Candy Meyer's Big Story - Part 08: The Adventures of Superman (September 2, 1946)

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“Candy Meyer's Big Story - Part 08” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 2, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Candy Meyers, a private detective, and reporter Clark Kent, who is secretly Superman, pursue contractor Mike Ricky over a subway tunnel that collapsed, killing many people. Clark is convinced Ricky cheated on the building specifications and attacked Jimmy Olsen and Candy. Ricky, hoping to silence Candy, lures him to his penthouse, where he and his henchman Shortcake hold him at gunpoint. Meanwhile Clark has taken concrete samples to the laboratory and learns Candy has gone off alone to confront Ricky. This is part eight of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series from 1946.

Metropolis, including Ricky's penthouse apartment, the Daily Planet newsroom and Dr. Millison's laboratory

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

Listen for: Candy's confrontation with Mike Ricky and Shortcake in the penthouse, and Clark's discovery that the concrete fails city specifications

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.