Donelli's Protection Racket - Pt 06: The Adventures of Superman (April 26, 1940)

“Donelli's Protection Racket - Pt 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 26, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman, disguised as reporter Clark Kent, rescues Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and editor White from a burning forest near Little Falls, where racketeer Chip Denelli's gang has been hunting them. Denelli's henchman Spike, left to watch the group, is forced by Superman to reveal Denelli's plan to booby-trap a culvert on the road. Superman then sets out to intercept the car carrying the group back to town and to confront Denelli. The episode is a chapter of the 1940 radio serial The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on April 26, 1940.

A pine forest near Little Falls, a dirt road with a culvert, and the road back toward town

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Editor White, Chip Denelli, Spike

Listen for: Spike's account of Denelli's plan and Superman's pursuit of the car carrying Lois, Jimmy and editor White

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.