What happens
Jimmy Olsen, posing as a young tough, is taken from jail by the lawyer Walter Green and brought to an apartment building to meet the mysterious leader of a hate-mongering group. Clark Kent has guided Jimmy through the operation, which is aimed at uncovering who is behind the campaign to turn religious and racial groups against one another. Jimmy is led into a room and told to wait while Green goes in first. The episode is part twelve of the Adventures of Superman series, first broadcast on May 1, 1946.
A city police station and an apartment building in the city, 1940s
Characters: Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent, Walter Green, Muggs, Inspector Henderson
Listen for: The mysterious leader's voice behind the black velvet curtain, describing the Guardians of America and the job he offers Jimmy
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.