Knights of the White Carnation - Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (March 6, 1947)

The Adventures of Superman, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“Knights of the White Carnation - Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 6, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

Listen to The Adventures of Superman free, live around the clock: every episode, in the order it first aired. No sign-up.

What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen investigate a plot by a secret hate group, the Knights of the White Carnation, against foreign-born players on the Metropolis High School basketball team. After a riot breaks out at the school, Clark learns that the group has spread poison pamphlets among students and that a millionaire, Charles Canfield, may have been murdered to silence him. A student identifies one of the agitators, a tall thin man with a pasty face. The episode is part of The Adventures of Superman radio series, and this instalment's broadcast date is March 6, 1947.

Metropolis, at Metropolis High School and nearby streets

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Coach Reed, Jack Wilson, Mr. Raiden, Tony Rizzoudi, Kazimir Polaski, Charles Canfield

Listen for: The students' identification of the tall, thin agitator, and Jimmy and Jack following him from the school yard

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.