00:00Ladies and gentlemen, again this evening, the Daily Classic has the pleasure of presenting to you the world's most eminent criminologist and crime commentator, The Shadow.
00:11Okay, you're on the air.
00:14The Shadow Speaks, bringing to you the latest news in the world of crime prevention and detection.
00:19This afternoon, a crime was committed, which brought only tragedy to the perpetrators.
00:22Three young desperadoes held up a bank and escaped in their car.
00:25The police quickly picked up their trail.
00:27There was a running gunfight between bandits and police, which finally resulted in the three misguided young men plunging to their death.
00:32Once again, it's proved the truth of that old adage, crime does not pay.
00:37Well, friends, we have a distinguished visitor in our midst, but the news won't make the society page.
00:43Honest John is back in town.
00:46Honest John is one of the last of our old-time safecrackers.
00:49So if your strong box blows up with a loud bang, don't think it's the 4th of July.
00:53It may be old John celebrating his release from what he probably calls the Big House, or Stur.
00:59Let us hope that the police commissioner, Weston, whom we hear never misses one of our broadcasts, will keep an eye on Honest John.
01:07Hi there, commissioner.
01:10Memorandum to Detective Bureau.
01:12Check on Honest John.
01:13Yes, commissioner.
01:14Ladies, here's a little incident which proves the silence is really golden.
01:18Last night, bandits entered George Ward's furniture store.
01:21Mrs. Ward was alone in the place.
01:23The good lady was so frightened she couldn't talk.
01:25At least, that's what the bandits...
01:27It's too bad something don't scare him so bad that he can't talk.
01:32They ought to be a law against guys like him shooting their mouth off within the city limits.
01:36But still, Mrs. Ward refused to say a word.
01:38At the point of a gun, they took from the cash register a dollar bill and one thin dime.
01:43The moment they'd gone, Mrs. Ward calmly removed a hundred-dollar bill from her mouth.
01:47Witnesses took the license number of the car.
01:493Y-41-37.
01:52I'll repeat that.
01:533Y-41-37.
01:56Did you make a note of that?
01:57Yes, sir, I did.
01:59Last night, young Michael Nolan took his pretty fiancée, Dorothy Walsh, for a drive along the scenic highway overlooking the city.
02:06With a bright lover's moon overhead, they stopped to enjoy the view and to romance.
02:12Today, police discovered their bodies in Nolan's car and are holding a transit named Miller for the murder.
02:20Well, you can't go in now, miss. The shadow's on the air.
02:23Oh, but I'm Phoebe Lane.
02:25Sorry you couldn't get in there if you was Calamity Jane.
02:27But I'm working for the shadow.
02:29Well, I'm the shadow's shadow.
02:31Well, they'll just fade away, will you please, lady?
02:34But I've got important news that must go on in the air right away.
02:37I've got it all written down here.
02:39Look it.
02:40Last night in John Morgan's warehouse, not a creature was stirring, not even the water.
02:48I don't know what I'm doing. This is my job.
02:50As Robert silently jimmied a window, they were greeted by cries of,
02:55Get out, get out.
02:56They did.
02:57An hour later, when police stopped to investigate the window,
03:01the parrot was still screaming,
03:03Get out, get out!
03:04Ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be a slight disturbance in the studio.
03:08Ladies and gentlemen, a newsflash has just been handed to me.
03:18I can't guarantee its authenticity, but here it is.
03:21A big theater robbery is planned to take place downtown in half an hour.
03:24In fact, nine o'clock.
03:25Read the Daily Classic for particulars,
03:27and now the shadow bids you good night until tomorrow.
03:30You didn't get the name of the theater. The police won't know where to go.
03:33No, and neither will 10,000 other thrill-hunting sightseers.
03:36But hadn't you better phone the police?
03:38I don't think you have to worry about that.
03:40Good night.
03:40Good night.
03:43Hello.
03:45Oh, hello, Commissioner.
03:46It's the police.
03:48Yes, I have that too.
03:49The Metropolitan Theater.
03:51The Metropolitan Theater.
03:54See here, Cranston,
03:55if this turns out to be a phony tip,
03:57I have a good mind to sue you
03:58if I can find the proper grounds.
04:00Why not breach of promise, Commissioner?
04:02Listen.
04:06Radio broadcasting.
04:08Hook me up for an emergency order to all cars.
04:12General Order 6-2.
04:13All radio cars concentrate in Sector 8.
04:16General Order 6-2.
04:18All radio cars concentrate in Sector 8.
04:21That is all.
04:22Well, that's us again.
04:23Guess you'll have to get along without us, Frank.
04:24Well, I guess I can hold this down a little.
04:26Hold on.
04:29Oh, by the way, Miss Lane,
04:30where did you get this tip?
04:32From a man.
04:33From a man?
04:35Well, who was it?
04:36Don't you know his name?
04:38No, but he had an honest face.
04:39Would you mind giving me some little hint
04:44about how you met this honest face?
04:47Well, there was an automobile accident.
04:49And suddenly I remembered I was a reporter for you.
04:51So I stopped and asked the people their names
04:53and addresses and things.
04:54And one man said,
04:55I can't give you my name and address,
04:56but I can give you a big story.
04:58And he did.
04:59That's what I'm afraid of.
05:01He said the Metropolitan Fitter will be robbed.
05:02What time?
05:03Goodness, I forgot to ask him that.
05:06And you had me put that choice morsel on the air.
05:08Well, he was so sincere,
05:10and he had such an honest face.
05:13Well, you better spend more time away.
05:15How did she get in?
05:16Well, I tried to stop her,
05:17but she scratched it.
05:21Well, sir, did you hear that pipe dream
05:23I just had on the air?
05:24Yeah, where did you get it?
05:25A man told her.
05:27Told who?
05:28Phoebe Lane, the girl you wished on me.
05:30The honor student of college journalism.
05:33Say, will you get her out of my hair
05:34and put her back on the household page
05:36where she belongs?
05:37Not a chance, Cranston.
05:38She says she's all fed up with recipes
05:40and household hints.
05:41She wants to be a real reporter.
05:43Oh, I see.
05:45Romance and adventure stuff, huh?
05:47Well, Mr. Heath,
05:48is she running this newspaper,
05:50or are you, sir?
05:50Cranston,
05:52as long as she happens to be the owner's niece,
05:54I'm afraid she can pick any seat she wants
05:56for a ride.
05:57Oh, it's one of those, is it?
06:00Well, there's no law against our making the joyride
06:03a little, shall we say, bumpy for her, is there?
06:05Not that I know of.
06:08Thank you, sir.
06:17Ladies and gentlemen,
06:18this is Phoebe Lane,
06:19the real brains of the shadow
06:20who thinks he knows all about crime.
06:22But the real crime of the age
06:23is the way he makes you think he's so smart,
06:24when it's really me that does the work all the time.
