The Shadow Old Time Radio Shows Complete Collection on Flash Drive

Description

The Shadow Old Time Radio Series
(291 Episodes on MP3)
The Shadow
is the name of a collection of serialized dramas, originally in 1930s
pulp novels
, and then in a wide variety of Shadow media.
[2]
One of the most famous adventure heroes of 20th century North America, the Shadow has been featured on the radio, in a long-running pulp magazine series, in
American comic books
,
comic strips
,
television
, serials,
video games
, and at least five
feature films
. The
radio drama
included episodes voiced by
Orson Welles
.
Originally a mysterious radio show narrator, The Shadow was developed into a distinctive literary character in 1931, later to become a pop culture icon, by writer
Walter B. Gibson
. The character has been cited as a major influence on the subsequent evolution of
comic book
superheroes
, particularly
Batman
.
[3]
The Shadow
debuted
on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the radio program
Detective Story Hour,
which was developed to boost sales of
Street & Smith
's monthly pulp
Detective Story Magazine
.
[4]
When listeners of the program began asking at newsstands for copies of "That Shadow detective magazine," Street & Smith decided to create a magazine based on The Shadow and hired Gibson to create a character concept to fit the name and voice and write a story featuring him. The first issue of
The Shadow Magazine
went on sale on April 1, 1931, a
pulp series
.
On September 26, 1937,
The Shadow
radio drama
, a new radio series based on the character as created by Gibson for the pulp magazine, premiered with the story "The Death House Rescue," in which The Shadow was characterized as having "the power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him." As in the magazine stories, The Shadow was not given the literal ability to become invisible.
The introduction from
The Shadow
radio program "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!," spoken by actor
Frank Readick
, has earned a place in the
American
idiom
. These words were accompanied by an
ominous laugh
and a musical theme,
Camille Saint-Saëns
'
Le Rouet d'Omphale
("Omphale's Spinning Wheel," composed in 1872). At the end of each episode, The Shadow reminded listeners that "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows!" (Some early episodes, however, used the alternate statement, "As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil! Crime does not pay... The Shadow knows!")
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