The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery - Pt: The Adventures of Superman (October 9, 1940)

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“The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery - Pt” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 9, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and young Jimmy Olsen return from the Caribbean on a railroad express when five million dollars in stolen crown jewels crash through the window of a compartment, nearly striking a young girl sitting alone inside. Kent leaves the train to trace the speeding cars seen near the tracks, leaving Jimmy behind with the gems. Meanwhile a masked figure called the Yellow Mask boards the train and questions the frightened girl, who insists she saw nothing. A railroad detective searches the passengers for Kent, and a wounded man at a roadside fire describes an attack over the jewels. This is a 1940 episode of The Adventures of Superman, first aired on 1940-10-09, and the transcript ends with the Yellow Mask confronting Jimmy and a porter in their compartment.

A train on the Atlantic Railroad's express, the nearby highway and a roadside fire

Characters: Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, The Yellow Mask, Paul

Listen for: The Yellow Mask questioning the young girl in the compartment, and his confrontation with Jimmy and the porter

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.