The Atom Man Part 16: The Adventures of Superman (October 31, 1945)

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“The Atom Man Part 16” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Henry Miller, a reporter at the Daily Planet who is secretly working for the Nazi scientist Toyfel, lures Jimmy Olsen into a trap in the countryside north of Metropolis. Miller tells Clark Kent that Jimmy is in danger, and Kent heads out to rescue him. At a lonely beach house, Miller reveals a device strapped to his throat and metal gloves that give him atomic power, and he turns on Superman. The episode is the sixteenth part of the serial The Adventures of Superman, broadcast on October 31, 1945, and it ends on a cliffhanger.

Metropolis and the lonely, overcast countryside and beach house north of Metropolis, 1945

Characters: Henry Miller, Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent, Toyfel, Superman, Mr. White

Listen for: Miller's cold voice as he confronts Superman in the beach house, and the crackle of atomic energy as he advances

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.