The Woman in Black: The Green Hornet (May 11, 1948)

The Green Hornet, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“The Woman in Black” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 11, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

Listen to The Green Hornet free, live around the clock: every episode, in the order it first aired. No sign-up.

What happens

Brit Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, hires Jim Jackson to obtain photographic proof that Dr. Rupert is in contact with foreign agents. Jackson sneaks aboard Rupert's yacht during a weekend cruise and is discovered, and Pamela Gordon, one of the guests, is drawn into the scheme. The Green Hornet, aided by Kato, becomes involved as the stakes rise. The story is part of The Green Hornet radio series, first broadcast on May 11, 1948.

Newspaper offices of the Daily Sentinel, Dr. Rupert's yacht at sea, and a city apartment and railroad station

Characters: Brit Reid, Jim Jackson, Dr. Rupert, Pamela Gordon, Croydon, Gus, Lenore Case, Kato

Listen for: The exchange in Brit Reid's office when Jackson describes his plan to photograph Dr. Rupert

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.