Lost Continent Of Atlantis Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (December 18, 1942)

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“Lost Continent Of Atlantis Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 18, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Editor Perry White of the Daily Planet finances an expedition led by the eccentric explorer Dr. Leander Cameron to find the lost continent of Atlantis at the bottom of the Atlantic. Clark Kent and Lois Lane travel in Cameron's multi-depth submarine as it descends a mile below the surface, where the crew sees luminescent fish and then a huge creature. Dr. Cameron tries to escape by rising, but a giant octopus follows the submarine and its tentacles grip the vessel. The crew is trapped in the compression chamber, and Clark Kent notes that Superman could not leave the chamber without endangering the others.

A multi-depth submarine descending into the Atlantic Ocean, nearly a mile below the surface, while searching for the lost continent of Atlantis.

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Perry White, Dr. Leander Cameron, Nicodemus, Jimmy Olsen

Listen for: The giant octopus seizing the submarine and the crew's debate over how to escape its grip.

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.