What happens
Superman, disguised as Clark Kent, and Lois Lane investigate the disappearance of a freight car carrying five million dollars from the Metropolis National Bank. Bank president Van Doren's secretary, Mr. Fortune, is found dead, and then Lois and Miss Bailey vanish from a locked office. Inspector Neely questions Miss Bailey, who admits she was told by an unseen figure known as the boss to carry out the scheme. The police learn of a hideout, but the boss has already left a taunting note. The episode closes with the boss planning a second gold shipment and a trap for Clark Kent aboard a train. This is part five of the 1940 serial The $5 Million Gold Heist from The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on December 4, 1940.
Metropolis, including the Metropolis National Bank, its offices and rooftop, a hideout, and a deep ravine crossed by a railway bridge
Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Van Doren, Inspector Neely, Miss Bailey, Mr. Fortune, Matthews
Listen for: Miss Bailey's confession about the boss and the boss's plan to blow up a gold train
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.