The Mayan Treasure - Pt 05: The Adventures of Superman (August 21, 1940)

“The Mayan Treasure - Pt 05” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 21, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Major Evans Dover and their pilot Jack Corboy are searching the Central American jungle for the sacred mummy of the Mayan goddess Ashta, which is said to look like a sleeping living woman. Chief Tasso and Bert, a former British Navy deserter, have agreed to guide them to the temple of Ashta, which is ruled by the High Priest Kamado. Superman flies ahead to check on a wrecked plane and then to the temple, where he stops the rising waters of the crocodile lake. Kent later rejoins Dover and Tasso, and the three enter a secret tunnel that collapses behind them, trapping them underground. Bert has been separated from the group. The group reaches a temple chamber where a mummy lies on a couch.

The Central American jungle, a Mayan temple of Ashta beside a crocodile-infested lake, and a secret tunnel beneath the temple.

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Major Evans Dover, Jack Corboy, Chief Tasso, Bert, Kamado

Listen for: The sound of the cave-in in the tunnel, and the final reveal in the temple chamber where the mummy of Ashta lies.

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.