The Grayson Submarine Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (May 19, 1941)

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“The Grayson Submarine Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 19, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman, the Man of Steel from the planet Krypton, searches for a kidnapped submarine after foreign agents led by Dr. Deutsch seize the Navy's newest undersea craft. Reporter Lois Lane and editor Perry White have been taken aboard as hostages. Captain Denning and designer Walter Grayson are forced to help Deutsch, who threatens an attack on a passing ship. The episode is part four of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on May 19, 1941. Clark Kent, the mild-mannered reporter, is absent from this part, and the story centers on Superman's pursuit after he learns from a caretaker where the submarine has gone.

A submerged Navy submarine heading toward a foreign port, and a deserted old house on a cliff above the coast

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Perry White, Dr. Deutsch, Walter Grayson, Captain Denning

Listen for: The caretaker's account of the hostages being taken aboard, and Superman's search for the submarine over the Atlantic

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.