I discovered The Shadow in the 80's when i was in college. I would be up late studying and there was a radio station that would play an episode around midnight on certain days. Loved it. Now i use it to relax so i can fall asleep.
I enjoyed Alec Balwin's movie rendition of the shadow. But I've enjoyed the radio version more. Sadly I find that those in power have proved that white collar crime DOES pay. I vehemently wish it did not! Perhaps one day their crimes will be properly punished for the hurts they have inflicted on the innocent!
I discovered the Shadow as a primary source for the 1982 FGU rpg 'DAREDEVILS' - Roleplaying action & adventure in the two-fisted thirties'. The Shadow, in cape, hat & wielding a handgun features among others in the cover art for the game box & rules booklet. From the rules booklet: 'No one knows the identity of The Shadow. Cloaked in black, his face obscured by his wide-brimmed slouch hat, and only faintly illumined by the glow from the fire-opal girasol in his ring, The Shadow is a figure of sinister mystery even to his associates. When not suited-up for blending into the darkness, the man known as The Shadow may assume several identities (Lamont Cranston, man about town; Kent Allard, explorer and financier). But neither of these faces show the true identity of the Dark Avenger. That is a secret that naturally, 'Only The Shadow Knows.''
Great great radio show I listened to everyone from beginning to end I listened to him when I was a kid I am 78 and I still go back through and listen they are great 👍
It's October 8th 2023. The world spins in chaos. Bullets are the current favored form of communication. Even the Amish are target's of the FDA. And I find it incredible just how much momentary relief from this crazy world these recordings bring.
Regarding the award that "The Shadow" was presented with at the end of the episode . . . The "American Police Review" was a short lived periodical that was published 1937-1938. It was not a professional journal for police, but a collection of true-crime stories, cartoons, and girlie pictures. They probably invented this award to get some free publicity before the publisher ran out of money.
My dad used to listen to this radio show when he was a kid and then while I was a kid. He would quote various lines and sometime act out some of the scenes. I love this program just as much as my father.
