The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 12: The Adventures of Superman (August 16, 1946)

“The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 12” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 16, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson wait at John Grayson's home for the blackmailing agent Homer Smith to appear, after Grayson agreed to lure him there. When Smith's call comes, his manner seems wrong, and Kent begins to suspect a trap. A phone call then reports that Lois Lane has been injured in an accident, and Kent hurries to the hospital, where the staff deny that she was ever admitted. The Superman series is in its twelfth part, first broadcast on 16 August 1946.

John Grayson's library and the Metropolis hospital in the evening, with Kent and Henderson waiting for Smith

Characters: Clark Kent, Inspector Henderson, John Grayson, Homer Smith, Lois Lane, Dr. Gibbs, Dr. Arnold, Perry White

Listen for: The hospital's denial that Lois Lane was ever admitted, and the news that Grayson has been taken away by men in an unmarked car

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.