The Shadow 1 Death Gives An Encore

[@Reldonator]

I have never listened to a radio drama before. This is wild

[@littlesjunior]

I’m here a cool coworker told me about this he’s a one of those ogs that’s unique take on life with imagination and creativity that resonates with those stories that stuck with you the way listening to stories or reading can breed new bounds of ideas of passion thank you Ralph for letting me and telling me about this I wanna know more and if there’s any other types of material like this I will find it

[@kevinshort4829]

These are just great! Thanks for posting all of the episodes.

[@johningardia2088]

I can't find my Blue Coal dealer.

[@misChug]

It's fascinating how attitudes change, isn't it? What was once the realm of horrifying science fiction (transplants) is now not only relatively commonplace, but almost universally seen as a good thing.

[@hunn20004]

Ye, but stealing hands from one to use for your own ends is still pretty messed up

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows."

[@ralph5450]

Ooooo thanks for telling us that. I'll have to write that down.

[@elvismylove48]

I used to listen to this as a kid on Sunday nights with my dad sometimes lol

[@cliffsampson8122]

Use to listen to rebroadcast on the radio back in the mid 70s

[@pattymerrill2838]

Me too!

[@SoulScienceProject]

"The Sun is Shining 👀 ☀️ But the Ice - Is still Slippery" 🧊 👤🚕🌃🌆🧿📻🎙️

[@loganross1861]

Who else is here because of Razorfist?

[@bitingmylipsoff864]

More like gayzorfist

[@dbenjazz]

Is that Alan Reed (voice of Fred Flintstone) as the scientist Gondo? Sounds like him, and he was active in radio at this time.

[@artmoss6889]

Yes, that's Reed.

[@Overlord367]

my grandfather talked about this glad i remembered to look it up.hope your all well.

[@martinkineavy9039]

If there was no Shadow there would never would been Batman

[@BenInSeattle]

And without Batman, we'd never have The Joker. And without The Joker, no Harley Quinn. No Harley Quinn, no Kite Man. And, thus we come full circle for without Kite Man there'd be no bar operating in the Shadow of The Legion of Doom.

[@valinsyrcen1673]

"He walked a road no mortal man dared....for a couple of decades later, when it started to become pretty commonplace."

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Oh this is a hilarious confrontation, I love it.

[@Zhuravliov]

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow NOSE. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

[@Medraut00]

thanks for uploading these. is Shiwan Khan a villain of the radio series? if so what episodes does he appear?

[@mrsenchilada776]

I don't believe Shiwan Khan was in the radio show unless it was in some of the later episodes I haven't heard yet (don't like Bret Morrison). Shiwan Khan was introduced in the Shadow Magazine in 1939, though.

[@Overlord367]

that was masterful storytelling. 25:27

[@grundian]

The villain seems to enjoy hands. I wonder if he ever visited Morioh, Japan in his visits to "The Orient"

[@denisesmith6129]

Yes it was blue I asked my dad who delivered coal from the 1938 to 1950’s

[@k311ydcart3r]

Can you still order the Shadow ring for 10 cents?

[@julien.4617]

Thank you! Love The Shadow. Was Blue Coal really blue?

[@badexamplepl]

Lol no

[@jimmixthurtell]

@@badexamplepl actually it was, its a mineral called anthracite.

[@timthetiny7538]

@@jimmixthurtell anthracite is plenty black.

[@bloodgrss]

Actually, it was! Though the regular anthracite was black, it burned with a purer blue flame than other less dense forms of coal. Hence the nickname; and the Blue Coal Company, who sponsored The Shadow, actually sprayed the coal with a blue dye to emphasize their products qualities and brand.

[@julien.4617]

@@bloodgrss Thank you.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Ooh, a plot twist.

[@BenInSeattle]

*"My travels to the Orient"* is used by three different characters to describe the origins of their occult and mystic knowledge. How did this get to become a set phrase that the audience would just accept it?

[@spasegeek9214]

Lololol oh oh boy you are in a ride of a life when you find out about Golden age comics. 100s of people got super powers from Asia or have magic artifacts from Asia or learned yogic secrets in Asia. It was a serious trend ..

[@BenInSeattle]

@@spasegeek9214 Okay, now I'm very curious how this originated. Is "Dr. Strange" from the Golden Age? His origin story certainly fits "my travels to the Orient". Did this trope come from comic books or were comic books just very enthusiastic about using a belief that already existed?

[@cornparade6874]

Who has the biggest nose in all of radio The Shadow nose...

[@BenInSeattle]

Was this the first ever episode of The Shadow (the radioplay, I mean)?

[@xMcWeenx]

No. This is from season 5. Full list is on Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Shadow_episodes

[@BenInSeattle]

@@xMcWeenx Thank you.

[@BenInSeattle]

​@@xMcWeenx I found "The Shadow 001" and it was quite good: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laCYe515l6uGodk .

[@BenInSeattle]

@@xMcWeenx I found "The Shadow 001: The Death House Rescue (1939)" on KZbin and it was quite good, even better than this one. Orson Welles was quite something!

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

This shall prove interesting.

[@melisnAk]

Was shadow before superman sounds like basis for comics

[@mentalist7772]

Yes, in fact a character who ran alongside the Shadow was Doc Savage one of the two characters who inspired Superman. Actually the Shadow was one of the inspirations for Batman there are a lot of interesting pulp characters that most people don't know about nowadays.

[@CallioNyx]

This sort of radio show in general, and The Shadow in particular, was also the inspiration for 'the Silver Shroud' in Fallout 4. Which is why I just listened to this. It's.. hilarious. And horrible. :D

[@adamwallace7353]

The Shadow was a massive influence on Batman

[@johningardia2088]

I scared!!!!

[@nathanrojas-fonseca8046]

why am i here? 👁️

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

Somebody should remake all these episodes.

[@Muck006]

The whole blue coal ad is full of nonsense, because "burning evenly" is NOT a function of the coal but rather the surroundings/conditions of/inside the oven.

[@Muck006]

SCIENCE is done by: 1. making a CLAIM 2. PROVING the claim ... through a) repeatable experiments, b) statistics (that are honest) and/or c) logical chains of arguments 3. followed by ALLOWING THIS TO BE CRITICISED to "find flaws" P.S.: Feelings cant be proven and are thus NOT basis of any scientific evidence and if you DONT ALLOW criticism of your claims, you arent scientific either!

[@JWurzy]

Family Guy lol