The Hate Mongers Organization Part 09: The Adventures of Superman (April 26, 1946)

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“The Hate Mongers Organization Part 09” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 26, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jimmy Olsen, a cub reporter for the Daily Planet, works undercover to uncover who is behind a campaign of racial and religious intolerance in Metropolis. Posing as a young tough, he has joined the gang of a boy called Muggs, who has been linked to the attacks. Clark Kent and Superman help Jimmy hide that he overheard the gang's plans and was almost discovered. Jimmy learns the gang's targets include a committee building a clubhouse for kids on Sun Street. The episode, from The Adventures of Superman series, first aired on April 26, 1946. The story ends with Jimmy trapped in the back room of the pool hall as Dutch approaches.

Metropolis, a pool room hangout and a city street

Characters: Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent, Superman, Muggs, Dutch, Charlie, Inspector Henderson

Listen for: Jimmy's conversation with Muggs in the back room, where the gang describes its campaign against the Sun Street clubhouse committee.

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.