The Curse of Dead Man's Island - Pt 02: The Adventures of Superman (September 25, 1940)

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“The Curse of Dead Man's Island - Pt 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 25, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen, two Daily Planet staffers, find themselves stranded on Dead Man's Island after their boat is wrecked on the rocks. They are taken in by a woman named Ylana, who lives in a large stone house with her brother. Although she offers them dry clothes and food, her manner grows strange, and the pair notice unusual sounds and a trained hawk. This episode is from The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on September 25, 1940, and the story continues from the previous part.

Dead Man's Island, a small island twenty miles out in the Caribbean Sea, where a large stone house stands hidden among tall trees near the beach.

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Ylana

Listen for: The strange electric hum from behind a locked door, the cry for help echoing through the corridors, and Ylana's warning that the two men must leave the island at once.

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.