Old Time Radio Mystery — The Shadow: "The Poison Death" (1938) | Full Episode

VintageRadioShows.com · Apr 22, 2026 · 28m

Someone has declared war on the city's water supply — poisoning it in the name of The Shadow himself. But the real Shadow has other plans. Lamont Cranston traces the terror to a bitter city chemist whose wounded pride has curdled into something far more dangerous, leading to a white-knuckle showdown atop a water tower that only one man will survive. A 22-year-old Orson Welles stars in this chilling 1938 thriller — one of the boldest episodes in golden age radio drama. 🎧 Hundreds more classic radio shows free at https://www.vintageradioshows.com 📱 Listen anywhere with the Vintage Radio app for…