The Ghost Car Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (February 16, 1942)

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“The Ghost Car Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 16, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Ed Jenks, a real estate agent, wait in an old abandoned gold mine on Steve Graham's ranch for a mysterious buyer they believe is behind the strange accidents on the Bar O Ranch. Graham arrives and argues with Kent, who searches the mine and finds a rock that Jenks cannot identify. Lois Lane appears, having ridden alone to the mine, and the group discovers that the rock is iron pyrite, or fool's gold. Their search is interrupted when a landslide blocks the tunnel entrance, trapping Kent, Lane and Jenks in the dark underground. The episode is part four of the 1942 Superman serial, first aired on February 16, 1942, and is still unresolved at its close.

An old abandoned gold mine on the Bar O Ranch, owned by Steve Graham.

Characters: Clark Kent, Ed Jenks, Steve Graham, Lois Lane, Mr. King, James

Listen for: The rock Kent finds in the mine, identified as fool's gold, and the landslide that traps the group underground.

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.