The Phony Housing Racket - Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (December 19, 1946)

“The Phony Housing Racket - Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 19, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Perry White of the Daily Planet, with Lois Lane and the press room crew, face a real estate racket that has threatened the newspaper. After a dynamite bomb is found in a press motor, Superman arrives in time to stop it from exploding. Clark argues that the racketeers are behind the attack and that the paper must not be cowed, while White insists on pressing ahead with an extra edition denouncing them. Meanwhile, the racket leader Brock Nielsen plots a counterattack with his henchman Brownie. The episode is part four of the 1946 serial The Adventures of Superman, first aired December 19, 1946.

The Daily Planet newspaper offices and press room, and the suburban Brentwood home of Perry White

Characters: Clark Kent, Perry White, Superman, Brock Nielsen, Brownie, Horace McKay

Listen for: Superman stopping the dynamite in the press room, and Brock Nielsen ordering Brownie to deal with Perry White

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.