Dr.Blys Confidence Gang Part 01: The Adventures of Superman (September 5, 1945)

“Dr.Blys Confidence Gang Part 01” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 5, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dr. Bly, leader of a criminal gang hiding out in an amusement park in Metropolis, learns that the reporter Lois Lane closely resembles Dixie Lamar, a gang member wanted for killing a federal agent. Bly plans to use the resemblance against Lois. Posing as a press agent, a henchman invites Lois to a celebrity night at Playland that evening, and she accepts. Clark Kent, Perry White and Jimmy Olsen return from the north woods, and Lois hurries off to the park, leaving Clark puzzled. Jimmy is also invited. The episode ends with the trap about to close on them.

Metropolis, including an amusement park called Playland and the Daily Planet offices

Characters: Lois Lane, Dr. Bly, Happy, Dixie Lamar, Clark Kent, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Dick Grayson

Listen for: Dr. Bly's plan to use Lois Lane's resemblance to Dixie Lamar, and the invitation that draws Lois to Playland

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.