The Mystery Of The Sleeping Beauty Part 19: The Adventures of Superman (February 8, 1945)

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“The Mystery Of The Sleeping Beauty Part 19” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 8, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman defends the city of Alaria against invaders, and Jimmy Olsen, searching for Clark Kent, rushes into a burning building. Socky and his henchmen have set fire to houses and public buildings, including Socky's own palace. Jimmy is pinned under a fallen beam, and Superman carries him to safety. Afterward, Superman helps Erkamim, Rev Peyton and the people of Alaria begin putting out the fires, while Erkamim urges his people to save their homes themselves. Socky is captured and brought to the square, where a crowd prepares to hang him. This is the nineteenth part of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on February 8, 1945.

The city of Alaria, under invasion, where fires burn through houses and public buildings.

Characters: Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent, Erkamim, Rev Peyton, Socky

Listen for: Superman's rescue of Jimmy Olsen from the burning building, and the crowd gathering around the captured Socky.

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.