The Shadow — 1939
28 episodes broadcast in 1939.
A dying scientist's time machine lets him relive one day over and over, to keep killing the cousin who wronged him.
Twenty years of prison have left a wronged man craving revenge, but the one who could free him is murdered first.
An executed convict vows revenge from beyond the grave, and the killings begin.
The Shadow flies to a hidden valley where the villagers move like zombies under a madman's rule.
Explosive light bulbs hidden across the city are a mobster's tool for holding it hostage in darkness.
February 5, 1939
The Ghost of Captain Bayloe
A dead sea captain's curse is blamed for a rash of shipwrecks until Cranston investigates.
The sinister Dr. Dharma hypnotizes victims into suicide for the insurance -- and Cranston is next.
A blind man with uncanny touch is forced to crack safes for robbers who threaten his guide dog.
A woman is reported murdered, yet the only trace of her is a wax statue.
March 5, 1939
Sabotage by Air
A shortwave message tips Cranston and Margot to a spy's plot to steal a new warplane.
A freed convict hunts the man who put him away -- The Shadow himself.
Cranston fakes his own death so The Shadow can go undercover against a villain who has learned his secret.
September 17, 1939
Conversation with Death
Buried alive while sunk in a hypnotic, death-like trance, a man has only The Shadow to save him.
A racketeer's supposed death draws Cranston to a suspicious funeral home.
October 1, 1939
The Night Marauders
A zookeeper trains a gorilla to pull off a string of high-rise robberies.
October 8, 1939
The Diamond Murders
Visiting pitchers are being electrocuted on the mound, and The Shadow talks the commissioner into restaging a killing.
October 15, 1939
Village of Doom
A medical examiner is murdered in the commissioner's own office, marked by the prints of a knife-thrower executed years before.
November 19, 1939
The Shadow Returns
A phony doctor smuggles 'blood-red rubies' past customs -- hidden inside infected crewmen.
A monstrous cat has slain three watchmen, so The Shadow takes the next man's post himself.
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