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First episode of old-time radio drama The Shadow, starring Orson Welles as the Shadow and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane. First aired Sep 26, 1937.

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>>418385

>On this May the 4th, we want to take you back to 1981, when NPR turned its attention to Star Wars. That's right: Some of you may have forgotten (and some might not even know) that the network created three radio dramas based on George Lucas' original three movies.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/04/1096555142/may-the-4th-star-wars-day-npr-drama

>The Making of Star Wars For Radio: A Fable For The Mind's Eye
https://archive.org/details/a-fable-for-the-minds-eye

>>418384
Fourth episode of The Shadow radio drama (episodes two and three are lost). First aired Oct 3, 1937.

>>418391
Everyone looks good or okay, but this guy......... WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAAAAAA

>>418394
Fifth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Oct 24, 1937.

>When The Shadow goes up against a drug ring, he finds himself imperiled by the niece of the Indian mystic who gave him the power of invisibility. She knows The Shadow's true identity, has powers of her own and threatens to destroy him.

>>418398
Sixth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Oct 31, 1937.

>A newlywed woman is driven to the edge of madness by the ghosts haunting her husband's ancient manor. But all is not as it seems. The Shadow arrives to cast light on the mystery...

>>418399
:'(

>>418400
Tenth episode of The Shadow radio drama (episodes seven through nine are lost). First aired Nov 28, 1937.

>An unknown man with a hatred of crowds is targeting the busy metropolis with explosives. Wih the authorities unable to uncover the mystery man's identity, it falls to The Shadow to solve the case.

>>418404
Twelfth episode of The Shadow radio drama (episode eleven is lost). First aired Dec 12, 1937.

>The airwaves are interrupted by a newsflash: The Shadow has been shot as is being treated by a top surgeon! But the story is a ploy to catch The Shadow's attention. When The Shadow contacts the surgeon, a mystery begins to unfold, connecting the surgeon to an escape from the feared Devil's Island...

>>418409
Thirteenth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Dec 19, 1937.

>When on a cold winter's day The Shadow crosses paths with a twentieth-century Scrooge, the elusive crimefighter seeks to rekindle the dying flame of the miser's conscience by taking on the parts of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

>>418414
Sixteenth episode of The Shadow radio drama (episodes fourteen through fifteen are lost). First aired Jan 9, 1938.

>A poor neighborhood is targeted by a counterfeiting ring. When a local man is wrongly imprisoned for possession of forged dollar bills, it's up to The Shadow to set things right.

>>418416
Seventeenth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Jan 16, 1938.

>A series of US Navy ships are sunk by explosions, and the authorities attribute the incidents to sabotage. They trace the saboteurs to the Sag Island shipyard and its 3,000-strong workforce. When they fail to make further progress on the case, it becomes clear that only one man can save the day... The Shadow!

>>418420
Eighteenth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Jan 23, 1938.

>A crooked businessman kidnaps his innocent partner and puts pressure on him to sign a false confession. Once the document is signed, the crook means to kill his partner, take over the whole business and marry his partner's daughter. With The Shadow busy on another case, will the mysterious crimefighter be too late to intervene?

>>418423
Nineteenth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Jan 30, 1938.

>The Shadow must clear his name when a man posing as the crimefighter poisons the city's water supply and holds the metropolis to ransom.

>>418427
Twentieth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Feb 6, 1938.

>A respected senator is put on trial when he's caught on film accepting a bribe from a man called Renaldi. The senator admits the images are real, but claims the soundtrack is a fake. Renaldi's testimony could cinch the case... but Renaldi is dead. It's down to The Shadow to sift truth from falsehood.

>>418433
Twenty-second episode of The Shadow radio drama (episode twenty-one is lost). First aired Feb 20, 1938.

>A crook and his triggerman take to the hills, where they find a run-down mansion and decide to use it as their hideout. But the mansion is already occupied: an old woman and her hunchbacked son live there, with four kidnapped young boys. Meanwhile, The Shadow is trailing the kidnappers to their lair...

>>418434
Twenty-third episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Feb 27, 1938.

>An army officer is court-martialed for sabotaging the test launch of a "flying torpedo". Unable to defend himself at the stand, the officer suddenly pulls a gun on the torpedo's inventor in the middle of the trial and wounds the scientist. The officer's guilt seems obvious, and he's placed behind bars. But The Shadow isn't so sure of the verdict...

>>418436
Twenty-fourth episode of The Shadow radio drama. First aired Mar 6, 1938.

>The preacher of a quiet fishing village is killed in an unexplained explosion. But the police can find no motive for murder, and the villagers are curiously unwilling to co-operate with the investigation. Enter The Shadow, who has learned that a wealthy local woman has recently returned from the Far East with the worshipper of a being known only as the "Ancient One"...