The Black Narcissus Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (October 19, 1942)

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“The Black Narcissus Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 19, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and young Jimmy Olsen travel across Africa searching for the missing Prince Sabre, heir to the Sheik of Mecca's fortune. Jimmy has been poisoned by a black narcissus flower and lies gravely ill in a Khartoum hospital. Clark leaves in a hurry, promising to fetch anti-venom from Cairo, while Dr. Hammond and Lois are left at Jimmy's bedside. Clark's sudden departure leaves Lois angry and confused. Shortly afterward, German bombers appear over the city and begin attacking the hospital, and Superman prepares to defend it. The series is The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on October 19, 1942.

Khartoum, on the River Nile in Egypt, and the hospital there; later Cairo

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Dr. Hammond, Superman

Listen for: Clark's unexplained departure from the hospital and the German bombers attacking the hospital roof

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.