The Phantom of the Sea - Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (May 1, 1947)

“The Phantom of the Sea - Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 1, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Lois Lane and Horatio Horne go out to the North Fishing Banks to look into a reported sea monster that has frightened the fishermen of St. Selmo. Their boat, skippered by Captain Marvel, is rammed and sunk by a huge red-eyed creature, leaving the three clinging to wreckage in the open sea. Superman finds them and brings them back to the village, where Clark Kent tends to them and then sets out alone to find the creature. Later that night, Lois sees the red eyes approaching the beach from her window, and she and Horatio go down to investigate. There they find Captain Marvel's overturned boat, the Nancy Ruth, close to shore, which makes the mystery deeper.

St. Selmo, a fishing village on the Canadian North Atlantic coast, and the nearby North Fishing Banks

Characters: Lois Lane, Horatio Horne, Captain Marvel, Clark Kent, Superman

Listen for: The red-eyed creature rising near the beach and the discovery of Captain Marvel's boat, the Nancy Ruth, on the shore

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.