Counterfeit Money - Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (October 25, 1946)

“Counterfeit Money - Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 25, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent persuades Inspector Henderson to abandon a raid on Pearly's messenger service, offering a different plan to break the counterfeiting ring. Kent's scheme depends on Mary Henig regaining Pearly's trust so she can learn where the phony money comes from and who stands above him. Pearly's men, meanwhile, move the counterfeit money and his henchman Herman grows suspicious of Mary. Part 07 of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on October 25, 1946, ends with Mary walking alone through a dark street toward a late-night meeting with Pearly, unaware that Herman is following her with a knife.

New York City, in the offices of Pearly's messenger service, a police car, a coffee shop, and the dark streets of a tenement neighborhood.

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Inspector Henderson, Sergeant Healy, Mary Henig, Pearly, Herman

Listen for: Listen for Clark Kent's plan to restore Mary Henig's standing with Pearly and for Herman's late-night pursuit of Mary.

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.