Horatio F.Horn Detective Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (July 9, 1946)

“Horatio F.Horn Detective Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 9, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Horatio F. Horn, a rural correspondent for the Metropolis Daily Planet, and reporter Lois Lane investigate a telegram about the abduction of atomic scientist Professor Sturgeon. Their search leads them to a warehouse, where they are confronted at gunpoint by three men led by a scarred man called Carlos. Carlos questions them about the professor's whereabouts, and the two reporters try to convince him they are only investigating. Meanwhile, Superman travels to China to find the owner of a mountain lodge connected to the telegram. This is the sixth part of the 1946 Superman serial, and it ends with Lois and Horatio trapped in the warehouse as it catches fire.

Metropolis and a nearby warehouse, with a later scene at the Occidental Hotel in Shanghai, China

Characters: Horatio F. Horn, Lois Lane, Carlos, Professor Sturgeon, Superman, Richard Garrett

Listen for: Carlos's questioning of Horn and Lane in the warehouse, and the fire that traps them 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.