What happens
Clark Kent, the mild-mannered reporter, pursues a saboteur known only as the Wolf, who has been causing railroad accidents across America. Kent is lured into a car by one of the Wolf's henchmen, a man named Kino, who has been sent to kill him. Superman, the strange visitor from another world, intervenes to rescue a troop train heading for the St. Clair River trestle and forces Kino to talk. The Adventures of Superman is a radio serial from 1942, first broadcast on September 7, 1942. The announcer introduces the series and its leading figures in the usual way.
Midwest America during World War II, including the St. Clair River trestle, a deserted dirt road, and the Hotel Royale in Chicago.
Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Kino, The Wolf, Captain Reed, Mr. White
Listen for: Kino's confession that the Wolf used a chemical to melt the steel rails, and Superman's rescue of the troop train at the trestle.
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.