Mystery of the Lost Planet - Part 05: The Adventures of Superman (April 15, 1947)

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“Mystery of the Lost Planet - Part 05” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 15, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, a reporter at the Daily Planet, is searching for his missing colleague Jimmy Olsen, who was taken away in a strange craft by a man claiming to come from the planet Utopia. Kent questions editor Perry White, then consults astronomer Professor Wilson, who explains that no known planet fits the description. Meanwhile, Jimmy sits in a prison cell on Utopia, awaiting a trial in which he has been accused of spying for Earth. Part 5 of the 1947 Superman radio serial continues the story of the lost planet, with Kent telling it in his own words.

Metropolis, the Daily Planet offices, Professor Wilson's laboratory, and a prison cell on the planet Utopia

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Professor Wilson, Amthar, Poco, Superman

Listen for: Kent's search for a planet called Utopia, and Poco's attempt to get a message to Superman through Jimmy's ring

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.