Last Of The Clipper Ships Part 13: The Adventures of Superman (April 2, 1941)

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“Last Of The Clipper Ships Part 13” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 2, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are aboard the old clipper ship Clara M as it sails south toward Panama. Strange events have been happening on board, and the ghostly figure known as the Whistler is again heard moving about the decks. Jimmy finds a hidden stowaway living inside a wall panel in his cabin, a boy who has been hiding there since the ship left port and who has been causing trouble among the crew. After a rough struggle on deck, Jimmy and the stowaway end up in the water in heavy fog. Clark searches the ship with the crew, and the men grow increasingly frightened. The episode is a serial, and this chapter leaves the two in the sea, with the outcome not yet settled.

The old clipper ship Clara M, sailing south toward Panama through heavy fog, at sea.

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Barnaby, Mr. Kent, The Whistler

Listen for: Jimmy's cabin and the hidden panel in the wall, the fight on deck, and the splash and cries for help in the fog as Jimmy and the stowaway fall into the water.

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.