Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 11: The Adventures of Superman (September 18, 1940)

“Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 11” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 18, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and young Jimmy Olsen, copy boy at the Daily Planet, watch the Juanita, the ship of Professor Thorpe, head for the channel into Manau Harbor. Clark sees a man in a boat watching the ship through binoculars and slips away to investigate. Superman appears, dives into the channel and disarms several underwater mines just before the ship reaches them. Jimmy describes what he saw to Clark, who listens with doubt. Later, Professor Thorpe learns that Captain Maddox is recovering at Dr. Corrallo's house and that Bill Wentworth has had an accident. Jimmy receives a written message offering to return the stolen gold if he goes to the cemetery, and he sets off to find it.

The harbor town of Manau on the Caribbean coast, including the docks, the narrow channel into Manau Harbor, the doctor's house, and the Paradise Cafe.

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Professor A.B. Thorpe, Superman, Pedro Escobar, Carlos, Captain Maddox, Dr. Corrallo

Listen for: Jimmy's account of the man in the red cape and the explosions, and the message that sends him off to the cemetery.

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.