The $5 Million Gold Heist - Pt 01: The Adventures of Superman (November 25, 1940)

“The $5 Million Gold Heist - Pt 01” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 25, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Lois Lane, reporters for the Daily Planet, investigate the disappearance of a specially armored freight car carrying five million dollars in gold. The car vanished somewhere between Bolton and Metropolis, and the pair question the train's engineer, the station agent at Bolton, and the crew. Their inquiries attract the attention of men who want the matter kept quiet, and they begin to follow Clark and Lois. This is the opening part of the 1940 episode of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on November 25, 1940.

Metropolis, and the railway line between Bolton and Metropolis

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Inspector

Listen for: The engineer and brakeman's accounts of the train's route, and the men who watch Clark and Lois.

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.