What happens
Clark Kent, reporter for a metropolitan newspaper, is led by a henchman of the Wolf, a German saboteur, into a deserted road, where he learns that the Wolf has been wrecking American trains. Superman appears, rescues the henchman, and forces him to confess how the rails were dissolved and where the Wolf is hiding. The episode is part nine of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series first broadcast on September 14, 1942, and the story continues in later episodes.
Chicago and the surrounding railroad line during wartime, including a deserted dirt road and the St. Clair River trestle.
Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Kino, the Wolf, Captain Reed, Mr. White
Listen for: Superman's confrontation with Kino on the deserted road, where Kino reveals how the rails were destroyed and where the Wolf can be found.
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.