The Scarlet Widow Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (October 3, 1945)

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“The Scarlet Widow Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 3, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman is lured to the Scarlet Widow's penthouse terrace by a signal, believing it to be a trap set by the widow and four master criminals: the Vulture, Toypil, Papa Roush and Laffer. The Widow has stolen a fragment of Kryptonite, the shattered remnant of Superman's home planet that drains his strength, and is selling shares of it to the criminals. The episode is part six of The Adventures of Superman, a radio serial first broadcast on October 3, 1945. Dan McCullough is not named in the synopsis, and the story does not reveal how the confrontation ends.

A moonlit penthouse terrace and drawing room in Metropolis, late at night

Characters: Superman, The Scarlet Widow, Sniggers, The Vulture, Toypil, Papa Roush, Laffer

Listen for: The Widow's plan to lure Superman with signal lights and Kryptonite fragments hidden in flower pots

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.