Only the Shadow Knows Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh

Ah yes, those halcyon days sitting next to the maroon Admiral radio listening to the creaking door when “The shadow knows” intoned in a smoky, gravelly, voice.
That was enough to send chills up and down your spine even without the lights turned very low in the semi darkness.
Those were the lost days of Lamont Cranston solving the mystery, exposing the perpetrators of the dastardly deeds and bringing them to justice.
The Shadow was one of the most famous pulp heroes of the 20th century,
The Shadow has been featured in comic books, comic strips, television,
video games, and at least seven motion pictures. It was even implied as
the subject of at least one Tom and Jerry Cartoon.
The radio drama is well remembered for those episodes voiced by Orson Welles.
Introduced as a mysterious radio narrator by David Chrisman, William Sweets, and Harry Engman Charlot for Street and Smith Publications, The Shadow w as fully developed and transformed into a pop culture icon by legendary pulp writer Walter Gibson.
The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the Street & Smith radio program Detective Story Hour.
After gaining popularity among the show's listeners, the narrator became the star of The Shadow Magazine on April 1, 1931; a pulp series created and primarily written by the prolific Gibson.
Even today the aforementioned Tom and Jerry cartoons can be seen on
TV in your living room. Although it still seems a little strange when one
compares it with the dark sweaty atmosphere in the neighborhood movie theatre during a Saturday afternoon matinee.
Even after decades, the unmistakable introduction from The Shadow radio program,
intoned by actor Frank Readick Jr., has earned a place in the American idiom:
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!
The Shadow knows ... " These words were accompanied by a haunting theme song,
Le Rouet d'Omphale, composed by Saint-Saëns.
For more information check out
The Shadow - A Short Radio History or From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .