The Headless Indian Part 09: The Adventures of Superman (November 5, 1942)

“The Headless Indian Part 09” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 5, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Perry White, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen travel to the Hudson Bay region of northern Canada after an appeal for help from Sebastian Beauvay, an old friend of White's. On the flight to Lake Minto, Clark Kent finds himself talking with a passenger calling himself Niles Graham, a large, nervous man who seems to recognize him. Later, a severe storm strikes the party's camp in the forest, and Superman secretly shelters the horses from the hail and falling trees. The episode is from the Adventures of Superman radio series, first broadcast on November 5, 1942, and the cast in the transcript is not named.

Northern Canada, from Ottawa to Lake Minto and the forest near Beauvay's hunting lodge

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Sebastian Beauvay, Niles Graham, Superman

Listen for: The exchange between Clark Kent and Niles Graham in the plane, and Superman sheltering the horses during the storm

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.