Pillar of Fire at Graves End - Pt 02: The Adventures of Superman (August 7, 1940)

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“Pillar of Fire at Graves End - Pt 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 7, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the mountain village of Graves End after Lee Jenkins writes asking for help against mysterious terrors there. Their route is blocked by a wall and by threats from local men, and Clark, who is Superman in disguise, steps in when Lois calls for help with her police whistle. The village elder offers them shelter for the night and dismisses the warnings as the fears of superstitious people. Clark questions him about the leader and the so-called killer of fire, and the elder denies that either exists. Later Lois vanishes from a locked room with barred windows. The episode ends with Superman set to search for her and the mystery unresolved.

The mountain village of Graves End, enclosed by a high wall, with its old houses and an elder's home.

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Lee Jenkins, Bill Harris, Carlos, Mr. Bell, Old Man Smith

Listen for: The elder's explanation of the village's history and the whereabouts of Lois Lane after she disappears.

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.