The Shadow Unearthly Specters (Audible Audio Edition) Walter Gibson Orson Welles Bill Johnstone Bret Morrison Agnes Moorehead Margot Stevenson Marjorie Anderson Grace Matthews Radio Spirits Books
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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.
Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, and Bret Morrison each star in the title role, staving off the forces of voodoo and an onslaught of the occult. Malevolent creatures also stalk co-stars Agnes Moorehead, Margot Stevenson, Marjorie Andersen, and Grace Matthews, all playing the role of The Shadow's lovely companion Margot Lane.
Fall under the spell of two newly discovered episodes of The Shadow, "The Mark of the Bat" and "The Witch Drums", (both starring Orson Welles). These episodes are available here to the public for the first time since their original broadcast dates. Listen to the sinister laugh and discover why "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, crime does not pay!"
Episodes include "Tomb of Terror" 06-19-38, "The Mark of the Bat" 07-24-38, "The Witch Drums" 09-11-38, "Black Abbot" 10-02-38, "Ghosts Can Kill" 01-15-39, "The Ghost of Captain Bayloe" 02-05-39, "The Cat that Killed" 12-31-39, "The Laughing Corpse" 03-10-40, "The Mark of the Black Widow" 10-27-40, "The Ghost on the Stair" 12-29-40, "The Ghost Building" 01-12-41, "The Ghost Walks Again" 03-16-41, "Voodoo" 03-30-41, "Return of Anatole Chevanic" 02-01-42, "The House that Death Built" 01-25-48, "Death Coils to Strike" 03-21-48, "The Ghost that Gleams" 04-04-48, "Phantom Racketeer" 10-03-48
The Shadow Unearthly Specters (Audible Audio Edition) Walter Gibson Orson Welles Bill Johnstone Bret Morrison Agnes Moorehead Margot Stevenson Marjorie Anderson Grace Matthews Radio Spirits Books
A great collection of shows, including the two new ones with Orson Wells. Just finished the last episode on disc 9 on the way home from Branson, Missouri. The only downside to some would be that several episodes are repeated on another collection.......but this happens, it seems. I do wish that just one company issued these and did not repeat shows.Still, all in all, some really great shows here......"Death Coils to Strike" had me going right to the very end to figure it out. Recommended.
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The Shadow Unearthly Specters (Audible Audio Edition) Walter Gibson Orson Welles Bill Johnstone Bret Morrison Agnes Moorehead Margot Stevenson Marjorie Anderson Grace Matthews Radio Spirits Books Reviews
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
Orson Welles was only 22 when in 1937 he first appeared on radio as The Shadow. The deal he struck with the show's sponsor, Blue Coal, allowing him to do the show without rehearsal gave his performance an edge. Two newly discovered episodes with Welles, The Mark of the Bat and Witch Drums, are highlights of this particular collection. Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison also appear as our favorite radio crime fighter, however. As good as Welles was, my personal favorite is Johnstone.
Using a strange power he mastered in the orient, allowing him to cloud the minds of criminals so they could not see him, young man-about-town Lamont Cranston would week after week foil the various nefarious schemes of criminals with the help of companion Margot Lane, the only other person who knew he was also, The Shadow. Agnes Moorehead, Margot Stevenson, Marjorie Andersen and Grace Matthews all have their turn here as the lovely Margot. Some shows would find our crusader battling the supernatural in order to bring about justice.
Ghosts, voodoo rituals, and all those things that go bump in the night are featured in this new set from Radio Spirits. Included is a very nice program guide from William Nadel, with information on each episode. The oldest show here is from the summer of 1938, and the latest one over 10 years later, in October of 1948. The Shadow began as an announcer, and became a pulp sensation through the pen of Walter Gibson. He finally evolved into the persona we are most familiar with today during the 1930's. It was an image that would galvanize people to their radios each week for another thrilling adventure they just couldn't miss.
The episodes included here are Tomb of Terror -- The Mark of the Bat -- The Witch Drums -- Black Abbot -- Ghosts Can Kill -- The Ghost of Captain Bayloe -- The Cat that Killed -- The Laughing Corpse -- The Mark of the Black Widow -- The Ghost on the Stair -- The Ghost Building -- The Ghost Walks Again -- Voodoo -- Return of Anatole Chevanic -- The House that Death Built -- Death Coils to Strike -- The Ghost that Gleams -- Phantom Racketeer
Since this set contains shows only with a supernatural bent, it may not have the variety I would recommend to someone just getting into old radio. For those who are already acclimated to the greatest crime fighter in radio, however, this is a marvelous set to own.
THE SHADOW ran more than 700 episodes during its 17-year run on radio, but there were really only about eight basic plot types. The most common involved your basic money-motivated professional criminals - gangsters, racketeers, robbers, thieves, con men, insurance scammers, arsonists, etc. - whose schemes the Shadow contrived to smash. UNEARTHLY SPECTRES is a compliation of a somewhat less frequent, but my no means uncommon, type of story villains of a supernatural (or seemingly supernatural) nature.
The episodes chosen are by and large quite good (although I by no means feel they are a "best of the best" in this particular category) and they feature the trinity of actors - Orson Welles, Bret Morrison and Bill Johnstone - who are collectively felt to be "the defininitive Shadow." The big selling point of UNEARTHLY SPECTRES is the addition of two recently-discovered episodes, "Mark of the Bat" and "The Witch Drums." Unfortunately I only heard the latter as my copy of this (secondhand) disc is scratched and much to my dismay, "Bat" is unplayable. [If I ever get to hear it, I will certainly update this review.] As for "Witch Drums", I'd give it two stars. This story about a supposed Puritan-era witchcraft curse opens very strongly, and is unusually brutal in terms of featuring both a witch-burning and the murder of a young boy, but about halfway through the story becomes overtalkative and sluggish, and by the time it wound up I'd somewhat lost interest.
As for the "old" episodes, I'm not going to review each individual one as it would take too long, but I'd like to point out a few of the highlights
Tomb of Terror - This is one of my faves from the Orson Welles era (1937 - 1938), which pits the Shadow against what may or may not be an ancient Egyptian curse.
The Cat that Killed - Night watchmen at a harbor warehouse are being murdered one after the other by what appears to be a wild animal nobody can catch. Except, possibly, The Shadow.
The Laughing Corpse - People are dying happy all over town - discovered with huge, terrible grins on their faces. Maniacal fits of laughter often precede their deaths. What's happening? The Shadow doesn't know, but chances are he'll look into it.
The Mark of the Black Widow - Another of the rare but superb "Egyptian-themed" Shadow episodes, finds archeologists who discovered a richly-laden tomb in the Valley of the Kings being systematically and mysteriously killed. But who's doing it, and why? The answer is surprisingly surprising.
The Ghost on the Stair - One of the better-plotted and more poignant Shadow episodes features a murder mystery with an Southern Antebellum flavor, and a killer I absolutely did not see coming.
The Ghost Building - Clever plot twists, brutal murders and a fast pace elevate this basic story about a skyscraper that seems to have a very bloodthirtsy poltergeist.
The Ghost Walks Again - Another one of my favorites the leading men of a small New England town are being ritually murdered by what appears to be the ghost of Sir Roger Mathis, a bloody-minded Puritan dead some 300 years, and it's up to you know who to stop him/it.
Return of Anatole Chevanic - Except for the last few minutes, which are embarrassingly after-school-special hokey, this story about a murdered master criminal whose death doesn't stop his rampage is highly entertaining.
The House that Death Built - Lamont, Margo, and a gang of would-be robbers are trapped inside a house designed by a murderous madman. Think "Saw" but with better acting and a villain that is actually somewhat scary.
The Ghost that Gleams - Some eps of The Shadow were surprisingly adult - i.e. pulp-noir - in their storyline. This one, about one apparent ghost haunting a lonely beachside cabin, some old blackmail and a lotta murder, is most definetly one of those.
Taken all in all, this is a pretty good complation, though it hardly plumbs the depths of all the SHADOW episodes which feature "unearthly spectres." I hope additional volumes will soon be forthcoming, and that more of the 400+ "lost" episodes of this classic show are soon discovered.
The shadow .
was not on the CD it was a total different radio program!
It was not the program I wanted.
Like it, good series
This item and others like it have alot to offer just put the CDs in and enjoy! Yes some episodes of alot of these old radio shows are probably downloadable but these CDs come well protected in a plastic case with some liner notes. I am really looking forward to listening to The Shadow!
A great collection of shows, including the two new ones with Orson Wells. Just finished the last episode on disc 9 on the way home from Branson, Missouri. The only downside to some would be that several episodes are repeated on another collection.......but this happens, it seems. I do wish that just one company issued these and did not repeat shows.
Still, all in all, some really great shows here......"Death Coils to Strike" had me going right to the very end to figure it out. Recommended.
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