Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 07: The Adventures of Superman (September 9, 1940)

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“Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 9, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Professor Thorpe and his diver Gleason are trapped in their bathysphere on the floor of Octopus Bay after the storm snaps its cables. Clark Kent, aboard the Juanita with Captain Maddox, dives to search for the diving bell, while the trapped men wait with dwindling oxygen. The bathysphere is raised and the two men are rescued, and the ship settles for the night with the recovered Spanish gold on board. Meanwhile, the henchmen Carlos and Pizarro slip quietly toward the ship in a rowboat, hoping to take the treasure for themselves.

Octopus Bay in the Caribbean Sea, aboard the ship Juanita and inside the bathysphere on the ocean floor

Characters: Professor Thorpe, Clark Kent, Captain Maddox, Gleason, Carlos, Pizarro, Superman

Listen for: The tapping sound from outside the bathysphere, and the rowboat approaching the Juanita in the dark

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.