The Phantom of the Sea - Part 01: The Adventures of Superman (April 28, 1947)

“The Phantom of the Sea - Part 01” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 28, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent learns from editor Perry White that Lois Lane has gone to the Canadian fishing village of Sentsomo with Horatio Horn, a colorful Daily Planet correspondent, to investigate reports of strange happenings on the North Fishing Banks. Horn claims a wealthy eccentric's regular shipment of a rare fish stopped when the fishing fleet halted its runs. In Sentsomo, Lois and Horn wait for a fisherman named Barnaby, who backs out of a deal to take them offshore, saying something unnatural is out there in the fog. Captain Jonathan Marbles then offers to take them out for $200, warning them they may never return alive. Lois accepts. This is the first part of a Superman radio serial.

Daily Planet offices and the fishing village of Sentsomo on the North Atlantic coast of Canada

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Lois Lane, Horatio Horn, Barnaby, Captain Jonathan Marbles

Listen for: Captain Marbles's warning and his offer to take Lois and Horn offshore

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.