Radio Retropolis

Pug is following the old lady, who is really one of our foreign saboteurs in disguise, as she leads him to her cabin where they are holding Kent, Jimmy and ship passenger Mrs. Barrington hostage until they can blow up the ship at midnight. Commentary on the foreign accents used that closely resembled German and why that was as such.

Two armed men hold up a restaurant in the city in which the elderly owner is severely beaten and his diamond signet ring taken. Commentary on the 1952 Republican and Democratic National Conventions which preempted Dragnet for the last two weeks.

Clark, Jimmy and ship passenger Mrs Barrington are the captives of the two foreign saboteurs who are planning to sink this ship along with the cargo and everyone aboard tonight at midnight. Will Clark risk revealing himself as Superman? Or will he find another way to stop them from blowing up the ship?

Jimmy over hears a Morse code transmission from the next cabin from one of the passengers on the ship who seems to know quite a bit about where the ship will be at midnight. Commentary on the importance, past and present, of the Morse code.

A racket king disappears and is thought dead. His business partner is suspected by Lamont Cranston who investigates a funeral home as The Shadow. We seem to be obessed with death in our titles lately with the last podcast had Conversation with Death, the one before was Can The Dead Talk? This episode seems like the answer to that question. Commentary on the success of Blue Coal sales because of The Shadow as they begin a third season with the show. Plus. we welcome Marjorie Anderson as the new Margot lane taking over for Agnes Moorehead. Anderson will remain through Bill Johnstone's tenure with the show.

When we last checked in, Jimmy and Pug decided to sneak below and check out this mystery cargo which collapsed over Pug suffocating him. Commentary on Clark's patriotism as well as Superman always needing to save Jimmy from certain death. Plus, a warning about nitrates in our every day life.

A young man found hiding in a freight car in a deserted train yard who is holding the dead body of a woman refuses to talk. Commentary on the well executed one way dialogue given by Jack Webb in Act 1. Plus, we look at the sadness of the episode and the real life connection in the death of actor Kristoff St. John.

With the saga of the treasure map officially over, Clark, Jimmy and Pug embark om a new ship headed for Metropolis. But before they board, Clark has been given a stern warning that he should get off this ship for his own good. Commentary on Gallop Poll on this day regarding Americans position on war in Europe.

One man's hatred of another man whom he believes stole his woman becomes a torturous reality for the second man in a most hideous death ever planned. Commentary on how executions of being buried alive were carried out. Plus we talk about Agnes Moorehead not being quite done yet with The Shadow.

As Jimmy and Pug climb aboard Carlos' fishing boat to steal back the treasure map, the boys find that time ran out for them as the boat disembarks for the island. Will they get the map and escape a horrible fate? Will they just stay lost at sea? Or will Superman save the day?