A writer who wants to get rid of his wife asks her to record a suicide note that he will use for the leading character in the play he is writing which is about a woman in an unhappy marriage who wants to end it all.  Commentary on the unusually illogical storytelling in this episode.  Plus, the most ineffective sound effects mistake.

A couple purchase a mirror that dates back to a time when witches were burned in Salem that is said to give visions of those who are about to die.  Commentary on why The Shadow is not a supernatural show.  Plus, stars Staats Cotsworth and Alice Frost.

With reports of missing hitchhikers in town, Luthor Brenda, a dead man, is said to rise and return to his casket at the mausoleum.  Commentary on a huge shift in direction that betrayed the basic style of the episode in which major plot points were now left unresolved.

Philips’ Hindu servant, Tarah, arrives and according to Phillips will prove the secret he told Kent was absolutely true.  Commentary on Batman The Caped Non-Wonder as his status as superhero is severely questioned.

An unidentified young girl, "Jane Doe #17," has committed suicide with a .22 caliber rifle. But was it a suicide?  Friday and Smith investigate.  Commentary on the telling reasons why Jack Webb may have been bored and exhausted doing the radio version of Dragnet.

After Henderson arrested Philips whom he, Kent and Batman believe to be Jones, the man Philips decides to tell the group a telling secret that will reveal everything.  Commentary on the fine line Kent and Superman walk in which Kent likes to tease he is Superman.

A career criminal is sent to Death Row for a murder he didn’t commit. When a reporter proves his innocence and gets him freed, he tries to live the straight life until his former accomplice, the man who committed the murder, comes back to town.  Commentary on the tragic life of star John Garfield who would die eight years after this broadcast.

Lamont and Margo are summoned to an old plantation by an old acquaintance to investigate the deaths in his family from a swamp with a mysterious Indian legend. Commentary on the Shadow formula and the discussion between Lamont and Margot on mental illness.

An ex-con murders his employer in order to steal the $100,000 King Midas diamond.  Commentary on the predictability of sequences in this story.  Plus writer Michael Sklar and star Lawson Zerbe.  Also, why Sing Sing is such a funny place for a prison.

A man who has the power to kill simply by touch seeks revenge on the Shadow for his brother’s execution and will begin killing random victims until Lamont can produce the Shadow. Commentary on this being the very last episode available with Bill Johnstone as The Shadow as we discuss his life and career.