The Phony Restaurant Racket, Part 2: The Adventures of Superman (December 30, 1946)

“The Phony Restaurant Racket, Part 2” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 30, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman's adventures continue as Professor Blessing and his henchman Froggy plan a new swindle in Metropolis. Posing as a would-be partner, the professor persuades Max, the owner of a shabby diner called the Honey Bee, to let him sell the place. Later, reporters Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen receive a call from Dave Powers, a man who claims to have been cheated by a racket, but Powers changes his mind and grows strangely frightened when they arrive at the diner. The two reporters sense that something is wrong, and the mystery deepens as the episode closes on an unresolved cliffhanger.

Metropolis, at the Honey Bee Diner and the Daily Planet offices

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Professor Blessing, Froggy, Max, Dave Powers

Listen for: Dave Powers suddenly reversing his decision to talk to the reporters and his nervous behavior at the Honey Bee Diner

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.