The Atom Man Part 08: The Adventures of Superman (October 19, 1945)

“The Atom Man Part 08” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 19, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

In a secret Nazi cave in the Black Forest, the scientist De Toyfel injects pure Kryptonite into the veins of Professor Milch's son, hoping to create an atomic weapon against Superman. Professor Milch, grief-stricken, confronts the Nazi leaders and flees the cave into the forest. Meanwhile Major Carol and a squad of American soldiers arrive at Gottfried's Inn after a wounded sergeant reports the trouble. The episode is part eight of The Adventures of Superman, a radio serial first broadcast on October 19, 1945.

A secret cave in the Black Forest of Germany, and Gottfried's Inn nearby during the closing years of the war

Characters: De Toyfel, Professor Milch, General Brumberg, Major Carol, Gottfried, Sergeant Bill Nelson, Corporal Harry Marks, Lieutenant Harris

Listen for: Milch's desperate confrontation with the Nazi leaders before he flees the cave, and Gottfried's dying directions to Major Carol

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.