A Mystery for Superman, Part 1: The Adventures of Superman (February 27, 1942)

“A Mystery for Superman, Part 1” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 27, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are travelling back to Metropolis on the Tri-State Limited after receiving an urgent telegram from editor Perry White. A second telegram tells Clark and Jimmy to leave the train at Walden Junction while Lois continues alone, and Clark soon realises the message is a fake. Clark and Jimmy follow the train, and when Clark reaches Lois's drawing room, the door is locked and the room is empty. Perry White denies sending either telegram. Lois then calls from an unknown location, promising to ring again the next morning, and the mystery of who sent the false telegrams deepens.

Aboard the Tri-State Limited express train and at Walden Junction station, approaching Metropolis

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Superman

Listen for: Clark realising the second telegram is a fake, and Lois's mysterious phone call from an unknown location

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.