Dr.Roebling And The Voice Machine Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (August 11, 1941)

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“Dr.Roebling And The Voice Machine Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 11, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and editor Perry White, recently shown a demonstration of Dr. Walter Roebling's voice machine, learn that the inventor's nephew Jack Roebling is trying to break into the basement laboratory to destroy it. Kent and White rush to the house after Jack's wife, Chicky, is found shot and asks for Kent at the hospital. At the house, Kent confronts Jack at the basement window while White goes to find Dr. Roebling. The episode is part seven of the Adventures of Superman series and was first broadcast on August 11, 1941.

Metropolis, including the Daily Planet building, the city hospital, and Dr. Roebling's house and basement laboratory in the suburbs

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Perry White, Dr. Walter Roebling, Jack Roebling, Chicky

Listen for: Jack Roebling sawing through the basement bars and his argument with Chicky, then Kent's confrontation at the window

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.