Jan. 23, 2026
THE SHADOW Episode 2: Murder by the Dead
This episode is a haunting early entry in the series that plays with the boundary between the natural and the supernatural. It is one of the "lost" episodes of the original run, meaning no original recording survives, though scripts and modern recreations exist.
The story centers on a series of impossible murders where the victims appear to have been killed by individuals who are already dead. A wealthy recluse dies under mysterious circumstances, and the evidence at the scene points directly to a "dead man's hand."
- Title: "Murder by the Dead"
- First Aired: October 17, 1937
- Network: Mutual Broadcasting System
- Sponsor: Blue Coal
Credits
- Narration and Production by Gizelle Erickson
- Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
- Music: Thanks to Sound Gallery By Dmitry Taras "Scary Horror Music"
- The Shadow sourced by AcousticMonster on Internet Archive
- Cast & Voice Actors
- The Shadow / Lamont Cranston: Orson Welles
- Margot Lane: Agnes Moorehead
- Announcer: Ken Roberts
- The Blue Coal Commercial Spokesman: Thomas Coffin Cooke (often as "John Barclay")
- Organist: Elsie Thompson
