The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 10: The Adventures of Superman (August 14, 1946)

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“The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 10” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 14, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent questions John Grayson, publisher of the Daily Planet, about the disappearance of editor Perry White. Grayson admits he was blackmailed by Homer Smith, who holds forged letters tying Grayson to a convicted traitor, and Smith has seized control of the newspaper to attack the World Peace Federation. Clark then returns to the Planet, where Lois Lane reports that the rival editorial has been prepared for the next edition. Clark confronts Smith in the press room, where armed men surround him. This is the 1946 Adventures of Superman radio serial, Part 10, first aired August 14, 1946.

Dr. Agnew's house in a small coastal village, then the Daily Planet offices and press room in Metropolis

Characters: Clark Kent, John Grayson, Homer Smith, Lois Lane, Perry White, Dr. Agnew, Boris Archenko

Listen for: Clark's confrontation with Homer Smith in the press room and the armed men surrounding him

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.