What happens
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen of the Daily Planet investigate a lunch wagon racket after a young man named Dave Powers calls them about being swindled out of $2,000. When they arrive at the diner, Powers is nervous and asks them to leave. Two men watching the diner appear armed, and the reporters decide to press Powers for the truth. The series is Superman's adventure serial, first aired on December 31, 1946.
Metropolis, at a run-down lunch wagon diner and a nearby drugstore
Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Dave Powers, Professor Blessing, Froggy
Listen for: Clark's careful questioning of Dave Powers and the sudden arrival of the two armed men
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.