Flames of Wrath: The Green Hornet (August 29, 1944)

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“Flames of Wrath” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 29, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Britt Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, and his Filipino valet Kato investigate a series of fires on the city's waterfront piers, which destroyed war material bound for shipping abroad. Reid suspects sabotage after a truck carrying war cargo catches fire on the highway, and he sets out with Kato in the Black Beauty to follow a suspicious truck. The episode is part of The Green Hornet radio series, which first aired on 1944-08-29.

A port city with waterfront warehouses on Pier 36 and Pier 51, and the highway and river road leading out of the city, during wartime

Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Lenore Chase, Ed Lowry, Sergeant Burke, Gus, Max, Joe

Listen for: The truck fire on the highway and the moment Reid and Kato confront the truckers on the road

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.