Old Time Radio: The Shadow - Death In the Deep
0Broadcast: October 3, 1937
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. In this episode:
In the past three months there have been 18 ships mysteriously sunk on the high seas, ships belonging to the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan in fact every major power. This series of unexplained marine disasters have created a panic throughout the nautical world, passenger reservations are being cancelled, freight shipments are being withdrawn and crews are deserting their ships. Something has got to be done...