Nita The Leopard Woman Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (January 26, 1942)

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“Nita The Leopard Woman Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 26, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, a special government agent, and Major Campbell pursue the Leopard Woman, leader of an oriental spy ring called the Society of the Leopard. After she attempts to kill Max Heller in a hospital, she disguises herself as a nurse and gains access to his room, where Kent catches her. Heller later dies of his wounds, and the authorities decide to try to track down her organisation by arranging for her escape from prison. Kent and the major wait in a car outside, following a cab, while their men move in on a building. The episode is part seven of the Superman series and was first broadcast on 26 January 1942.

A city hospital, a city prison and the streets and buildings around them

Characters: Clark Kent, Major Campbell, The Leopard Woman, Max Heller, Cato, Joe, Dr. Harlow, Dr. Kingsley

Listen for: The plan to let the Leopard Woman escape and the final raid on the building she is led to

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.