Ep. 526 - The Life and Afterlife of Superman, George Reeves

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Superman is a beloved comicbook hero. He's all about truth and justice. Clark Kent, his alter ego, is a lovable nerd. Filling his shoes isn't easy, but George Reeves managed to do it and he did it well. But not because his own life reflected the ideal that Superman exuded. Reeves' life was complicated. And it came to an abrupt end when he was just 45-years-old in 1959. The death of George Reeves is a controversial topic. The coroner’s report ruled that the final results indicated that Reeves had committed suicide. Many people do not agree with that assessment. Could this have been murder? And is that mystery possibly why George Reeves' spirit seems to be at unrest. The Moment in Oddity features Convict Baseball and This Month in History features the Daytona 500 Inaugural Race.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

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Echoes Of The Night [Instrumental] by Sascha Ende
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Transcript

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0:00.0	And the History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:27.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:54.4	Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind.
0:56.0	I'm your host, Diane.
0:57.2	And this is Kelly.
0:58.6	Kelly, did you ever read Superman comic books?
1:01.4	Not comic books, but I did watch all the TV shows.
1:05.0	And did you watch the movies with Christopher Reece?
1:06.7	Of course.
1:07.7	Well I was a big fan of Superman.
1:09.3	I read the comic books, I watched all the shows, I saw all the movies when I was a kid and I've seen all the current movies too and he's just a great
1:18.4	Superhero because he's just a good guy. He doesn't seem to have a bad side to him. But that's not necessarily true of the
1:25.8	actors that may have played him. We're going to talk about the life and
1:29.4	afterlife of George Reeves, who played Superman on TV. He was the first actor to ever portray him on TV and he had a really rough life and he came to a mysterious end.
1:41.0	It was ruled a suicide but that may not be what happened. It could have been murder. It could have been an accident.
1:48.0	As it is with hauntings, we're going to leave that to our listeners to decide after you listen to what we have to say.
1:53.2	We're going to talk about how he might still be around in the afterlife, which
1:57.4	may lead us to believe that it could either be suicide or murder. Either one of those
2:01.2	would leave a spirit kind of an unrest.
2:03.0	Accident maybe not so much unless it was such a surprise he doesn't realize he's dead or something.
2:08.0	And then there seems to be a Superman curse, connected to portraying Superman. You guys have probably heard this thing
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