What happens
Cranston, known to criminals as the Shadow, and his friend Margot Lane look into a series of murders connected to a wax museum. A body is discovered inside a waxwork tableau depicting the capture of gangster George Keegan, and the Shadow suspects the killings are not finished. Commissioner Weston and the police try to trace the killer through the museum and the prison where Keegan is held. Keegan is a notorious gang chief, and the tableau also includes District Attorney Armstrong and Commissioner Weston. The Mercury Theatre on the Air presents this episode, which first aired on July 24, 1938.
A city's wax museum, a park, and a state penitentiary
Characters: Cranston, Margot Lane, The Shadow, Commissioner Weston, George Keegan, Edna Kelly, District Attorney Armstrong, Mrs. Armstrong
Listen for: The Shadow's deductions about the killer's next target, and the confrontation with Keegan in the warden's office
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.