The Mystery of the Wax Men - Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (February 27, 1945)

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“The Mystery of the Wax Men - Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 27, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen follow John Lacey to a cemetery in Montreal, where they find a mausoleum bearing the name of Fevis, a man they believed was dead. Overhearing voices inside, Jimmy climbs a tree to look through a barred window, but a branch cracks and he falls, injuring his ankle. Lois is caught and both are taken inside by men who discover them. Their captor boasts of his plans and then locks them in the tomb with only limited air. Clark Kent, back at the hotel, learns from the staff that his friends left in a taxi and sets out to find them. The episode ends with the pair trapped and Superman searching for them. This is part two of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on 27 February 1945.

Montreal, including a cemetery near the hotel and a mausoleum bearing the name Fevis

Characters: Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent, Superman, Fevis, Murnet

Listen for: Jimmy's climb to the barred window and Lois's struggle to stay awake in the sealed tomb

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.