The Tiny Men Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (September 22, 1942)

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“The Tiny Men Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 22, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, working in London for the Daily Planet, continue their search into the mystery of the tiny men. After a bomb is dropped into a dark room where they are trapped, Superman appears at the window, takes the device and carries it away. The group then keeps its appointment with Professor Giro at Madame Tussaud's waxworks, where the professor, who works there as an attendant, leads them through the exhibits. Among the fairy tale displays, the lifelike figures seem to move, and the professor reacts strangely to a tiny figure from a Gulliver exhibit. The episode is an installment of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series from 1942, originally broadcast on September 22, 1942.

London, England, including the Madame Tussaud's waxworks

Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Professor Giro, Superman

Listen for: The moving wax figures in the fairy tale room and the professor's reaction to the Gulliver exhibit

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.