The Curse of Dead Man's Island - Pt 04: The Adventures of Superman (September 30, 1940)

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“The Curse of Dead Man's Island - Pt 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 30, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen, reporters for the Daily Planet, arrive at Dead Man's Island in the Caribbean after finding a turtle with a plea for help scratched on its shell. On the island they meet Ilana and her brother Boris, who live in a stone house with a trained hawk. Kent learns that a dynamo powers magnets hidden in nearby rocks that draw ships to their doom. He shuts the dynamo down and goes back into the house. Jimmy and the prisoner Carl Edwards are locked in a tower room, and Edwards urges Jimmy to escape. The episode ends with the dynamo switched back on and the rescuers heading toward danger.

Dead Man's Island, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, with a huge stone house, a tunnel beneath it, and a dynamo room in the cellar

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Ilana, Boris, Carl Edwards

Listen for: Ilana's account of the island's history and the magnets, and Boris switching the dynamo back on at the end

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.