Clan Of The Fiery Cross Part 03: The Adventures of Superman (June 12, 1946)

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“Clan Of The Fiery Cross Part 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 12, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen learn that Tommy Lee, the new star pitcher of the Unity House baseball team, and his family are being threatened by a hooded group after a burning cross appears on their lawn. Dr. Lee, a respected bacteriologist, has decided to move the family out of Metropolis, but Clark urges him to stay and work with the police to stop the group. Shortly after, a bomb is found under the seat of Tommy's bicycle. The episode is part three of the Adventures of Superman serial, first broadcast on June 12, 1946. The lead actors are not named in the transcript, so they are not given here.

Metropolis, in the 1940s; the Lee home, the Daily Planet, and the Unity House baseball field

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Tommy Lee, Dr. Lee, Inspector Henderson, Jack Barton

Listen for: The bomb under Tommy's bicycle seat and the phone call from the man in the drugstore to Jack Barton

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.