The Space Shell Part 05: The Adventures of Superman (February 16, 1945)

“The Space Shell Part 05” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 16, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman, the mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, and editor Perry White search for Pogo and Jimmy Olsen after they vanish from White's garage along with Pogo's space shell. Clark and Perry learn from a neighbor that a moving van took the shell away, and they begin to suspect something is wrong. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Pogo are locked inside the shell in an old barn, surrounded by armed men who want the secret fuel formula and are trying to force them out. The episode is part of The Adventures of Superman, broadcast on February 16, 1945.

Perry White's garage and house, a drugstore and hardware store, and an abandoned farm barn

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Pogo, Swanson

Listen for: The moving van and the missing space shell, and the armed men at the barn who threaten Pogo and Jimmy

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.