The Scarlet Widow Part 10: The Adventures of Superman (October 9, 1945)

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“The Scarlet Widow Part 10” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 9, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, the Daily Planet reporter who is secretly Superman, returns to the Planet after an unexplained absence and urgently asks editor Perry White to print descriptions of the Scarlet Widow and a man called Snickers, two people he says are dangerous to Superman. Kent then sends Lois Lane out for party dresses and takes Jimmy Olsen with him to Captain Donovan at police headquarters. Together they travel to a penthouse apartment on Boulevard Drive that the suspects had used. The episode is part of The Adventures of Superman radio series, first broadcast on October 9, 1945.

Metropolis, including the Daily Planet offices, police headquarters and a 65-story apartment building on Boulevard Drive

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Captain Donovan, Scarlet Widow, Snickers

Listen for: Clark Kent's reaction when the apartment door is about to be opened

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.