THE SHADOW: The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954 private detectives “Thirty years’ worth of radio

“Thirty years’ worth of radio programming is documented in this alphabetical roster of more than 300 broadcast logs

Erskine found himself in the service of his country

and Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone is one of the notable exceptions

William Spier wrote a stage play based on the radio program and took it on the road with Basil Rathbone

THE SHADOW: The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954 private detectives “Thirty years’ worth of radioThe Shadow for the consideration of those who never heard a radio broadcast or read a pulp magazine was a supernatural sleuth with a sepulchral chuckle. A detective whose success in tracking down criminals became a popular long running radio program from 1937 to 1954, after beginning a number of years before as a ghost like voice introducing a bone chilling murder play that concluded with a sinister laugh. The Shadow was originally the voice of