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Strange Puzzles: Library Edition (Shadow Radio Dramas)

Meiser, Edith; Gibson, Walter

 
9781570199028: Strange Puzzles: Library Edition (Shadow Radio Dramas)

Synopsis

Music, madness, death, and darkness face amateur criminologist Lamont Cranston and the Shadow. In the midst of the most classic of mystery motifs—from foreboding castles to frame ups—he unravels each remarkable riddle. From elusive treasure to conclusive evidence: How? Why? And, whodunnit?

Let your curiosity lead you through two newly discovered Orson Welles episodes, available here for the first time since their original broadcasts in 1938—"He Died at Twelve" and "The Black Buddha." Consider the clues in more classic episodes starring Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison as the cloaked crusader. Ask yourself, is that really Ken Roberts singing in "Tenor With a Broken Voice?"

The Shadow producer and scriptwriter Edith Meiser once said, "A mystery is just a puzzle solved by the detective." Of course, the eighteen cases in this digitally restored and remastered collection are cracked by … the Shadow! 

Epidsodes include:

• Tenor with a Broken Voice
• He Died at Twelve
• The Black Buddha
• Traffic in Death
• Murder in E-Flat
• Phantom Fingerprints
• Mansion of Madness
• Death Shows the Way
• Murderer's Vanity
• The Case of the Three Frightened Policemen
• They Killed with a Silver Hatchet
• Makeup for Murder
• The Shadow of Suspicion
• The Bones of the Dragon
• Reflection of Death
• The Giant of Madras
• Murder at Dead Man's Inn
• Murder by a Corpse

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About the Author

Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an iconic Academy Award-winning director, writer, actor, and producer for film, stage, radio, and television. He won the 1941 Academy Award for best original screenplay for Citizen Kane and in 1970 received the Academy Honorary Award. Known for his baritone voice, he was well regarded as a radio and film actor, a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor, and an accomplished magician. He first gained notoriety for his October 30, 1938, radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Winner of multiple awards, he is now widely acknowledged as one of the most important dramatic artists of the twentieth century. In 2002, two British Film Institute polls of directors and critics voted Orson Welles the greatest film director of all time.

Bill Johnson spent 52 years in the mining industry. Since his retirement, he has written many articles on mining as well as this book. He reached his 100th birthday in 2008 and lives with his wife, Dorothy, in Comox.

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