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The Shadow is the name of a collection of serialized dramas, originally in 1930s pulp novels, and then in a wide variety of media, and it is also used to refer to the character featured in The Shadow media. One of the most famous adventure heroes of the 20th century United States, the Shadow has been featured on the radio, in a long-running pulp magazine series, in American comic books, comic strips, television, serials, video games, and at least five films. The radio drama included episodes voiced by Orson Welles. On September 26, 1937, The Shadow radio drama, a new radio series based on the character as created by Gibson for the pulp magazine, premiered with the story "The Death House Rescue," in which The Shadow was characterized as having "the power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him." As in the magazine stories, The Shadow was not given the literal ability to become invisible. The introduction from The Shadow radio program "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!", spoken by actor Frank Readick Jr, has earned a place in the American idiom. These words were accompanied by an ominous laugh and a musical theme, Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel", composed in 1872). At the end of each episode The Shadow reminded listeners that, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Crime does not pay...The Shadow knows!" (Some early episodes, however, used the alternate statement, "As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil! Crime does not pay...The Shadow knows!")

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    • Jan 1, 1970 LATEST EPISODE
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    1940-0317 - Murderer's Vanity - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:00


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    1940-0310 - The Laughing Corpse - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:43


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    1940-0303 - Death on the Bridge - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:34


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    1940-0303 - Bridge of Tragedy - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:05


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    1940-0211 - Death is an Art - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:28


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    1940-0204 - The Return of Carnation Charlie - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:11


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    1940-0121 - The Precipice Called Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:09


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    1940-0107 - Murder in the Death House - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:10


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    1939-1231 - The Cat That Killed - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:06


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    1939-1217 - Murder Incorporated - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:04


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    1939-1210 - The Flight of the Vulture - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:41


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    1939-1203 - Death Shows The Way - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:32


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    1939-1126 - The Sandhog Murders - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:40


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    1939-1119 - The Shadow Returns - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:11


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    1939-1112 - The Inventor of Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:03


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    1939-1105 - Mansion of Madness - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:55


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    1939-1029 - Phantom Fingerprints - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:39


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    1939-1022 - House of Fun - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:03


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    1939-1001 - The Night Marauders - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:46


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    1939-0924 - Dead Men Talk - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:40


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    1939-0319 - Can The Dead Talk - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:59


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    1939-0312 - Appointment With Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:53


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    1939-0305 - Sabotage By Air - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:44


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    1939-0226 - Horror in Wax - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:00


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    1939-0219 - Friend of Darkness - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:50


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    1939-0212 - Hypnotic Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:43


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    1939-0205 - The Ghost of Captain - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:25


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    1939-0129 - Prelude to Terror - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:47


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    1939-0122 - Valley of the Living Dead - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:55


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    1939-0115 - Ghosts Can Kill - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:10


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    1939-0108 - Island Of The Devil - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:17


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    1939-0101 - The Man Who Murdered Time - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:39


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    1938-1218 - Guest of Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:40


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    1938-1204 - Murder in E Flat - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 21:59


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    1938-1120 - Death Is Blind - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:49


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    1938-1113 - Black Rock - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:06


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    1938-1106 - Shyster Payoff - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:34


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    1938-1030 - The Isle Of Fear - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:09


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    1938-1023 - Gun Island - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:40


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    1938-1016 - Night Without End - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:30


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    1938-1009 - Death Stalks The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:07


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    1938-1002 - The Black Abbot - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:18


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    1938-0925 - Traffic in Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:02


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    1938-0911 - The Caverns of Death - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 24:06


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    1938-0904 - Death Under The Chapel - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 25:30


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    1938-0828 - The Tomb of Terror - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:54


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    1938-0821 - Murder On Approval - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:57


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    1938-0814 - The Tenor with the Broken Voice - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:02


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    1938-0731 - Message From The Hills - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:44


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    1938-0724 - Murders in Wax - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 23:24


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    1938-0717 - Aboard The Steamship Amazon - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:07


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