The Silver Arrow Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (November 5, 1941)

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“The Silver Arrow Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 5, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen, with the cowboy Tumbleweed Jones, search the ghost town of Dead Man's Gulch for clues to a series of silver arrows, each engraved with a verse that points toward the next. After escaping a cave-in and freeing a bound stranger, they find a young woman named Mary Lewis tied to a chair in an abandoned house. She explains that she came to the town looking for something and was attacked in a cellar by an unseen man. Her silver arrow matches the three they already hold, and a warning note is found with a fourth arrow. The group decides to return to Tumbleweed's ranch to talk further.

Dead Man's Gulch, a deserted ghost town near a cave, and later Tumbleweed Jones's ranch

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Tumbleweed Jones, Mary Lewis

Listen for: The verse engraved on the silver arrows and the warning note found in the ghost town

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.