I Thought I Saw a Shadow

Scientist Dr. John Gilbert tries to make himself invisible but something goes wrong - he loses his shadow instead. His shadow starts moving on its own, which scares him and makes him think everyone is out to get him. In the end, Gilbert figures out the only way to stop his evil shadow is to kill himself.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.

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