Atom Man In Metropolis Part 16: The Adventures of Superman (November 28, 1945)

“Atom Man In Metropolis Part 16” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 28, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, weakened by Henry Miller's atomic power, is trapped in a hidden cellar beneath a garage at a country house owned by the late Sidney, Miller's henchman. Perry White, Jimmy Olsen and private detective Candy Myers come to the house searching for him. They hear faint pounding from the garage floor but find nothing obvious. Later Kent calls through a house phone, sounding confused, and says he is in the garage. The three men search the empty garage, where a hidden panel and a concealed button lead them to the cellar below.

A country house and its garage in Metropolis, with a secret cellar beneath the garage floor

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Candy Myers, Henry Miller, Sidney

Listen for: The pounding from beneath the garage floor and the house phone call from Clark Kent

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.