The Three Ghosts

Originally aired on October 31, 1937

Always at 9:00 it comes? Some guy and a woman are in the country in what is supposed to be a haunted house. They hear sounds coming closer and closer to them. The woman faints.

Margo and Lamont are on the way to the same house, Margo having seen the woman in town and thought she didnt look well. Shes worried about the guy the woman married, that no one knows anything about him. She doesnt like his looks.

They get to the house and are greeted by the Professor (his wife is named Caroline). He finally lets them in so Margo can talk to Caroline. The Professor knows about Lamont Cranston. The professor says Caroline is run down and that its her that thinks there are ghosts in the house.

Margo is suspicious of the professor. Cranston notes that the guys skin color resembles that of a man who has been in prison. Cranston says hes a psychologist.

(Next day, I assume). The Shadow visits the professor at his office in the city. The Shadow warns the professor about what hes doing. He tosses half of an ace of spades in his lap, then tells him that if he finds the other half hes going to die.

Two guys come to see the professor and they were both in prison also, but have escaped. Apparently he had been married to another woman who died. The professor is trying to scare his present wife to death. The guys want to break into the house, act like its a burglary and shoot his wife in order to speed up the professors getting her money.

The Shadow appears to one of the crooks and says that the professor is going to double-cross him.

Margo is with Caroline at six in the evening. The Shadow again appears to Snead (the professor). The Shadow says he can see the pictures the professor makes in his mind. He also makes the professor think he saw a truck coming at them. Then he tells the professor one of the crooks is in the road in front of him and he thinks its a hallucination like the truck, but it isnt and he hits the guy.

The next day paper says an ex-convict that was wanted was found dead (hes the one the professor hit.) The Shadow then talks to Commissioner Weston on the phone. He tells the policeman to again check the professors house to find the evidence he needs.

The professor and his wife pack to leave town. The surviving crook comes to the house. The professor tells him the Shadow is after them both. He sees theres an ace of spades on the table (remember above? ). The crook tells the woman how the professor manages to make up the sounds in order to scare his wife.

They hear the sounds but the machine hasnt been turned on, then they suddenly hear the Shadow. The police get there at the same time. The crook argues with the professor and shoots him. The police break in and catch the crook. The Shadow appears and says a few things and then leaves.


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