The White Plague Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (July 4, 1941)

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“The White Plague Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 4, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent, acting as Superman, rescues Nancy Harmon and Jimmy Olsen from a cabin in the woods and brings them back to a northwoods logging camp, where Nancy's father Fred Harmon is boss. The two are unconscious from a sleeping potion, and Father Malone, a local priest who also tends the sick, joins Kent by the fire. The men speak of the white plague legend, a string of strange deaths, a shot fired at Kent and Jimmy, and a giant white bird Fred Harmon claims to have seen. Kent then reveals that a logger was poisoned, and the talk turns to suspicion among the camp's men, with Bill Dawson growing defensive. The episode is the sixth part of the 1941 Superman serial as aired on July 4, 1941, and the story is cut off as a cabin catches fire.

A northwoods logging camp at midnight, in the camp office by the fire

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Nancy Harmon, Jimmy Olsen, Fred Harmon, Father Malone, Bill Dawson

Listen for: Clark Kent's revelation that the logger was poisoned, and Bill Dawson's reaction to it

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.