The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 11: The Adventures of Superman (February 7, 1941)

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“The Black Pearl Of Osiris Part 11” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 7, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen and Humbleweed Jones confront a group of Egyptian followers of Osiris who are gathered in a theatre and hold a man named Roger Drake. Drake explains that Sir Charles Andrews, Sydney Richcraft's uncle, stole the sacred black pearl of Osiris from a tomb and hid it inside a bullet fired from a gun he gave to his niece. Drake says he arranged the disappearing theatre episode to protect Richcraft from the cult. The Egyptians then set out wine glasses of poison and order each man to drink. The episode covers this part of the story only and ends with the poisoned men still in danger.

A theatre in an American city, where a group of Egyptian followers of Osiris gathers, around 1941

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Humbleweed Jones, Roger Drake, Sydney Richcraft, Sir Charles Andrews, The Whisperer, Fatif

Listen for: Roger Drake's explanation of the black pearl hidden in the bullet, and the poisoned wine glasses set out by the Egyptians

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.