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 "The Shadow" - One of the most popular radio shows in history. The show went on the air in August of 1930.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Story" program captivated listeners and are instantly recognizable even today. Originally the narrator of the series of macabre tales, the eerie voice known as The Shadow became so popular to listeners that "Detective Story" was soon renamed "The Shadow," and the narrator became the star of the old-time mystery radio series, which ran until 1954.
 A figure never seen, only heard, the Shadow was an invincible crime fighter. He possessed many gifts which enabled him to overcome any enemy. Besides his tremendous strength, he could defy gravity, speak any language, unravel any code, and become invisible with his famous ability to "cloud men's minds."
Along with his team of operatives, the Shadow battled adversaries with chilling names like The Black Master, Kings of Crime, The Five Chameleons, and, of course, The Red Menace.
The Shadow's exploits were also avidly followed by readers in The Shadow magazine, which began in 1931 following the huge success of the old-time mystery radio program.
The magazine was published by Street & Smith, who had also sponsored the old-time mystery radio program. Over the course of 18 years, Street & Smith published 325 issues of The Shadow, each one containing a novel about the sinister crime fighter. These stories were written by Maxwell Grant, a fictional name created by the publishing company. Although several different people wrote under the pseudonym, Walter B. Gibson wrote most of the stories, 282 in all.
Most of the novels published have been reprinted in paperback and The Shadow adventures remain popular today, with Shadow comic books, magazines, toys, games, cds and cassettes of old-time radio shows, and books bringing top dollar among collectors the world over.
| Show Title - (56 mp3 Downloads) | Broadcast Date - Description | Filesize |
| Death in the Deep | Mar 28, 1954 | 5.97 MB |
| Unto Death Do Us Part | Mar 06, 1949 | 6.72 MB |
| Legend of the Living Swamp | May 02, 1948 | 5.47 MB |
| Death Coils to Strike | Mar 21, 1948 | 5.80 MB |
| Stake Out | Mar 14, 1948 | 5.50 MB |
| The Man Who Was Death | Feb 29, 1948 | 6.36 MB |
| Nursery Rhyme | Feb 22, 1948 | 5.17 MB |
| The House That Death Buillt | Jan 25, 1948 | 5.83 MB |
| The Mark of the Black Widow | Oct 27, 1940 | 5.80 MB |
| The Oracle of Death | Oct 20, 1940 | 5.70 MB |
| The Isle of the Living Dead | Oct 13, 1940 | 5.71 MB |
| Ghost Town | Oct 05, 1940 | 6.20 MB |
| The Laughing Corpse | Mar 10, 1940 | 2.93 MB |
| The Return of Carnation Charlie | Feb 04, 1940 | 5.30 MB |
| Murder in the Death House | Jan 07, 1940 | 5.63 MB |
| The Stockings Were Hung | Dec 24, 1939 | 5.67 MB |
| Murder Incorporated | Dec 17, 1939 | 5.50 MB |
| Death Shows the Way | Dec 03, 1939 | 5.61 MB |
| The Inventor of Death | Nov 12, 1939 | 5.73 MB |
| Phantom Fingerprints | Oct 29, 1939 | 5.64 MB |
| The House of Fun | Oct 22, 1939 | 5.73 MB |
| Dead Men Talk | Sep 24, 1939 | 5.64 MB |
| Can the Dead Talk | Mar 19, 1939 | 6.17 MB |
| Appointment with Death | Mar 12, 1939 | 5.96 MB |
| Horror in Wax | Feb 26, 1939 | 6.63 MB |
| The Friend of Darkness | Feb 19, 1939 | 6.60 MB |
| The Hypnotic Death | Feb 12, 1939 | 6.57 MB |
| Prelude to Terror | Jan 29, 1939 | 5.67 MB |
| The Valley of the Living Dead | Jan 22, 1939 | 6.61 MB |
| Ghosts Can Kill | Jan 15, 1939 | 6.44 MB |
| The Island of the Devil | Jan 08, 1939 | 6.70 MB |
| The Man Who Murdered Time | Jan 01, 1939 | 3.28 MB |
| Guest of Death | Dec 18, 1938 | 5.21 MB |
| Murder in E-flat | Dec 04, 1938 | 5.03 MB |
| Death is Blind | Nov 20, 1938 | 6.59 MB |
| The Black Rock | Nov 13, 1938 | 5.74 MB |
| Shyster Payoff | Nov 06, 1938 | 6.31 MB |
| Gun Island | Oct 23, 1938 | 6.79 MB |
| Night Without End | Oct 16, 1938 | 5.43 MB |
| Death Stalks the Shadow | Oct 09, 1938 | 5.74 MB |
| Traffic in Death | Sep 25, 1938 | 6.18 MB |
| Caverns of Death | Sep 11, 1938 | 5.51 MB |
| Death Under the Chapel | Sep 04, 1938 | 5.83 MB |
| The Tomb of Terror | Aug 28, 1938 | 6.38 MB |
| Murder on Approval | Aug 21, 1938 | 6.32 MB |
| Message from the Hills | Jul 31, 1938 | 5.02 MB |
| Murders in Wax | Jul 24, 1938 | 5.35 MB |
| Aboard the Steamship Amazon | Jul 17, 1938 | 6.43 MB |
| The White God | Jul 10, 1938 | 6.68 MB |
| The Blind Beggar Dies | Jun 26, 1938 | 5.27 MB |
| The Firebug | Jun 19, 1938 | 6.61 MB |
| Death from the Deep | Jun 12, 1938 | 6.60 MB |
| The Silent Avenger | Mar 13, 1938 | 6.31 MB |
| The Hounds in the Hills | Feb 20, 1938 | 6.65 MB |
| Sabotage | Jan 16, 1938 | 6.34 MB |
| Deathhouse Rescue | Sep 26, 1937 | 6.66 MB |
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