The Mystery Of The Sleeping Beauty Part 17: The Adventures of Superman (February 6, 1945)

“The Mystery Of The Sleeping Beauty Part 17” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 6, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen have traveled to the walled city of Valeria, where the grandmaster Socky has condemned an old man named Herkamin to hang. Clark, who is Superman in disguise, rescues Herkamin from the gallows and flies him to the forest outside the city. Jimmy waits there while Superman returns alone to Illyria, where he finds Socky with a hidden radio. Socky is forced to send orders to his henchmen, and Superman then goes to meet the Japanese troops gathering outside Valeria's gates. The series, The Adventures of Superman, first aired on February 6, 1945.

The walled city of Valeria and the surrounding forest in the land of Illyria

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Herkamin, Socky, Jim

Listen for: Superman's flight to the gallows and his confrontation with Socky over the hidden radio

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.