Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution...
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26 min
Ghost Walks Again | The Shadow (03-16-41)
Original Air Date: March 16, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Shadow Stars:• Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston)• Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) For more great shows check out our si…
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Murder Underground | The Shadow (03-09-41)
Original Air Date: March 09, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Shadow Stars:• Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston)• Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) For more great shows check out our si…
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Death Rides a Broomstick | The Shadow (03-02-41)
Original Air Date: March 02, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Shadow Stars:• Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston)• Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) For more great shows check out our si…
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33 min
The Chess Club Murders | The Shadow (02-23-41)
Original Air Date: February 23, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Shadow Stars:• Bill Johnstone (Lamont Cranston)• Marjorie Anderson (Margot Lane) For more great shows check out our…
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31 min
Cat and Mouse | Suspense (03-30-44)
Two “hams” who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air. Original Air Date: March…
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31 min
Murder Is Legal | The Whistler (02-05-45)
A lawyer gets his client acquitted, even though he’s in love with the client’s wife. After a murder, a contract of death is agreed to. A framer is framed for a murder he actually c…
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31 min
Sneak Preview | Suspense (03-23-44)
A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy. Original Air Date: March 23, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Suspense…
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31 min
The Dead Man Laughed | The Whistler (02-19-45)
A businessman is swindled out of his share of a construction company. A perfect murder is promptly planned. You can’t be accused of murder…if you’re dead! Original Air Date: Februa…
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31 min
Mars Is Heaven! | Escape (06-02-50)
Astronauts landing on Mars discover a nostalgic, idyllic small town from their childhoods, complete with deceased relatives, only to realize it’s a trap set by telepathic aliens wh…
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Command (Harry Bartell) | Escape (05-26-50)
A conflict between a veteran cavalry captain (Nathan Brittles) and a younger, by-the-book lieutenant (Flint Cohill) in the American Southwest Original Air Date: May 26, 1950Host: A…
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Pass to Berlin | Escape (05-19-50)
Escape to Berlin and the story of an occupation G.I. trying desperately to break through a web of death that is being spun around him Original Air Date: May 19, 1950Host: Andrew Rh…
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The Rim of Terror | Escape (05-12-50)
A spy on the desert and a beautiful girl with a Bentley! Original Air Date: May 12, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Escape Stars:• Nancy Kelly• Hans Conried (Alex) Author:• Hildegarde…
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31 min
The Man Who Stole the Bible (Ben Wright) | Escape (05-05-50)
It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, and a salesman has a date with the devil! Original Air Date: May 05, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Escape Stars:• Rick Vallin (Cummings)• Nan Bo…
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Something for Nothing | Escape (04-28-50)
A handsome ex-movie actor witnesses a murder and sees a nice extortion scheme. Original Air Date: April 28, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Escape Stars:• William Conrad• Anne Morriso…
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The Shanghai Document | Escape (04-21-50)
Escape to the interior of China and a journey of terror down the Yangtzee river from Chanking to Shanghai aboard a river steamer. Original Air Date: April 21, 1950Host: Andrew Rhyn…
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The Golden Snake | Escape (04-14-50)
A pilot finds the offer of a job in Mexico too financially attractive to turn down, but when he arrives it turns out that the rewards are far higher than he could ever have imagine…
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The Ambassador of Poker | Escape (04-07-50)
Virginia gentleman adept at cards, who matches wits with a motley band of Chinese cutthroats and war lords. Original Air Date: April 07, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Escape Stars:•…
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Sing a Song of Murder | The Whistler (09-17-45)
A pop singer, trying to get out of a contract with his greedy manager, sings a song of death! Success is a curious thing. Sometimes it comes very slowly the result of a lifetime of…
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Green Splotches | Escape (03-31-50)
A scientific expedition in South America is captured by super-intelligent plants from another planet who travel in a flying saucer at the speed of light! Original Air Date: March 3…
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Phone Call from Death | The Whistler (09-10-45)
A woman’s best friend is murdered while she’s on the phone with the woman…or was she? Original Air Date: September 10, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman…