The Monkey Burglar - Part 08: The Adventures of Superman (February 21, 1947)

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“The Monkey Burglar - Part 08” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 21, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman and Batman, posing as Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne, track down Billy Riggs, a young gymnast they believe is the Monkey Burglar. Billy's mother tells them he has been working nights at a gymnasium run by a man called Spider and that he recently went looking for his lost medal. At a boxing gym, a fighter named Mickey Hogan points them toward Spider's apartment on 12th Street. When the heroes arrive, they find the apartment emptied, with Spider, Billy and the captive Robin all gone. Superman and Batman are left with no clear lead on where Robin has been taken.

New York City, with Billy Riggs' tenement apartment, a boxing gymnasium, and Spider's apartment on 12th Street

Characters: Superman, Batman, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Robin, Spider, Jonesy, Billy Riggs

Listen for: Superman's X-ray vision revealing that Spider's apartment has been cleaned out

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.