Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Shadow, The

Broadcast History: 31 July 1930 to 26 December 1954
Theme Tune: ‘Omphale’s Spinning Wheel’ (‘Le Rouet d’Omphale’, Opus 31) by Saint-Saens

The shadow was amateur criminologist Lamont Cranston. He had learned “the hypnotic power to cloud men’s minds so that they cannot see him”. The opening to the show, “Who knows … what evil … lllllurks … in the heart of men? … The Shadow knows! His “friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs”. Together they confront the maddest assortment of lunatics, sadists, ghosts and werewolves ever heard on the air.

The Shadow 370926 Death House Rescue
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The Shadow 371017 Murder by the Dead(recreation)
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The Shadow 371024 The Temple Bells of Neban
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The Shadow 371031 The Three Ghosts
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The Shadow 371121 The Ruby of Modoc
 6.72 MB

The Shadow 371128 Circle of Death
 6.44 MB

The Shadow 371212 The Death Triangle
 6.36 MB

The Shadow 371226 The Voice of Death
 5.23 MB

The Shadow 380109 League Of Terror
 6.42 MB

The Shadow 380116 Sabotage
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The Shadow 380123 Society of the Living Dead
 7.28 MB

The Shadow 380130 Poison Death
 6.42 MB

The Shadow 380206 The Phantom Voice
 6.55 MB

The Shadow 380213 House Of Horror
 5.49 MB

The Shadow 380220 Hounds in the Hills
 6.82 MB

The Shadow 380227 Plot Murder
 6.72 MB

The Shadow 380306 The Bride of Death
 6.74 MB

The Shadow 380313 Silent Avenger
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The Shadow 380320 White Legion
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The Shadow 380605 Hypnotized Audience
 6.07 MB

The Shadow 380612 Death From the Deep
 6.26 MB

The Shadow 380619 The Firebug
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The Shadow 380626 Blind Beggar Dies
 5.27 MB

The Shadow 380703 Power of the Mind
 6.65 MB

The Shadow 380710 The White God
 6.54 MB

The Shadow 380717 Aboard the Steamship Amazon
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The Shadow 380724 Murders n Wax
 5.33 MB

The Shadow 380731 Message From the Hills
 6.44 MB

The Shadow 380807 The Creeper
 6.35 MB

The Shadow 380814 Tenor with the Broken Voice
 6.65 MB

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