The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 09: The Adventures of Superman (February 3, 1941)

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“The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 09” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 3, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are in the company of Tumbleweed Jones, who has been drawn into the mystery surrounding the British explorer Sydney Reichroft and the sacred black pearl of Osiris. After a plane carrying Tumbleweed comes under attack, the pilot reveals that an Egyptian named Whomie hired him to bring the aircraft down. Clark then tells Jimmy and Tumbleweed that he believes he has worked out the answer to the disappearance of the Great Gambini and Miss Reichroft at the theater. The three set out together for the theater, where Clark says the mystery will be explained.

Metropolis and the skies over Missouri near St. Louis, then a theater in Metropolis

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Tumbleweed Jones, Sydney Reichroft, Whomie, Gambini, Charlie Fences

Listen for: Clark's explanation of how the theater disappearance was staged, and the pilot's admission about who hired him

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.