The Vulture And The Thunderbolt Express Part 04: The Adventures of Superman (March 26, 1943)

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“The Vulture And The Thunderbolt Express Part 04” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 26, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent persuades District Attorney Blades to release Mrs. Gaunt, a known associate of the Vulture, so he can follow her to the criminal's hideout. Kent recruits Jimmy Olsen to help trail her, and the pair board a night train bound for Duncan Ridge. Kent discovers that Mrs. Gaunt's drawing room is empty, and her whereabouts become the question he must now answer. This episode of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on March 26, 1943, is the fourth part of a serial.

Metropolis, including the district attorney's office and the Metropolis Railroad Station, and a night train bound for Duncan Ridge

Characters: Clark Kent, Mr. Blades, Riley, Mrs. Gaunt, Jimmy Olsen, The Vulture

Listen for: Clark Kent's discovery that Mrs. Gaunt's drawing room on the train is empty

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.