Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 09: The Adventures of Superman (September 13, 1940)

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“Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 09” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 13, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, a Daily Planet reporter, and Professor Thorpe, a deep-sea diver, are searching the Caribbean for a sunken Spanish gold treasure when their ship is attacked and the gold is lost. Captain Maddox lies badly wounded, and Clark decides he must get the injured man to a doctor before he dies. Meanwhile, Bill Wentworth and Jimmy Olsen, who came to the port of Manau to look for the missing ship, find themselves threatened by Pete Escobar and his men. The episode is part of the Superman radio series, a transcription feature. The transcript for this installment is partial and may be incomplete.

A ship in the Caribbean Sea and the port town of Manau

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Professor Thorpe, Captain Maddox, Bill Wentworth, Jimmy Olsen, Pete Escobar

Listen for: Clark Kent's decision to carry Captain Maddox off the ship and Superman's flight to Manau

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.