Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 03: The Adventures of Superman (June 28, 1940)

“Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 28, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Lois Lane investigate a deadly explosion at a doll factory in Melville, a manufacturing town. Doll manufacturer Hans Holbein and his helper Joe have hidden a dangerous explosive inside the dolls, and Holbein has tied Lois Lane up and placed her beneath a dynamite-loaded wall set to collapse at ten o'clock. Clark Kent, acting as Superman, is working to find Lois and Holbein before the time runs out. Police Chief Kent helps search the factory and the town. The episode is from The Adventures of Superman, a radio series, and aired on June 28, 1940.

Melville, an upstate manufacturing town, including a doll factory, Holbein's house, and the Sudbury Airport

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Hans Holbein, Joe, Chief

Listen for: Holbein and Joe's plan involving the explosive dolls and the dynamite wall, and Superman's search for Lois Lane

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.