The Shadow Serial Radio Show - 1937-09-26-Death-House-Rescue
This is the public domain The Shadow radio show from September 26th, 1937.
Below is some information on this serial drama from yesteryear.
In early 1930, Street & Smith hired David Chrisman and Bill Sweets to adapt the Detective Story Magazine to radio format. Chrisman and Sweets felt the program should be introduced by a mysterious storyteller. A young scriptwriter, Harry Charlot, suggested the name of "The Shadow."[5] Thus, "The Shadow" premiered over CBS airwaves on July 31, 1930,[1] as the host of the Detective Story Hour,[6] narrating "tales of mystery and suspense from the pages of the premier detective fiction magazine."[6] The bulk of the radio show was written primarily by Sidney Slon. The narrator was first voiced by James La Curto,[6] but became a national sensation when radio veteran Frank Readick, Jr. assumed the role and gave it "a hauntingly sibilant quality that thrilled radio listeners."[6]
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