The Dragons Teeth Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (February 12, 1941)

The Adventures of Superman, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“The Dragons Teeth Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 12, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

Listen to The Adventures of Superman free, live around the clock: every episode, in the order it first aired. No sign-up.

What happens

Clark Kent and editor Perry White visit Dr. Chi Wan, an Oriental scholar, in his Chinatown apartment to discuss the Dragon's Teeth, ten pieces of clear jade said to reveal the secret of everlasting life. After tea is served, Perry White collapses, apparently poisoned, and Dr. Wan vanishes from the room. Meanwhile, reporter Lois Lane and young Jimmy Olsen follow Kent to Chinatown, looking for the story. They find Dr. Wan's shop closed and climb to the apartment above, where they learn that Kent and White have disappeared from a locked room and that Dr. Wan refuses to let them leave.

Chinatown, a city apartment above Dr. Wan's art shop, and the Daily Planet newspaper offices

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Dr. Chi Wan, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Walter Hoffman

Listen for: The tea served to Perry White and the locked room from which Kent and White disappear

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.