The Invisible Man - Pt 06: The Adventures of Superman (November 22, 1940)

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“The Invisible Man - Pt 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 22, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and editor White have been pressing a campaign against the crooked official Parker, and an invisible man has been threatening them. Kent claims he can make himself invisible and demonstrates a trick for the staff. Later, at the central railroad station, a special armored freight car carrying five million dollars in gold vanishes from a train, and Kent and Lois begin to suspect another mystery is unfolding. This episode is part six of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on 1940-11-22.

A metropolitan newspaper office, then the central railroad station of a large city

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Mr. White, Ralph Rempton, Jimmy Olsen, Superman

Listen for: How the freight car disappears from the train with its guards inside

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.