The Mayan Treasure - Pt 03: The Adventures of Superman (August 16, 1940)

“The Mayan Treasure - Pt 03” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 16, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, in his Superman guise, and Major Evans Dover have escaped a dungeon in a Mayan ruin, and a hidden tunnel leads them to Albert Wellington-Predson, a English deserter living in the jungle. He says he has lived there for eleven years and claims to know the local chief, Casso, who is locked in rivalry with the high priest Kimado. Casso wants Kimado discredited and offers Kent and Dover his help, while describing a temple on an island in a lake. Their plans are interrupted when shots ring out near the plane, and Corboy, the pilot, may be under attack.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the Central American jungle, including underground tunnels, a native village, and a temple on an island in a lake.

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Major Evans Dover, Jack Corboy, Albert Andrew Wellington-Predson, Chief Casso, Kimado, Camado

Listen for: Wellington-Predson's account of the lake temple and Casso's rivalry with Kimado, followed by the gunshots near the plane.

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.