Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

Chapter 25 -- Radio Days and Saturday Matinees
The Adventures of Superman radio show that aired from 1940 to 1951
had numerous underground rivers.
On March 4, 1946, Jimmy Olsen falls into an underground river on the
moon where hundreds of yellow eyes gleam from the darkness. This
calls for a friend.
On September 9, 1948, Jimmy almost drowns in an underground river
when his canoe sinks. He finds the Silver Buffalo, but is frozen in
place! Only one can save him!
In the February 7, 1942, Adventures of Red Ryder radio serial
"Trouble on the Shogono Trail," Little Beaver nearly drowns as he
investigates cattle being rustled through an underground river.
The FBI in Peace and War featured a clattering teletype to notify
listeners that justice was near. The September 23, 1948, broadcast
was "The Underground River," but as the episode is no longer
available, we don't know why.
The November 6, 1951, episode of Mysterious Traveler, "Behind
the Locked Door," is set almost entirely in the dark, depending on
sound and plot to foster a sense of menace
A professor, his assistant Martin, and their Native American guide
discover a cave deliberately blocked with stones and blast their
way in. There they find the remains of a wagon train which the
professor deduces was forced into the cavern by attackers who
then sealed the mouth.
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