The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 13: The Adventures of Superman (August 19, 1946)

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“The Secret Menace Strikes - Part 13” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 19, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman and Inspector Henderson search for publisher John Grayson after he is abducted by two men posing as police officers. Grayson's butler reports the maroon sedan that took his employer away, and Clark Kent relays the details to Henderson. Their search from the air covers highways along River Drive and the metropolis bridge without success. Meanwhile, on his island estate, the munitions dealer Rufus Pelley holds Grayson and editor Perry White prisoner, demanding that Grayson sell him controlling shares of the Daily Planet so he can undermine the World Peace Federation. Grayson refuses. The episode is part thirteen of the Adventures of Superman serial, broadcast in August 1946.

Metropolis, including the Grayson house, River Drive and the metropolis bridge, and Rufus Pelley's island estate overlooking the sea

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, John Grayson, Perry White, Inspector Henderson, Rufus Pelley, Hugo, Phillips

Listen for: Superman spotting the submerged sedan at the end of the broken guard rail near the river

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.