The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 01: The Adventures of Superman (January 15, 1941)

“The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 01” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 15, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen return to the Daily Planet in Metropolis, where Editor White asks Kent to interview British explorer Sydney Reichroft, who is lecturing in town. Kent and Jimmy find a dagger stuck in the door of Reichroft's hotel room, and Reichroft explains that it is a warning from the cult of Osiris, tied to a tomb in Egypt that she opened. Reichroft invites the reporters to join her at a magic show by the Great Gambini. During the performance, a volunteer from the audience vanishes inside a black box, and afterward the two reporters go backstage to see Gambini. The story is still in its early stages.

Metropolis, at the Daily Planet offices, a hotel, and a theatre

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Editor White, Sydney Reichroft, Dwight, Lois Lane, Tumbleweed Jones, Gambini

Listen for: The dagger in the hotel door and the warning about the Osiris tomb

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.