Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 04: The Adventures of Superman (July 1, 1940)

“Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 1, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and editor Perry White search for Lois Lane, who has been taken from Hans Holbein's house after an explosion at Holbein's doll factory in Melville. The series is The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on July 1, 1940. Kent and White find a fishing boat that Holbein used to ship the dolls, and inside they discover a chart marking a man-made island far out in the ocean. White decides to fly out with Kent to search for Lois. Meanwhile, Holbein and his helper Joe, aboard their island, set Lois adrift alone in a small rowboat as a storm gathers on the sea.

Melville, a manufacturing town, including the hospital, Holbein's house, and the harbor at Water Street, followed by a man-made island fifty miles out in the ocean

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Lois Lane, Hans Holbein, Joe, Police Chief, Dr. Parker

Listen for: The chief's account of Holbein's boat and the chart found inside it, and Holbein and Joe deciding to set Lois adrift in a rowboat

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.