Walter Gibson

The Shadow: Dead Men Tell

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Walter Gibson
• Narrated By Orson Welles, William Johnstone, Bret Morrison

Mystical matters, dastardly doctors, frightening families, spirits and schemes! These 18 classic broadcasts will catapult you back to a time when the line between good and evil was stark...and spine chilling.

The Shadow: Unearthly Specters

• ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Walter Gibson
• Narrated By Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison, and others

Radio Spirits presents The Shadow, in 18 digitally remastered episodes of the series eeriest exploits. You will join The Shadow, goaded by ghosts and vexed by snakes, as he battles strange and supposedly supernatural foes.

Strange Puzzles: The Shadow

• ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 23 mins)
• By Edith Meiser, Walter Gibson
• Narrated By Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison, and others

Music, madness, death, and darkness face amateur criminologist Lamont Cranston and The Shadow. In the midst of the most classic of mystery motifs - from foreboding castles to frame ups - he unravels each remarkable riddle. From elusive treasure to conclusive evidence: How? Why? And, who dunnit? Let your curiosity lead you through two newly discovered Orson Welles episodes, available here for the first time since their original broadcasts in 1938 - "He Died at Twelve" and "The Black Buddha."

The Shadow: Bitter Fruit

• ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 28 mins)
• By Walter Gibson
• Narrated By Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Brett Morrison

The Shadow knows! The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, and if criminals cultivate the crops, the Shadow will do the reaping! Hear the Shadow fight crime, as he becomes both the stalker and the stalked, in an assortment of tales featuring some of his most exciting encounters with some of the series' most sinister scoundrels. Whether matching wits against a spy, a madman, a monster, or a psychotic killer, he forces his foes to face the stark realization that crime does not pay!

The Shadow: Crime Does Not Pay

• ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Walter Gibson
• Narrated By Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison

Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison star as amateur criminologist Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, "a man of wealth, a student of science, and master of other people's minds" who has devoted his life to "righting wrongs, protecting the innocent, and punishing the guilty".

A 'Shadow' Audio Double-Feature, Starring Orson Welles, Volume 1

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 16 mins)
• By Walter B. Gibson
• Narrated By Orson Welles, Bill Mills

Two complete radio adventures plus special commentary! This Audio Archive presentation of the classic Shadow radio show features two unabridged, 30-minute episodes from the 1930s starring the award-winning voice of Orson Welles.

In "The Phantom Voice", the Shadow battles racketeers out to destroy one honest judge. Welles also works his vocal magic in "The Death House Rescue", when the Shadow races the clock to save an innocent man from execution.