The Shadow is one of my favorite old school radio programs. The original idea, was for The Shadow to be a mysterious radio narrator for Detective Story Hour in 1930, but that inspired a literary character, and later The Shadow got his own radio drama in 1937 starring Orson Wells as the main character, Lamont Cranston. It has one of the most famous tag lines in radio drama history: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." Cranston is a wealthy young man about town who helps the police department catch criminals as his alter ego, The Shadow. In my opinion he is the precursor to Bruce Wayne/Batman and inspired many other superheros to come. The sound effects are really creepy and effective, Orson Wells is a great actor and there are a lot of interesting episodes that feature well developed characters. I'm only half way through it, but so far I give it 5 out of 5 scribbles. It's a classic!
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