The Headless Indian Part 17: The Adventures of Superman (November 17, 1942)

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“The Headless Indian Part 17” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman and his companions are at Sebastian Beauvoir's hunting lodge in the Hudson Bay region of northern Canada, investigating the mystery of the headless Indian. Clark Kent learns that Perry White has been found safe and taken away by Superman, but Lois Lane has not been seen all day, and Niles Graham is also missing. Clark searches the lodge and finds Lois's room empty, then decides that Superman must go out into the blizzard to look for them. Lois, lost in the storm, sees a headless rider on a flaming horse moving through the woods.

The Hudson Bay region of northern Canada, at Sebastian Beauvoir's hunting lodge and in the snowbound forest around it

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

Listen for: Clark Kent's search of the lodge for Lois and Niles Graham, and Lois's encounter with the headless rider in the forest

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.