Clan Of The Fiery Cross Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (June 17, 1946)

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“Clan Of The Fiery Cross Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 17, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, who is also Superman, works with Perry White and Jimmy Olsen at the Daily Planet in Metropolis. Tommy Lee, a Chinese boy who pitches for the Unity House baseball team, has been seized by hooded members of the Clan of the Fiery Cross, who plan to tar and feather him. Tommy escapes into the river and is badly hurt, and Superman rescues him and takes him to hospital. Tommy's father, Dr. Lee, has also been attacked. Kent and his colleagues work to identify the gang, and the episode ends with a flaming cross burning on Kent's lawn. This is part six of the Clan of the Fiery Cross serial from the Adventures of Superman radio series, first aired on June 17, 1946.

Metropolis, including the Daily Planet offices, the General Hospital, and a wooded riverbank above the rapids

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Tommy Lee, Dr. Lee, Chuck Riggs, Matt Riggs

Listen for: The flaming cross on Clark Kent's lawn at the end of the episode

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.