The Silver Arrow Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (October 31, 1941)

“The Silver Arrow Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Tumbleweed and young Jimmy Olsen search a deserted ghost town called Dead Man's Gulch for clues to a verse engraved on a silver arrow. At a stream they find a carved stone and a second silver arrow with a riddle about a cave where the dead rest. Tumbleweed recalls old buffalo bones in a cave near the hills, and local stories of strange sounds there. At dusk the three approach the cave while someone watches from the shadows, and the chapter ends with the trio trapped inside by a landslide.

A deserted western ghost town called Dead Man's Gulch, with a nearby stream and a cave in the hills.

Characters: Clark Kent, Tumbleweed, Jimmy Olsen, Hopeful Jake

Listen for: The riddles on the silver arrows and Tumbleweed's account of the buffalo-bone cave.

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.