Al Vincents Corrupt Political Machine Part 13: The Adventures of Superman (June 6, 1946)

“Al Vincents Corrupt Political Machine Part 13” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 6, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman tracks down Al Vincent, a crooked pawnbroker and politician, and confronts him at his tenement hideout. Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Mary Henig have been taken away by Vincent's men, and Superman must find where they are being held before time runs out. The Adventures of Superman is a radio serial, and this part, Part 13, aired on June 6, 1946. Vincent's men are determined to silence the reporters, who discovered Mary stealing letters that expose Martin Higgins, a mayoral candidate and Vincent's partner. Superman questions Vincent under pressure to learn the friends' whereabouts.

Metropolis, including Vincent's tenement hideout, the city's dark slum streets and a deserted country road near an old water-filled quarry

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Mary Henig, Al Vincent, Martin Higgins

Listen for: Vincent's confession about where Lois, Jimmy and Mary are being taken, and Superman's race to reach them

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.