Lighthouse Point Smugglers - Pt 02: The Adventures of Superman (July 24, 1940)

“Lighthouse Point Smugglers - Pt 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 24, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and young Jimmy Olsen, copy boy for the Daily Planet, investigate strange events at Lighthouse Point on the New England coast, where Jimmy's aunt, Louisa Horne, lives. After a rainstorm wrecks their cat boat on the rocks, they find Miss Horne stunned on the beach, and she insists she has no idea why she was out there. Her talk of a nephew named Chris, and a sound from the cellar, deepen the mystery. The episode is the second part of The Adventures of Superman, first heard in July 1940, and this part ends with the two men deciding to wait and watch the house.

Horne House and the abandoned lighthouse on Lighthouse Point, on the New England coast, during a rainy night

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Louisa Horne, Chris Horne

Listen for: The light seen in the abandoned lighthouse, the noise from the cellar, and Aunt Louisa's account of why she was on the beach

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.