The Prepper Broadcasting Network - The Shadow 014 - Hounds in the Hills

Episode Date: March 18, 2026

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Shadow knows. The shadow adventurer, the shadow, mystery man who strikes terror into the very hearts of shopsters, lawbreakers, and criminals. Today, on the air, Blue Co. brings you the shadow's latest adventure, hounds in the hills. In just a moment, the shadow's exciting adventure will begin. Meanwhile, I have an important message for everybody. We are now in the midst of the most treacherous season of the entire year, but you can protect your family's health during this danger period by burning blue coal.

For a blue coal gives you clean, uniform, helpful heat all winter long, and its harmless blue coloring is your guarantee of better heat at less cost. So when you order fuel, insist on blue coal. It's Pennsylvania's finest anthracite. Your nearest blue coal dealer will be glad to send you. and you are trial-tun. Phone him tomorrow. High in the pine-clad hills of North Carolina, where backwards living is neighbor to palatial winter homes,

there is a haunted mansion, relic of former grandeur. With no visible means of support, old savi, haggard, half-demented creature, and Jake, a hunchback son, live in one wing of the dilapidated old house. A pack of great, vicious, cross-breed hounds guards the old place from intruded. It is early evening

In the dim half-light Two figures Led by one of the hounds Approach the house I've never heard of you Doing anything except dabbling in that mysterious laboratory are yours Yes, just a playboy Yes, I just dabble

A little science, a little chemistry Little psychology I just dabble I'm calling you, Gary It's been in a hurry Well, it's the sheriff I hope I haven't done anything wrong Perhaps he saw you drive, Gary

That's what you said, Sheriff Yes A fourth in less than two weeks. Lost, long. Oh, that's awful. What is this trail, Gary? Well, it's a narrow pathway along the rim of a high cliff. It washes out so that a slip on the gravel starts to slide right over the cliff.

And you mean to say four boys have been lost there in two weeks? Yes. Four? Doesn't it strike you there might be something more than just fate causing the disappearance of these children? Well, but what? That I don't know. Gary, I'd like to look at this cliff. out down the clip

that's a thousand feet straight down there the river at the bottom yeah i reckon the current must carry the body of her way you haven't found a trace of them i don't suppose there's any doubt about what happened to the boys no miss lynn when bobby mina disappeared last week we found a ball he'd been playing with would you call that conclusive evidence well this morning we snared up dicky nelson's cap that was caught on some shrubbery partway down the mountain

For some of the colored folk around here Think ghost on it Ghost? Yeah See, they was howling last night About their time Dickie was Lost here What kind of howling, Sheriff?

Don't to find those, so They see, they heard it The three times the other bars were lost But you know how they are Colored folks up here in the hills Superstitious Yes, but what kind of a howl Does it ghost make in this part of the country, Sheriff?

That's what I asked About nearly they could describe I bet it was like a dog howling, a hound dog. Well, I've generally found that a dog howling means a dog. Perhaps I'd better reverse the usual procedure, the dog trailing a man. It's all very mysterious, Lamont. Yes, it is, Margot. Would you excuse me for a moment, Sheriff?

Yes, certainly, Mr. Crank. Margot, I think the shadow will look into this mystery. But how? Go back to the house, Margot. I'll wireless you. I need help. In my invisible state as the shadow, I'm going to follow the clue.

of the dogs. Let's see where it leads me. Meanwhile, I'd like to save money can be made by switching to blue coal. For blue coal is the perfect home fuel. It is the best grade of Pennsylvania anthracite. And anthracite is the fuel that furnaces, cooking stoves, and polyheaters in New England were designed to use.

Blue coal gives off a steady, clean heat. It lasts longer and burns down to a fine, powdery ash without giving off smoke or grime common to many other fuels. Blue coal's clums will appeal to New England housewise. For housekeeping is greatly simplified when blue coal is used because with this dependable fuel,

you not only have a more comfortable home, but a cleaner house inside and out. These are the reasons why blue coal is so popular in Portucket, Rhode Island. Sales in Portucket this winter are 12% ahead of sales for the same period a year ago. Here's another point. You buy American when buying blue coal.

It is mined and prepared in Pennsylvania by the Glenaldon Coal Company, especially for home use. So for economy and clemenists, start using blue coal tomorrow. Order it by name. Phone your nearest blue coal dealer. You'll find him listed in the where-to-buy section of your classified telephone directory under the name Blue Coal. They've got my sense. Hurry. Get the sheriff.

Save the children. You can sneak back to the house, trying to lose this among the trees in the dark, so he can go back to the house and finish off. them kids. Let them have it. Okay, boss. Then come on. Hey, you, Jake. Ain't those dogs level of time on it? If you was alone, for us, he left his hikers with the kids so the hounds could get the scent. There's only one or two things for the shadow to do. Stand and be chewed by them beasts or else climb a tree. He's not invisible to a dog's nose. They can smell him. If he's climbed a tree, we got him, though. Hey, do now. Well, we got to keep the shadow

treed until it's daylight. Yeah, but you can't see it after all. Listen, if we wait a daylight, then we can see where he is in the tree. When he comes, he has to shake the branch he's sitting on. And when we see any of them leaves shaking, we'll shoot right at that place. It'll be like shooting at nothing. I know. Hey, if we don't get him that way, he has two other things to choose from. Yeah, what's that? We can keep him treed until he gets so weak he can't work his invisibility gag anymore, and he comes down. And then the dogs get... Not in the do, but wait till morning then. No. But we got to keep awake. Morning a thing, we'll see.

Oh, I get it. No evidence, no kids. What do you think? Yeah. Jake here don't want no evidence either. As soon as we dispose of the man who calls himself the shadow, no one will know. And then Jake here gets rid of the kids. That's right.

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you might as well publish it. Hey, Duke, look, we can see the whole tree now, but I don't see nobody. No, of course not. But he's there. Now watch carefully slim. There's no wind. Any limb or branch that moves.

may be the shadow. Yeah. So when something moves, let him have it. I get it. Hey, but how do we know when we get him? He'll come down, Slim. Now you miss, Slim. Take your time.

Hey! What's that? I thought I saw a branch move. We're shooting at the shadow, Jake. And when he's unconscious of dead, we can see him all right. And then... You didn't do so good yourself, Duke?

Those dogs are hungry. Yeah. I bet they look nice from up in the tree waiting for their breakfast. How can you shoot him if he can't see him? Shut up, Jake. Now, take your time, Slim. Good morning, Duke.

He's there. Good morning, Shadow. I hope you slept well. Watch close, Slim. You're in the tree behind the trunk. Okay, Duke. We're taking care of you first, Sheld. Too much.

Not from here. Shard. He's a partner for some time. From the looks of things, I won't need to put the cuffs on his partner. Well, Marco, you better go back to the cars. All right. Yes, I think I will. I only wanted to see if...

Yes, I'll go back. All right, men. Let's take them away. Margo. Margo. Oh, Lamont. Are you all right? Yes, but don't speak my name here.

Darling, I was so frightened when I got your wireless message. I thought it was the end. So did I. Are the boys all right? Yes, all the boys are safe. They've been taken into town. The deputy sheriff took Old Sadie along. Dickey Nelson is in one of the cars up the road waiting.

Oh, Lamont, I feel so sorry for that poor old woman. So do I, Margot. She's... No, Dickie, I'm expecting it comes now. Who is this young man? This is Dickie Nelson. Dickie and Lamont Cranston. Hello, Mr. Cranston.

Well, Dickie, I hear you had quite an adventure last night. Yes. I believe it a secret. Just between us three. Yes, I think that's a good idea. All right. With some interesting information for you. Thank you, Ken Roberts.

Good evening, friends. The health and comfort of your family during this period of widely varying temperatures depends to a great extent on whether your heating plant delivers steady, even heat when you need it. And the efficiency of your safety. heating plant depends upon the proper use of furnace dampers. Here are some helpful hints on the proper use of these dampers. First, the turn or the smokepipe damper should never be used for day-to-day control of heat. This damper should always be kept as nearly closed as possible without retarding the free burning of your fire. If you do not have automatic thermostat

control of your furnace, the everyday control of heat should be left to your check damper, That flap-like damper located on your chimney pipe and the ash pipe damper. To get more heat through your house, close the check damper and open the ash pit damper. Always remember when one is closed,

the other should be open. If the house is warm enough, close the ash pit and open the check damper. The proper location of these dampers is important. The check damper should be between the chimney and turn damper, the latter being between the check damper and the furnace. If the dampers are in this position, they are properly placed.

And if operated in the manner that I've just explained, you should not experience any trouble in maintaining an even temperature in all parts of your home. However, if you do have trouble with your furnace, phone your nearest blue-cold dealer and ask him to send a John Barclay's serviceman to your home. I thank you. Thank you, Mr. Barclay.

And friends, take Mr. Barkler's tip. Phone your nearest blue-cold dealer. Have him send a John Barkley's serviceman to your home tomorrow. You have just heard a dramatized version of one of the many copyrighted stories which appear in the Shadow magazine. All the characters and all the places named are fictitious. Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. So evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime does not pay, shadow knows.

Erica's finest anthracine will again present an unsight. the thrilling adventure of the shadow. Be sure to listen. And be sure to burn blue coal, the solid fuel for solid comfort.