Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer - Pt 06: The Adventures of Superman (June 7, 1940)

“Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer - Pt 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 7, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily Planet, travels with Captain Alonzo Cragg and Professor Peter, who are trying to save the explorer after he has been under the effects of a native poison. Surrounded by an Indian war party near their igloo camp, the group prepares to hold off attackers through the night. Kent makes a dangerous trip to the sunken temple to confront the Indian chief about the poison and the cure. Cragg's condition remains unclear as the crisis deepens, and the expedition's fate hangs in the balance. The episode is part of the Superman series.

The Arctic ice fields of Ellesmere Land, including an igloo camp and a sunken temple in the depths of the ice.

Characters: Clark Kent, Captain Alonzo Cragg, Professor Peter, Superman, Walter

Listen for: Kent's bargaining with the Indian chief for the antidote, and Cragg's recovery as the crisis passes.

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.