The Headless Indian Part 03: The Adventures of Superman (October 28, 1942)

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“The Headless Indian Part 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 28, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and editor Perry White are preparing a trip to the Hudson Bay region of northern Canada, where their old friend Sebastian Beauvay has asked for help. In a sporting goods shop, a rifle goes off with White in its line. Lois believes Clark caught the bullet, and Clark jokingly pretends to prove it by crushing it in his fist. Afterward, Clark follows the man who fired the shot to an apartment house, where he confronts a man named Kilrae. Kilrae reveals that he is afraid of someone called the Laffer, who has just awakened in the next room.

A sporting goods shop in the city, then an expensive apartment house and its penthouse, with a northern Canadian wilderness as the planned destination

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Lois Lane, Perry White, Kilrae, The Laffer

Listen for: Kilrae's warning that the Laffer is awake and approaching

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.