The Shadow S3E3 - Murder before the Storm! (Radio Recreation)
Project Overview
Three deaths at a summer resort hotel causes The Shadow to investigate after he and Margot Lane check in. Like a person, a place can be destroyed by an evil reputation! Three deaths in one summer season, whether by accident or design, can drive guests from a resort hotel as surely as the coming of autumn storms.
Cast (In Order):
The Annoucner -
Hotel Guest (Minor) -
Greg Tyler (Manager of Seacliff Inn) -
Margot Lane - Megan S
Lamont Cranston - Spencer M
Captain Zeb (An acid-tongued old sea dog)
Rita Zeb (Captain Zeb’s pretty niece)
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A Guest who wants to leave the hotel before something happens to him/her
(Calls) Clerk! Clerk! Where the devil are you?
Huh! I thought you’d fallen off the cliff too!
What’s my bill? I’m leaving this forsaken place.
So am I! I’ve been coming here for ten years . . . at the end of the season, because I hate crowds. But I don’t relish a vacation in a place as dead as some of its guests.
Nonsense! There’s a curse on this place!
It’s more than that! Where’s Andy Walton? I want to see him before I leave.
Good! He might as well! No guest in his right mind would spend a night here. Here’s thirty dollars. Keep the change. (Goes) Good-by!
Music
Greg Tyler is the manager of the resort hotel "Seacliff Inn". He is a thin gentlemen who desires to own the hotel, but cannot due to it being owned by Andy Walton. Greg Tyler is also the Antagonist of this story.
Voice Range - Medium/High
(Comes on, soothingly) Right here, sir. Sorry, sir.
The cliff path to the village has always been dangerous during storms, sir. Guests have been warned, but there are always fools and showoffs who ignore all warnings.
(On mike, calls sharply) Rita!
No guests are left to wait on. No tips! Why not?
You’ll be sorry you said that . . . next season.
(Menacingly) You’ll tell him nothing, (Suddenly furious) you she-devil! You temptress! You . . . (Breaks off as . . . )
(Hesitates) Very well. If you wish. (Starts to go) I’ll register you and . . . (Breaks off as . . .
There she is! . . . holding a flashlight! (Calls) What is it, Rita?!
He knew Walton would never marry a clam digger’s niece, no matter how pretty you are!
(Quickly) I’ll tend to that. I’ll phone the state police at Dunehead as soon as we get back to the inn.
(In a panic) Don’t shoot! You’ll hit me! You can’t see him! . . . even in a lighted room! He isn’t real. . . . He isn’t really here. (Breaks completely) You’re crazy if you think you can really hear him! Listen to me, Zeb. Help me! I’ll confess everything . . . everything! (Sobs wildly)
Captain Zeb is the owner of the fishing shop near the Seacliff Inn, he's an old man with a gruffy voice. He is the Uncle of Rita Zeb and doesn't care much for "Outlanders"
Voice Range - Medium
(Comes on) Good evenin’.
Ain’t seen ’m.
Recollect you. . . . Howdy, ma’am.
(Off mike, calls) Who’s that? Who’s out there?!
Durned fool. I warned him!
(Backs away) Follow me and I’ll kill you!
No! And if you follow me, you’ll be dead. (Goes shouting) Mind you that!
(Slightly off mike) I figgered you’d figger that!
You’ve killed yourself . . . comin’ here in a storm.
The wind pulls hard down to the sea. (Mocking) Feel it tuggin’ at you with each gust?
(Grunts) Huh! Better keep shut about this. Maybe it was one of . . . them!
Rita Zeb is the niece of Captain Zeb, an acid-tongued old Sea Dog. Andy Walton hired Rita to work at the hotel as a waitress but is constantly being flirted upon by Greg Tyler on which she despises.
Voice Range - Medium/High
(Slightly off mike) What do you want, Mr. Tyler?
No guests are left to wait on. No tips! Why not?
Wait on them yourself. You don’t have anything else to do but hide behind that desk like a crab!
(Savagely on mike, and calls back as she goes) I don’t have to tell Andy Walton! I think he knows what’s going on! (Gasps) Oh! I’m sorry!
(Off mike, calls) Who’s that? Who’s out there?!
Durned fool. I warned him!
(Off mike, screams)
(On mike, gasps) Down there on the rocks! . . . Mr. Walton! . . . like the others!
(Sobs hysterically) He didn’t fall. I know he didn’t!
(Savagely) Mr. Walton was just a good friend! He was kind to me! Gave me a job. Never made passes like you! . . . you filthy crab!
(Sob in her voice) Poor Mr. Walton! Why did it have to happen to him? . . . Why? Why?
It’s only that Uncle Zeb hates “outlanders” – summer folks, and blames . . . I mean blamed Mr. Walton for their being here.
This is the first season. I’m of age. Uncle Zeb said it would be the last. (Chokes) With poor Mr. Walton dead, guess it will be.
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