The Mystery Ship Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (December 24, 1942)

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“The Mystery Ship Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 24, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Terry White and Dr. Cameron, with Dr. Cameron's crew, board a tanker after Superman rescues them from the sunken submarine. The ship seems deserted, with no captain or crew in sight, yet a dinner table is set for twelve with steaming soup. Clark, Lois, Terry and Dr. Cameron split up to search the vessel and agree to meet outside the dining saloon after half an hour. Their search takes them to the engine room and the officers' cabins, where a shaving bowl and razor suggest someone was interrupted. The episode is part of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series, and this installment ends on a scream heard through the fog.

A tanker at sea in fog after being rescued from a sunken submarine

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Terry White, Dr. Cameron, Nicky Dimmett

Listen for: The discovery of the empty ship and the scream heard in the fog at the end

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.