Candy Meyer's Big Story - Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (August 30, 1946)

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“Candy Meyer's Big Story - Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 30, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and editor Perry White search for proof that contractor Mike Ricky is responsible for the subway disaster, but the concrete from the cave-in has been cleared away. Kent learns from a truck driver that the rubble was dumped into Metropolis Harbor, and Superman steps in to recover a sample. Meanwhile, private detective Candy Myers, convinced that Ricky is behind the attacks on him and Jimmy Olsen, goes to confront the contractor in his penthouse. The Adventures of Superman is a radio serial of 1946, broadcast on the Mutual network, with the episode aired on August 30, 1946. Ricky and his henchmen begin to plot against Kent and Myers, and the story closes with Myers walking toward a trap.

Metropolis, including the subway cave-in site, Metropolis Harbor, the Daily Planet office, and Mike Ricky's penthouse apartment

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Candy Myers, Mike Ricky, Clint Morgan, Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Shortcake

Listen for: The truck driver at Metropolis Harbor confirming the concrete came from the subway cave-in, and Ricky's henchmen overhearing that Candy Myers is coming upstairs

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.