List of The Shadow episodes

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This is an episode list for the adventure radio drama The Shadow. The series, inspired by an announcer character on earlier anthology series, premiered on the Mutual Network on September 26, 1937 and ended on December 26, 1954. The 639 episodes aired over 18 seasons, including an additional summer series the first season.

The seasons were of variable length: Season 1 through Season 8 were of 26-30 episodes (the Season 1 summer series was 15 episodes), Season 9 through Season 12 were of 38-39 episodes, Season 13 through Season 17 were of 47-52 episodes, and the final Season 18 was of 22 episodes.

There are a number of lost episodes: 179 episodes are missing and 4 episodes incomplete from Season 1 through Season 12, and Season 13 through Season 18 are entirely missing but for one episode. Radio scripts are available for the series including the missing episodes, except for the Season 1 summer series, which is complete in recordings. Some of the missing episodes are available in preserved recordings of a 1940s Australian adaptation, and in recordings of recreated stage readings collected by old-time radio enthusiasts.

Contents

[edit] List of seasons

Season Episodes Missing episodes Originally aired
1 26 10 19371938
1B 15 0 1938
2 26 3 19381939
3 29 8 19391940
4 30 1 19401941
5 26 18 19411942
6 26 20 19421943
7 30 23 19431944
8 29 27 19441945
9 39 22 19451946
10 38 19
4 incomplete
19461947
11 38 7 19471948
12 39 21 19481949
13 51 51 19491950
14 51 51 19501951
15 52 52 19511952
16 51 51 19521953
17 47 46 19531954
18 22 22 1954

[edit] Season 1: (1937 — 1938)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
1-01 (1) "Death House Rescue" 
"The Shadow"
Preserved September 26, 1937
1-02 (2) "The Red Macaw"  Lost October 3, 1937
1-03 (3) "Danger in the Dark"  Lost October 10, 1937
1-04 (4) "Murder by the Dead"  Lost October 17, 1937
1-05 (5) "The Temple Bells of Neban"  Preserved October 24, 1937
1-06 (6) "The Three Ghosts"  Preserved October 31, 1937
1-07 (7) "Death Rides the Skyway"  Lost November 7, 1937
1-08 (8) "Terror Island"  Lost November 14, 1937
1-09 (9) "The Ruby of Modoc"  Lost November 21, 1937
1-10 (10) "Circle of Death"  Preserved November 28, 1937
1-11 (11) "The House of Greed"  Lost December 5, 1937
1-12 (12) "The Death Triangle"  Preserved December 12, 1937
1-13 (13) "Cold Death"  Lost December 19, 1937
1-14 (14) "The Voice of Death"  Carl L. Bixby Lost December 26, 1937
1-15 (15) "Goddess of Death" 
"The Idol Talker"
Lost January 2, 1938
1-16 (16) "The League of Terror"  Preserved January 9, 1938
1-17 (17) "Sabotage"  Preserved January 16, 1938
1-18 (18) "The Society of the Living Dead"  Preserved January 23, 1938
1-19 (19) "The Poison Death"  Preserved January 30, 1938
1-20 (20) "The Phantom Voice"  Preserved February 6, 1938
1-21 (21) "The House of Horror"  Preserved February 13, 1938
1-22 (22) "Hounds in the Hills"  Preserved February 20, 1938
1-23 (23) "The Plot Murder"  Preserved February 27, 1938
1-24 (24) "The Bride of Death"  Preserved March 6, 1938
1-25 (25) "The Silent Avenger"  Preserved March 13, 1938
1-26 (26) "The White Legion"  Preserved March 20, 1938


[edit] Season 1B: (1938 summer series)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
1B-01 (27) "The Hypnotized Audience"  Preserved June 5, 1938
1B-02 (28) "Death From the Deep"  Preserved June 12, 1938
1B-03 (29) "Firebug"  Preserved June 19, 1938
1B-04 (30) "The Blind Beggar Dies"  Preserved June 26, 1938
1B-05 (31) "Power of the Mind"  Preserved July 3, 1938
1B-06 (32) "White God"  Preserved July 10, 1938
1B-07 (33) "Aboard the Steamship Amazon"  Preserved July 17, 1938
1B-08 (34) "Murders in Wax"  Preserved July 24, 1938
1B-09 (35) "Message from the Hills"  Preserved July 31, 1938
1B-10 (36) "The Creeper"  Preserved August 7, 1938
1B-11 (37) "The Tenor with the Broken Voice"  Preserved August 14, 1938
1B-12 (38) "Murder on Approval"  Preserved August 21, 1938
1B-13 (39) "The Tomb of Terror"  Preserved August 28, 1938
1B-14 (40) "Death Under the Chapel"  Preserved September 4, 1938
1B-15 (41) "The Caverns of Death"  Preserved September 11, 1938

[edit] Season 2: (1938 — 1939)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
2-01 (42) "Traffic in Death"  Preserved September 25, 1938
2-02 (43) "The Black Abbot"  Preserved October 2, 1938
2-03 (44) "Death Stalks The Shadow"  Preserved October 9, 1938
2-04 (45) "Night Without End"  Preserved October 16, 1938
2-05 (46) "Gun Island"  Preserved October 23, 1938
2-06 (47) "The Isle of Fear"  Preserved October 30, 1938
2-07 (48) "Shyster Payoff"  Preserved November 6, 1938
2-08 (49) "Black Rock"  Preserved November 13, 1938
2-09 (50) "Death is Blind"  Preserved November 20, 1938
2-10 (51) "Fountain of Death"  Lost November 27, 1938
2-11 (52) "Murder in E Flat"  Preserved December 4, 1938
2-12 (53) "Murder by Rescue"  Lost December 11, 1938
2-13 (54) "Guest of Death"  Preserved December 18, 1938
2-14 (55) "Give Us This Day"  Lost December 25, 1938
2-15 (56) "The Man who Murdered Time"  Preserved January 1, 1939
2-16 (57) "Island of the Devil"  Preserved January 8, 1939
2-17 (58) "Ghosts Can Kill"  Preserved January 15, 1939
2-18 (59) "Valley of the Living Dead"  Preserved January 22, 1939
2-19 (60) "Prelude to Terror"  Preserved January 29, 1939
2-20 (61) "Ghost of Captain Bayloe"  Preserved February 5, 1938
2-21 (62) "Hypnotic Death" 
"Design for Murder"
Preserved February 12, 1939
2-22 (63) "Friend of Darkness"  Preserved February 19, 1939
2-23 (64) "Horror in Wax"  Preserved February 26, 1939
2-24 (65) "Sabotage by Air" 
"Death by Violence"
Preserved March 5, 1939
2-25 (66) "Appointment with Death"  Preserved March 12, 1938
2-26 (67) "Can the Dead Talk?"  Preserved March 19, 1939

[edit] Season 3: (1939 — 1940)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
3-01 (68) "Dead Men Talk"  Preserved September 24, 1939
3-02 (69) "The Night Marauders"  Peter Wright Preserved October 1, 1939
3-03 (70) "The Diamond Murders" 
"Murder In The Ball Park"
Lost October 8, 1939
3-04 (71) "Village of Doom"  Lost October 15, 1939
3-05 (72) "House of Fun"  Preserved October 22, 1939
3-06 (73) "Phantom Fingerprints"  Preserved October 29, 1939
3-07 (74) "Mansion of Madness"  Preserved November 5, 1939
3-08 (75) "The Inventor of Death"  Preserved November 12, 1939
3-09 (76) "The Shadow Returns"  Preserved November 19, 1939
3-10 (77) "The Sandhog Murders"  Preserved November 26, 1939
3-11 (78) "Death Shows the Way"  Preserved December 3, 1939
3-12 (79) "The Flight of the Vulture"  Preserved December 10, 1939
3-13 (80) "Murder Incorporated"  Preserved December 17, 1939
3-14 (81) "The Stockings Were Hung"  Preserved December 24, 1939
3-15 (82) "The Cat That Killed"  Preserved December 31, 1939
3-16 (83) "Murder in the Death House"  Preserved January 7, 1940
3-17 (84) "Suicide Resort"  Lost January 14, 1940
3-18 (85) "The Precipice Called Death"  Preserved January 21, 1940
3-19 (86) "Murder Host"  Lost January 28, 1940
3-20 (87) "The Return of Carnation Charlie"  Preserved February 4, 1940
3-21 (88) "Death is an Art"  Preserved February 11, 1940
3-22 (89) "Coinage of Death"  Lost February 18, 1940
3-23 (90) "The Great Submarine Mystery"  Lost February 25, 1940
3-24 (91) "Death on the Bridge"  Preserved March 3, 1940
3-25 (92) "The Laughing Corpse"  Preserved March 10, 1940
3-26 (93) "Murderer's Vanity"  Preserved March 17, 1940
3-27 (94) "The Plot that Failed"  Preserved March 24, 1940
3-28 (95) "Up from the Grave"  Lost March 31, 1940
3-29 (96) "Revenge Beyond Death"  Lost April 7, 1940

[edit] Season 4: (1940 — 1941)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
4-01 (97) "Death in a Minor Key"  Tom Wilson Preserved September 29, 1940
4-02 (98) "Ghost Town"  Preserved October 6, 1940
4-03 (99) "The Isle of the Living Dead"  Preserved October 13, 1940
4-04 (100) "The Oracle of Death"  Preserved October 20, 1940
4-05 (101) "The Mark of the Black Widow"  Preserved October 27, 1940
4-06 (102) "The Creeper"  Preserved November 3, 1940
4-07 (103) "Carnival of Death"  Preserved November 10, 1940
4-08 (104) "The House of Horror"  Preserved November 17, 1940
4-09 (105) "The Green Man"  Preserved November 24, 1940
4-10 (106) "The Curse of Shiva"  Preserved December 1, 1940
4-11 (107) "The Voice of Death"  Preserved December 8, 1940
4-12 (108) "The Killer's Rendezvous"  Preserved December 15, 1940
4-13 (109) "Joey's Christmas Story"  Preserved December 22, 1940
4-14 (110) "The Ghost on the Stair"  Preserved December 29, 1940
4-15 (111) "The Leopard Strikes"  Preserved January 5, 1941
4-16 (112) "The Ghost Building"  Preserved January 12, 1941
4-17 (113) "The Shadow Challenged"  Preserved January 19, 1941
4-18 (114) "The Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie"  Preserved January 26, 1941
4-19 (115) "Nightmare at Gaelsberry"  Preserved February 2, 1941
4-20 (116) "The Man Who Lived Twice"  Preserved February 9, 1941
4-21 (117) "The Phantom Voyage"  Preserved February 16, 1941
4-22 (118) "The Chess Club Murders"  Preserved February 23, 1941
4-23 (119) "Death Rides a Broomstick"  Preserved March 2, 1941
4-24 (120) "Murder Underground"  Preserved March 9, 1941
4-25 (121) "The Ghost Walks Again"  Preserved March 16, 1941
4-26 (122) "Death Prowls at Night"  Preserved March 23, 1941
4-27 (123) "Voodoo"  Preserved March 30, 1941
4-28 (124) "Murder from the Grave" 
"Death from the Grave"
Preserved April 6, 1941
4-29 (125) "Death on the Rails"  Preserved April 13, 1941
4-30 (126) "The Case of the Dancing Elephant"  Lost April 20, 1941


[edit] Season 5: (1941 — 1942)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
5-01 (127) "Headsman of the Camerons"  Lost September 28, 1941
5-02 (128) "Assignment with Murder"  Lost October 5, 1941
5-03 (129) "Dragon's Tongue Murders"  Lost October 12, 1941
5-04 (130) "The Hoodoo Ship"  Preserved October 19, 1941
5-05 (131) "The Devil's Hour"  Lost October 26, 1941
5-06 (132) "The Terror By Night"  Lost November 2, 1941
5-07 (133) "The Organ Played at Midnight"  Lost November 9, 1941
5-08 (134) "The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen"  Preserved November 16, 1941
5-09 (135) "The Ring of Light" 
"The Circle of Light"
Preserved November 23, 1941
5-10 (136) "Beggars of Death"  Lost November 30, 1941
5-11 (137) "The Curse of Baldring Heights"  Lost December 7, 1941
5-12 (138) "The Undead"  Lost December 14, 1941
5-13 (139) "Death Imported"  Lost December 21, 1941
5-14 (140) "The Case of the Priceless Pompano"  Lost December 28, 1941
5-15 (141) "Death Pulls the Strings"  Lost January 4, 1942
5-16 (142) "The Drums of Doom"  Lost January 11, 1942
5-17 (143) "The Thing in the Swamp"  Lost January 18, 1942
5-18 (144) "Dead Man's Revenge"  Lost January 25, 1942
5-19 (145) "The Return of Anatole Chevanic"  Preserved February 1, 1942
5-20 (146) "Design for Death"  Lost February 8, 1942
5-21 (147) "Death Speaks Twice"  Preserved February 15, 1942
5-22 (148) "Death Gives an Encore"  Preserved February 22, 1942
5-23 (149) "Dead Men Tell"  Preserved March 1, 1942
5-24 (150) "Death for a Messenger"  Lost March 8, 1942
5-25 (151) "Altar of Death"  Preserved March 15, 1942
5-26 (152) "Murder Deferred"  Lost March 22, 1942

[edit] Season 6: (1942 — 1943)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
6-01 (153) "The Red Room"  Lost September 27, 1942
6-02 (154) "Death Comes to the Magician"  Lost October 4, 1942
6-03 (155) "The Master Strikes"  Lost October 11, 1942
6-04 (156) "The Riddle of the Endless Cave"  Lost October 18, 1942
6-05 (157) "The Mystery of Madman's Deep"  Preserved October 25, 1942
6-06 (158) "Death Keeps a Deadline"  Preserved November 1, 1942
6-07 (159) "The Wailing Corpse"  Preserved November 8, 1942
6-08 (160) "Star of the Orient"  Lost November 15, 1942
6-09 (161) "The Lady in Black"  Preserved November 22, 1942
6-10 (162) "Death from the Sky"  Lost November 29, 1942
6-11 (163) "Death Shoots an Arrow"  Preserved December 6, 1942
6-12 (164) "The Bells Toll Death"  Lost December 13, 1942
6-13 (165) "The Case of the Talking Skull"  Lost December 20, 1942
6-14 (166) "The Case of the Phantom Werewolf"  Lost December 27, 1942
6-15 (167) "The Glowing Death"  Lost January 3, 1943
6-16 (168) "The League of Death"  Lost January 10, 1943
6-17 (169) "The Case of the Mechanical Monster"  Lost January 17, 1943
6-18 (170) "The Eyes of Death"  Lost January 24, 1943
6-19 (171) "Secret Weapon"  Lost January 31, 1943
6-20 (172) "The Song of Fear"  Lost February 7, 1943
6-21 (173) "The Mark of Cain"  Lost February 14, 1943
6-22 (174) "The Language of the Dead"  Lost February 21, 1943
6-23 (175) "The Touch of Death"  Preserved February 28, 1943
6-24 (176) "The Man Who Bought Life"  Lost March 7, 1943
6-25 (177) "The Crystal Globe" 
"The Crystal Screen"
Lost March 14, 1943
6-26 (178) "The Mystery of Snake House"  Lost March 21, 1943

[edit] Season 7: (1943 — 1944)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
7-01 (179) "The Gibbering Things"  Alonzo Deen Cole Preserved September 26, 1943
7-02 (180) "The Crystal Globe"  Preserved October 3, 1943
7-03 (181) "Dolls of Death"  Lost October 10, 1943
7-04 (182) "The Weird Sisters"  Alonzo Deen Cole Lost October 17, 1943
7-05 (183) "The Man Who Could Not Die"  Sidney Slon Lost October 24, 1943
7-06 (184) "The Secret of Valhalla Lodge"  Dorothy Erwin Lost October 31, 1943
7-07 (185) "Ship of Doom"  Max Ehrlich Lost November 7, 1943
7-08 (186) "The Phantom in the Skyscraper"  Sidney Slon Lost November 14, 1943
7-09 (187) "The Secret of The Shadow"  Max Ehrlich Lost November 21, 1943
7-10 (188) "Death at Graveyard Post"  Alonzo Deen Cole Lost November 28, 1943
7-11 (189) "Bubbling Death"  Eric Arthur Preserved December 5, 1943
7-12 (190) "The Race with Death"  Sidney Slon Lost December 12, 1943
7-13 (191) "Club of Doom"  Eric Arthur Preserved December 19, 1943
7-14 (192) "The Juggernaut"  Max Ehrlich Lost December 26, 1943
7-15 (193) "The Black Serpent"  Alonzo Deen Cole Lost January 2, 1944
7-16 (194) "The Case of the Immortal Beauty"  Robert Arthur Lost January 9, 1944
7-17 (195) "Death Stalks at Night"  Sidney Slon Lost January 16, 1944
7-18 (196) "The Red Domino"  Max Ehrlich Lost January 23, 1944
7-19 (197) "The Case of the Avenging Brain"  Robert Arthur Lost January 30, 1944
7-20 (198) "A Pass to Death"  Brian J. Byrne Preserved February 6, 1944
7-21 (199) "Flames of Death"  Verne Jay Lost February 13, 1944
7-22 (200) "The Hungry Hand"  Eric Arthur Lost February 20, 1944
7-23 (201) "The Death Ride"  Joseph Cochran Lost February 27, 1944
7-24 (202) "The House Where Madness Dwelt"  Sidney Slon Lost March 5, 1944
7-25 (203) "Death to The Shadow"  David Kogan Preserved March 12, 1944
7-26 (204) "Drums of Doom"  Eric Arthur Preserved March 19, 1944
7-27 (205) "Death in the Tomb"  Verne Jay Lost March 26, 1944
7-28 (206) "Death Makes the Headlines"  Sidney Slon Lost April 2, 1944
7-29 (207) "A Date with Death"  Max Ehrlich Lost April 9, 1944
7-30 (208) "Pattern for Crime"  Eric Arthur Lost April 16, 1944

[edit] Season 8: (1944 — 1945)

Episode Title Writer(s) Preservation Original airdate
8-01 (209) "The Ebony Goddess"  Max Ehrlich Lost September 24, 1944
8-02 (210) "The Sweepstakes Ticket"  Hector Chevigny Lost October 1, 1944
8-03 (211) "Death Pays the Premiums"  Max Ehrlich Lost October 8, 1944
8-04 (212) "The Rocks of Doom"  Max Ehrlich Lost October 15, 1944
8-05 (213) "The Stolen Cab Racket"  Hector Chevigny Lost October 22, 1944
8-06 (214) "Halloween in Vermont"  Catherine B. Stemler Lost October 29, 1944
8-07 (215) "Murder in the Museum"  Stedman Coles Lost November 5, 1944
8-08 (216) "Death Goes Fishing"  Stedman Coles Lost November 12, 1944
8-09 (217) "The Man Who Dreamed Too Much"  Alfred Bester Lost November 19, 1944
8-10 (218) "The Man Who Wished Death"  Max Ehrlich Lost November 26, 1944
8-11 (219) "The Lizard of Fire"  Alfred Bester Lost December 3, 1944
8-12 (220) "The Immortal Murderer"  Alfred Bester Lost December 10, 1944
8-13 (221) "The Ghost on Horseback"  Stedman Coles Lost December 17, 1944
8-14 (222) "Merry Christmas by the Thousand"  Catherine B. Stemler Lost December 24, 1944
8-15 (223) "The Phantom Brother"  Alfred Bester Lost December 31, 1944
8-16 (224) "The Man with the Missing Memory"  Lost January 7, 1945
8-17 (225) "The Jekyll and Hyde Murders"  Lost January 14, 1945
8-18 (226) "Death is Just Around the Corner"  Lost January 21, 1945
8-19 (227) "The Invisible Alibi"  Joseph Cochran Lost January 28, 1945
8-20 (228) "Lucifer Has a Plan"  Stedman Coles Lost February 4, 1945
8-21 (229) "The Face of Death"  Lost February 11, 1945
8-22 (230) "The Night Marauders"  Peter Wright Lost February 18, 1945
8-23 (231) "The Disappearing Corpse"  Stedman Coles Lost February 25, 1945
8-24 (232) "The Mother Goose Bandit"  Alfred Bester Lost March 4, 1945
8-25 (233) "The Brief Fame of John Copper"  Alfred Bester Lost March 11, 1945
8-26 (234) "The Case of the Flaming Skull"  Alfred Bester Lost March 18, 1945
8-27 (235) "The Destroyer"  Alfred Bester Preserved March 25, 1945
8-28 (236) "The Sword of Dengri-La"  Bob Shaw Lost April 1, 1945
8-29 (237) "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"  Alfred Bester Preserved April 8, 1945

[edit] Season 9: (1945 — 1946)

[edit] Season 10: (1946 — 1947)

[edit] Season 11: (1947 — 1948)

[edit] Season 12: (1948 — 1949)

[edit] Season 13: (1949 — 1950)

[edit] Season 14: (1950 — 1951)

[edit] Season 15: (1951 — 1952)

[edit] Season 16: (1952 — 1953)

[edit] Season 17: (1953 — 1954)

[edit] Season 18: (1954)

[edit] Notes

[edit] References