Looking For Kryptonite Part 17: The Adventures of Superman (December 26, 1945)

“Looking For Kryptonite Part 17” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 26, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson arrest a choir leader named Jones after Lois Lane is caught picking up a silver atomizer for him, and Batman identifies him as a criminal leader. Calling himself Mr. Phillips, the choir leader insists he is innocent and offers to tell a story about two identical twin brothers, one of whom he claims has been wronged and turned bitter. Henderson is skeptical of the photographs and records offered as proof. Phillips then explains that the atomizer was bought for his troubled brother Richard, who asked him to send it along through an intermediary. The episode ends with a visitor arriving at the studio, leaving the question of who he is and what he intends unanswered. The Adventures of Superman radio series aired this installment on December 26, 1945.

A small music studio in a church area, and a church on Christmas Eve, in the city where Superman works.

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Inspector Henderson, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Jones, Batman, Richard, Tara

Listen for: The choir leader's story about his twin brother and the atomizer, and the arrival of the boy in the turban at the end.

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.