The Tiny Men Part 08: The Adventures of Superman (September 24, 1942)

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“The Tiny Men Part 08” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 24, 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 as foreign correspondents in London for the Daily Planet, are drawn further into the mystery of the tiny men. After a bomb is planted in Professor Giro's apartment, a figure resembling Superman appears at the window and carries the device away. Later, the friends visit Professor Giro at Madame Tussaud's waxworks, where Jimmy and Lois explore the fairy tale exhibits. The lifelike figures seem to move, and Professor Giro reacts with unease when they examine a display of tiny men. The episode ends with the group's suspicions growing as strange events continue.

London, England, including Madame Tussaud's waxworks and the fairy tale room of the exhibit

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

Listen for: The moving wax figures in the fairy tale room and Professor Giro's reaction to the tiny men display

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.