is my Hammond,
my husband.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
I am cleansed and delighted to me suicide And now John,
we're about to enter in the communication with the third world. Well,
I would expect this from Ruth, But you, Paul, are
you serious? Of course? Well of all do you believe
in this thing? To Bill, I'm very interesting. Well, I
am surprised at all of you. Thank you. Why does

(03:30):
they have to make so much noise.

Speaker 7 (03:31):
I am about to make contact with the god.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
I oh, did you have any particular one of the
man I had?

Speaker 7 (03:40):
Do you see the statue before me on the table?

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Certainly big? That is the great gods Sva.

Speaker 7 (03:47):
You will notice that he's blessed his seven hands.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
Oh no, this is too much seven taker and his
seven handed claiming. You'll have depised the.

Speaker 7 (03:56):
Honor of Suva.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
He's communicating with me.

Speaker 7 (04:00):
Now quiet, please, he said.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
Wait, he says that.

Speaker 5 (04:09):
There are dire.

Speaker 4 (04:10):
Things in store for the Simmons family.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
My great clear pend eve up promison death. You're unacceporated son,
you mister omar your kinsm within your seven handed Frank
and all get out of my library. Now I have
to watch the John. How can you be so you
please have time? I am leaving, mister Simmons. But they

(04:38):
thought I did passed one word to your husband. Oh yeah,
well what is it? My seventh friends, I'm at one beside.

Speaker 7 (04:48):
You'll have angered the great God. Soon death must follow.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well that's been just about time for that. Oh let
you will. Hey, who put out those lives? Huh? Come
out of not playing games? Turn on the lighter. Hey,
they help?

Speaker 5 (05:19):
Oh, God, what happened.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
John? You've got to wait for it for Oh yeah, no,
ENTI wait the promise, the promise. Hey, we come in, Commisoner, Hello,

(06:03):
pants and raw. What do you do one? Well, that's
an interesting point, you can, Commissoner. We were sitting around
having dinner and I said to Mordo, what are you doing?

Speaker 5 (06:13):
And she said nothing?

Speaker 2 (06:14):
What are you doing? And the monk said nothing and
there you are? And there I am. So you came
down here to bother me.

Speaker 5 (06:22):
Oh no, Commissioner, is that nice?

Speaker 2 (06:24):
We just thought it did I'd be doing nothing, but
we talked. Oh you did all you were wrong. I'm
very busy and I'm leaving headquarters right now. Somebody passed
through the red light. Old boy, did.

Speaker 5 (06:38):
Somebody pass they be coming broken windows?

Speaker 2 (06:40):
No, no, my fastigious friend. Somebody was murdered. Oh gosh,
we did get here just in time. Who was it?
John Timmons, the broker? When did it happen? A few
minutes ago? You lot? When you're wasting my time by
a paper in the morning, you read all about it.
Oh that won't be necessary. What do you mean We're
coming with you?

Speaker 5 (07:03):
And then Commissioner Omar would vengeance.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
And this same statue is the murderous weapon. Mister Simmons,
you s what's your name, Paul Laurence, I'm Simmons. I'm
the Reynolds Nickers, a very good friend of mine. Ah,
you both agree with the story that mister Simmons has
just told me? Yeah? Cool? And may I say something Conditioner?

(07:31):
Oh what is it? Cranston? Well? This, Oh my, that
sounds like a pretty fascinating character. Commissioner, wouldn't it be
wonderful if Omar could name the person who visited Fever
in taking his revenge.

Speaker 5 (07:42):
That sounds like a wonderful Wait a minute, for I
agree with Commissioner could do it. I know he could.
He could hold it, say communicated my husband, and then
John could name the one.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
Who killed him. Listen, lady, there's a police department in
this city. I am the head of that department, and
we don't trap our criminals with a weighty board. But
this thing might be a simple way to solve the
whole kings No m to just try it.

Speaker 5 (08:09):
I'm sure it almost can help it.

Speaker 2 (08:11):
Okay, okay, where does this? Oh my living? Where I
suppose we all get going? Oh? Just two minutes. You're
not in on this party. Crampston on the plane either,
I'm going to be made a pull out. You're not
going to be there to see it. But those are orders.
I'll come along all of you. Hey, that told missus Simmons.
I've never been to it.

Speaker 5 (08:30):
Now what do we do?

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Well, I've got a hunt. There will be a nun
invited get.

Speaker 7 (08:36):
To that day, the late mim No, the shadow. We
will pursued with the sad.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
We all wait a minute, what the circle base means?

Speaker 7 (08:57):
I must have silence, Commissioners. Now someone will put out
the life.

Speaker 8 (09:04):
H m alan join hands to the hands, has the
name joined? And that not to broken?

Speaker 9 (09:24):
We are thinking.

Speaker 8 (09:26):
Any mind as one.

Speaker 9 (09:28):
Man also start traveling into the world.

Speaker 7 (09:33):
That is too young, the world.

Speaker 10 (09:36):
We have set in contact in the world, contact with one.

Speaker 8 (09:42):
That has no harm.

Speaker 10 (09:46):
Y'all think you all?

Speaker 9 (09:47):
This is what you will tell?

Speaker 2 (09:49):
What we do it? And be now?

Speaker 10 (09:57):
Now they can't touch one from others? Yes, today, done.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
Done? No, you're quite right. This voice belonged to the shadow. Hello,
what are you doing here, Darry? To interrupt your little party, Commissioner,
That would be a wasted effort, as the commissioner will
tell you, even if the lights were gone, I would

(10:42):
be quite invisible by my hypnotic powers. I've counted your
mind so that you may not right. Why did you
come here to tell you that mister Simmons will not
appear tonight.

Speaker 5 (10:53):
You'll lie.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
No, I had the fortight to cut the cable that
leads from the amplifying system to the loud think it's
under your chair. You know you mean this whole business
is a fake. That's rather a harsh way of stating it.
The two well of all, the one normal commissioner. Before
you sneak up the doloma, you are going to answer
a few questions. What question? How did you know that

(11:16):
mister Simmons is going to guide tonight? God to me,
that's a lie. No, No, that information was human. Someone
requested that you plant your threat, didn't they? Please?

Speaker 5 (11:28):
Please?

Speaker 2 (11:28):
I don't know what you're saying, Anthony. You must reveal
what you know.

Speaker 5 (11:35):
Very well.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
I will tell you.

Speaker 5 (11:38):
I will tell you all that I know.

Speaker 2 (11:41):
But you must protect me.

Speaker 6 (11:43):
You must save me from meeting the taste that to
tell John Simmons you must.

Speaker 2 (11:47):
Save me from meeting Yes.

Speaker 5 (11:48):
At the hands.

Speaker 2 (11:54):
To the head and revolving table is moking.

Speaker 5 (11:56):
Take gun. It belongs to my.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
It wasn't sleep at this time. That gun was fired
by someone in this room. The shadows he here? Yeah,
shadow you still here? Well, that's your murderer commissioner listing
right now. I don't care who the murderer is. What
do you mean? All I can see is a blazing
headline police commissioner at Seon where mythic is killed. Yeah,

(12:31):
m on, I'm completely baffled. Well, then, how about the
murderer's gun? Were there any fingerprints on it? Not a
sign of one?

Speaker 5 (12:37):
Well, couldn't have been the Great God?

Speaker 2 (12:39):
Sever What do you mean? Well, touy with seven hands
held be dound, believe at least one finger pants. I'd
rather not hear any more talk about the Great God. Fever.
Did you see the newspapers? Do you mean the headline? Yeah,
they're calling me seven hands wet at fine stop of
the department where you would go running around the pan Listen,
who was the one who insisted that I attend that plan?

(13:00):
Bake you, my friend? You told me to save the hall? Kay? Well,
I can't be wrong, you know, gimmick it? Yeah, and
I can be wrong for even talking to me. I
clear out well, you both of you. I've got work
to do.

Speaker 5 (13:10):
You don't want it to help you.

Speaker 2 (13:11):
Yeah, you can help me by getting out, then you'll
be kine. Come on, mother, Okay, we'd still like to
give you a hand commiking it.

Speaker 5 (13:18):
No, but he doesn't need no, quite not. He's got
seven of them. Now, Well, what to do?

Speaker 2 (13:26):
Now a month, I think your visit to the Simmons
household might be in order.

Speaker 5 (13:32):
I come along.

Speaker 2 (13:33):
No, I'm a fake, not mouggle. There will be a
pirate visit for the candle. I do know how you
feel roots. I wish I do something you have. Oh,
why don't you stop that talk bill?

Speaker 6 (13:49):
All day long, I've heard nothing, but I do know
how you feel ruts, and I do wish I can
help ruse tweet.

Speaker 2 (13:55):
I know how twits in too. I think I'm blind?
What do you mean I listen to? You may have
foold John Simmons. You're not pulling me.

Speaker 6 (14:01):
You're crazy about Oh it's has been crazy about it.
Now that John is out of the way, there's nothing
to stand the cling.

Speaker 2 (14:07):
Just a minute. You don't find that I killed Johnson
and twelve? Are you you saying that I'm murdered my
best friend just to get his wife. If the too, please,
I'm not going to stand for that kind of top rut. No, gentlemen, alright,
see you remember me, mister Simmons. What are you doing here?
What do you want? I came here to peer up

(14:28):
a misunderstanding the accusation that I killed your friend. Omar
you want? No, don't forget that there are three of you,
any one of whom could have permitted both the murders.

Speaker 5 (14:39):
That's not true.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
I must confess that I've been eavesdropping on your little
conversation here and it was most receiving. No, I'll see here.
If you're going to believe what Paul just said about me,
I'm not believing anything yet. First, Simon has some questions.
We'll begin with you, mister Reynolds. Well, is it true
that you are in love with missus Simmons? Is it? Yeah? Why?

(15:05):
Why not? And the inheritance of mister simmons estate, an
inheritance that will go to his wife, does that make
her any less attractive in your eye?

Speaker 10 (15:20):
No?

Speaker 2 (15:21):
No it doesn't. That's not my reasons. Well up there,
you see you said that John Simmons was your best friend.
Mitter Reynolds but he's still your best friend before he died.
Of course he wasn't. They're not a quar ruf will
tell you. That is what I know. That's not a

(15:45):
complete answers. You know more than you're willing to tell.
When the second sam started, the one that which Omar
was killed, the mystic instructed all of you to join hands.
Isn't that right? One of you broke that chain when
the shot was buy it? Now, which one of you
did it? No?

Speaker 5 (16:04):
No, I didn't do it.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
One of you was lying, And I'm warning you. I
shall be watching all of you constantly until I find
out who it is. That guilty one will then enter
through the shadow. Not very much. At this point I
would say that any one of the three could have

(16:26):
done it, Yes, even his wife.

Speaker 5 (16:30):
That was all.

Speaker 2 (16:31):
Wait, mongol, wait, I think I have it. I think
I'd come up with something. What modl This could be
the key to the home as tree. I'll take it. Hello,
my man is weak? Oh yes, say the truck again?
What who is the Lincoln Woman's Matthew Paul Laurin with
attack with the same status that killed Tennant? Is he dead?
I don't know, Love Cranton, I don't know why I'm

(16:51):
doing it, but I think you might be. Come help
to me, leave me out of the tenant's home at one.
Thank you, come on mother, hell, good evening, Conditioner, Command Transton,
thank you, fling. You're alive. I'm alive. I was a
good sun by the blow. Get a bump on the

(17:12):
head that song. Go ahead with your storyline.

Speaker 11 (17:14):
Well, as I told you, I was seated at Simon's desk,
like what when someone sees me, we've struggled, and I.

Speaker 2 (17:25):
Was struck on the head that I was gall we
you and missus Simmons. We were up there, heard Paul
he lock down. Did anyone leave the room? No? They didn't. Yes, Cranston,
may I make it suggestion a same old story, not
another stay on? Yes, only I've conducted this time. Comer,

(17:46):
Yeah you, yes, I do have a knowledge of those things.
Unless there will be no more say answers, even if
Siba himself were conducting it. What, Commisioner, what have you
got to lose? Yeah? What have I got to lose?
My god? That's all, Commissioner. That last gathering, the one
that Omar conducted wool that the murderer was human and

(18:07):
present in Oma's apartment. At another chean, the murderer would
be present again. Oh, why do I listen to what
you are listening? Commission? Will you give me a chance?
All right? All right, good boy. I'll bring mister Simmons,
Loring and Reynolds your apartment in an hour. Let me
warn you. If any word of this thing leaps out

(18:29):
to the newspapers, believe me, clans in front of witnesses,
I'll skin you alive. Well, now that we're all gathered here,
I'd just like to say that I'm merely an amateur
at this psychic business. I promise no definite results. I will, however,

(18:51):
follow the usual chance the teacher.

Speaker 5 (18:53):
I'd arrange.

Speaker 2 (18:56):
Now you will all preoccupy the same seat. You get
all my all right, thank you very much? Am I go?
Would you people up to night? What what in the

(19:18):
turtle had in the circle? Before? Hands will be joined
as hands will joined before?

Speaker 8 (19:27):
The game must not be broken. God must concentrate the
thoughts mind with mine and all thought the minds.

Speaker 2 (19:39):
Are once.

Speaker 9 (19:44):
Moving, mold them in the outer world in turning together, and.

Speaker 10 (19:52):
Mine in such of one who can tell us all.

Speaker 9 (20:00):
Mum do just wing the start to listen, oh my blood,
think am.

Speaker 5 (20:19):
Tama take.

Speaker 9 (20:25):
Th Oma review to a doll that you know?

Speaker 12 (20:34):
Uncle?

Speaker 13 (20:35):
Will I don't stay longer that I know one of whom,
one of whose started doing about my sad?

Speaker 10 (20:49):
I have to do with them?

Speaker 2 (20:54):
What?

Speaker 8 (20:54):
Who thinks we say that stuff? Who?

Speaker 14 (21:00):
Who are my money? Why did you book one? Did
I not swear to fear time? Did I not pull through.

Speaker 5 (21:12):
My part at about?

Speaker 9 (21:13):
And I know he can I arrest and say, I
will not let me yet? And can I retie the
name of the rdle?

Speaker 5 (21:23):
I have not him that the.

Speaker 9 (21:26):
Whole name Noah was betting him.

Speaker 5 (21:29):
I cannot stop now. I'm not perceive the name. I
must bring it into the open. Pat.

Speaker 10 (21:42):
I followed your instruction, Paul Lod, I have you to
do away with John Simmons.

Speaker 5 (21:49):
I defile myself by.

Speaker 9 (21:51):
Putting the plane, put it on the great.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
Name of Sema.

Speaker 5 (21:55):
You kill him one, you killed himself? You kill as well?

Speaker 2 (22:02):
Quickly?

Speaker 4 (22:04):
You want to wait for me coming and make you
know that.

Speaker 2 (22:07):
Come in, Paul lor Oh, I can't believe I didn't.

Speaker 3 (22:11):
I killed Tommy why because of his money?

Speaker 2 (22:14):
It's money harder to get the money, and all went
to his wife. His wife is also my head. I
knew that when the estate tested to her hands, I
could console both her and the money. Why did you
kill Omar? Not too much, and I could pose the
blow on my head that you repeat in the library
with doan yes, no one questions. Please come along with me, Lauren,
you to well, I hope you enjoyed the fans. Commissioner, Well,

(22:40):
it was all right, transom I didn't really need it,
and I was wise to this bird all along. Come on, everybody,
good night, good.

Speaker 5 (22:51):
Mom.

Speaker 2 (22:51):
That was an extent yoah, thank you.

Speaker 5 (22:55):
I do plumb.

Speaker 2 (22:56):
A couple of things said, Well.

Speaker 5 (23:00):
I could have sworn that was omarself.

Speaker 2 (23:03):
How does the man that was the death mask of
his face? And as to the voice, well, I indulged
in a bit of mimicry. I got sure that it
would unnerve the killing. He'd give him double way.

Speaker 5 (23:14):
But how did you know that Lauren wanted to come?

Speaker 2 (23:17):
It was simple, the good old positive elimination. There were
three sustakes, each of whom swore that he never let
go the hand of the other during the sale. When
Omar was killed.

Speaker 5 (23:28):
Tell me.

Speaker 2 (23:31):
Exactly consequently, the only reason why none could remember letting
go of his neighbor's hands. Is that no one did
except Omar. Omar must have been holding the murderer's hands.

Speaker 5 (23:42):
And he couldn't very well. At Omar.

Speaker 2 (23:44):
No, that's the murder of Omar must have been sitting
right next to him. Oh but Omar, I know, But
they had to be lowing you see, Commissioner Western were
sitting on oh my other side.

Speaker 5 (23:57):
Oh but can you overlook the monster? I want that
good old sins could have been holding hands with all
of them.

Speaker 2 (24:13):
The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not
pay the shadow nose.

Speaker 3 (24:30):
Next week, same time, same stations, Blue Coal, America's finest
emra site, will again present another thrilling adventure of the shadow.
Be sure to let them and be sure to burn
blue coal the top of duel or solid comfort.

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