Dr.Deutch And The Radium Mine Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (May 28, 1941)

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“Dr.Deutch And The Radium Mine Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 28, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Lois Lane discover a bomb hidden in Lois's typewriter, rigged to explode when the name Deutsch is typed. Jimmy Olsen, bound and gagged in a closet, has heard the machine clattering and helps identify the danger. Clark and Lois are joined by Mr. Lewis of the Secret Service, who escorts Clark toward the naval base. Their talk turns to Dr. Deutsch's espionage activities and his old hideout, a house on a cliff. Mr. Lewis and Clark then stop there, where a caretaker reports that a car was pushed into the water near a shack down on the coast. The episode ends with Deutsch and his accomplice Hans crouched in the darkness, waiting as footsteps approach.

Metropolis, at the Daily Planet offices late at night, then a drive toward the naval base, a cliffside house, and a shack on the coast

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Mr. Lewis, Dr. Deutsch, Hans, Perry White, Commander Leeds

Listen for: The sound of the typewriter, the gag on Jimmy and the spelling of Deutsch, and the footsteps at the shack at the end

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.