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The Shadow was one of the earliest crime dramas on radio. The Shadow knew what evil lurked (Windows Media RealPlayer) in the hearts of men and proved, with a sinister laugh (Windows Media RealPlayer), "crime does not pay". The Shadow was the secret identity (Windows Media RealPlayer) of Lamont Cranston, a "wealthy young man about town", who learned to cloud people's minds so they could not see him. The show aired on several different anthology series starting with C.B.S.'  The Detective Story Hour in 1930. In 1931, The Shadow aired on C.B.S.' Blue Coal Radio Revue and then on C.B.S.' Love Story Hour. It wasn't until 1932 when C.B.S. started to air the show with the title of The Shadow. For a brief seven months, from 1932 to 1933, the show aired on N.B.C. and then returned to C.B.S. until 1935.
The Mutual Broadcasting System picked-up The Shadow starting in 1937 and the show was again sponsored by Blue Coal (Windows Media RealPlayer). Starting in 1938, Goodrich (Windows Media RealPlayer) became the sponsor but Blue Coal resumed sponsorship in late 1938 and until 1949. Other advertisers included Grove Laboratories, the U.S. Air Force, and Wildroot Cream Oil. From 1937 to 1938 Orsen Wells was The Shadow and Agnes Moorehead was the "lovely Margo Lane". Other notable actors, who played The Shadow over the show's twenty-five year run, include Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison. Morrison played the part for ten years until the show's cancellation on December 26, 1954.
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