Lighthouse Point Smugglers - Pt 03: The Adventures of Superman (July 26, 1940)

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“Lighthouse Point Smugglers - Pt 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 26, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen, staying at the New England home of Jimmy's Aunt Louise Horn, suspect that a group of smugglers is using the house and the abandoned lighthouse nearby. After a light is seen flashing in the old tower, Kent climbs up to investigate and finds himself in a struggle with a man who breaks through a window and falls into the water below. Kent dives after him while Jimmy waits at the foot of the stairs. Later, a telephone rings with no one speaking on the other end, and Kent tries to make contact with Miss Horn.

Lighthouse Point, a New England coast, at the Horn house and an abandoned lighthouse tower, in the 1940s

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Aunt Louise Horn, Superman

Listen for: The telephone ringing with no one on the line, and Kent's plan to signal Miss Horn by ringing the bell three times

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.