And with this, Joshua finally concludes his trilogy of ape-themed episodes of The Shadow with “The House of Horror”! The story features a kidnapped gorilla, a fortune teller, and a series of wealthy young socialites who vanish in a taxidermist’s shop! And a plot happens! What will young women be willing to do to find a piece of lost jewelry? How does a scientist reach this point in his career? How will this episode stack up against the previous ape episodes? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
This was on the first Old Time Radio cassette that I ever owned!
I was surprised that no one brought up that the mad scientist was speaking in rhyme. While, like Eric, I can give a lot of what was happening in this episode a pass because it’s “The Shadow”, I found that rather distracting.