The Scarlet Widow Part 09: The Adventures of Superman (October 8, 1945)

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“The Scarlet Widow Part 09” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 8, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman is unconscious inside a cedar chest after the Scarlet Widow stole Kryptonite from the Metropolis Museum and left him trapped with a piece of it. The chest drifts ashore onto a sandbar, where a fisherman named Paul and his daughter Abby spot it. Paul is reluctant to risk the rip tide to rescue what he assumes is a worthless box, but Abby urges him on. Together they set out in a dory to reach the chest. The episode is part nine of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on October 8, 1945.

A fishing shack on a beach, the surrounding sea, and a sandbar with a dangerous rip tide near the shore.

Characters: Superman, Scarlet Widow, Paul, Abby

Listen for: Paul and Abby's struggle in the rip tide as they try to reach the cedar chest carrying the unconscious Superman.

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.