The Ghost Car Part 03: The Adventures of Superman (February 13, 1942)

“The Ghost Car Part 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 13, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Lois Lane investigate a series of accidents at the Bar O Ranch, which are blamed on a mysterious ghost car. After a fire destroys a barn, owner Steve Graham reluctantly considers selling the property to a real estate agent, Ed Jenks, who has been pressing him to sell. Kent questions Jenks, who says he is acting for an unknown client and that he has been threatened into continuing his efforts. Kent devises a plan to lure the man behind the offers to a meeting at an abandoned gold mine on the ranch, where he waits in the dark with Jenks.

The Bar O Ranch and a nearby real estate office in a small Western town, along with an abandoned gold mine on the ranch property

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Steve Graham, Ed Jenks

Listen for: Jenks describing the mysterious buyer's threats and the trap Kent sets for him at the mine

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.