Looking For Kryptonite Part 16: The Adventures of Superman (December 25, 1945)

“Looking For Kryptonite Part 16” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 25, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson track a murderous criminal leader calling himself Mr. Jones, who has vowed to destroy Superman using the deadly element Kryptonite. Following a clue to a church on Christmas Eve, they spot a choir leader named Phillips who matches Jones's description, but Lois Lane is seen with him and appears involved. Clark and Henderson seek Batman to identify the man. The Adventures of Superman is a radio series, and this Christmas Day 1945 episode is part sixteen of its Kryptonite storyline, with its cast not named in the transcript.

A church on Christmas Eve in the city, and the nearby streets and Batman's home across town

Characters: Clark Kent, Inspector Henderson, Mr. Jones, Lois Lane, Batman, Superman, Robin

Listen for: Whether Batman identifies the choir leader as Mr. Jones, and what Mr. Jones's strange, terrible secret turns out to be

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.