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The Caverns Of Death

The Shadow · September 11, 1938 · 25 min · 2,375 words

The transcript of “The Caverns Of Death”, an episode of The Shadow first broadcast September 11, 1938. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Orson Welles on the Air plays The Shadow free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Hahahaha, I'm Cranston, wealthy young man about town. Years ago on the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and mysterious secret. The hypnotic power to crowd men's minds till they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person in those to whom the voice of the invisible shadow belongs.

He is the one here to the heavens. Believe it, the underground Cuba, which we are about to wait for, is one of the most magnificent of nations wonders. Hey, this is brilliant. This is a house, eh?

Hey, go ahead. Take a look at the second one entering now. It's the figures all out there. We've named this great natural hall, the Temple of Broken, after the Romans got a fire because of the pit, that you see over there in the other center, from which papers continually fall.

Hey, that is a house. I think your class will find this the most interesting part of the commons. Professor Lonnie? This is safe for me to bring my students in a closer to the pit.

Some of the people's armless. Sure, sure, yes. Hey, come on, fellas, let's take a look at it. Come on, fellas. Hey, come on. Now, mind you, boys, it's up too close. All right, Professor Morley, there's a railing around the fence.

Now, this great circular breaker, approximately 100 feet in diameter, It truly was the natural mass that pieces of the entire Southwest. It makes them this bit in the pool of water, which is mainly heat from the bottom of the void.

The sea, you and what you've been riding before you, is a mitten from Quest in the Rocky Wall, about 15 feet below the bridge. These ladies, these ladies, slightly over the landing and looking down.

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