Edgar Finley buys a coffin and plans to stay in it to find out if his relatives are sincere. A telephone in the casket is supposed to signal his release.
On the tropical island of Port St. Luce, two people are sacrificed each year during "the night that eats people." It's the turn of Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane on the rim of the volcano.
John Matley is heavily in debt to gamblers and his wealthy father is going to disinherit him. When the father is murdered, suspicion naturally falls on John Matley. However, the real killer is using a death ray that can fry a victim's brains from three hundred feet away!
Georgie Beck is a neurotic pickpocket who asks the cops for protection. Georgie gets stabbed with a knife and goes missing. The trail leads to a lavish Park Avenue apartment.
A scientist "walks a road no living man may travel." Professor Gondo has the improbable theory of transplanting human organs! This villain can see "The Shadow" quite easily!.
A stranger in the park predicts that a man will get $10,000 before the end of the evening, but will be dead before the morning. The man then goes home and finds the $10,000!