Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 08: The Adventures of Superman (September 11, 1940)

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“Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 08” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 11, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily Planet, has joined Professor A. B. Thorpe on a Caribbean expedition to recover a sunken Spanish gold treasure. The gold has been raised and placed aboard the Juanita under Captain Maddox, and the professor hopes it will fund his scientific institute. Late at night, two armed men slip aboard and steal the gold, leaving Maddox badly wounded. Kent rushes the injured captain toward Manau Harbor. Back in New York, editor Perry White sends reporter Bill Wentworth to find the missing boat, and copy boy Jimmy Olsen stows away with him. In Manau, the pair begin asking questions about a man named Pete Escobar.

The Caribbean Sea aboard the Juanita, and the port town of Manau Harbor

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Professor A. B. Thorpe, Captain Maddox, Escobar, Carlos, Perry White, Bill Wentworth

Listen for: Escobar's name and the stolen gold coin Jimmy finds in the cafe

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.