The Midnight Intruder Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (November 27, 1942)

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“The Midnight Intruder Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 27, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen investigate a series of smashed plaster statues at the art shop of Nino Benelli. Nine statues from a batch of ten have been destroyed after being shipped to Kramer's department store, and a vandal in odd costumes has been caught, only to be found murdered in a police cell. Kent questions Benelli, who admits his assistant mixed the plaster badly and that a stranger was allowed into the workroom. Later, three armed men break into Kent's apartment seeking a statue, and Kent overpowers them. The story is part six of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series first aired on 27 November 1942.

Night-time in a city near the waterfront, at Nino Benelli's art shop and later Clark Kent's apartment.

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Nino Benelli, Dr. Squires, Perry White

Listen for: Kent's questioning of Benelli about the plaster statues, and the break-in at Kent's apartment.

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.