And the Oh, Welcome to another episode of 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries Podcast.

This is your host, John Hagdorn.

Today's episode is from our mystery series, it's a who done it for all time.

Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge a sad goodbye to Phyllis Coates,

the actress who played Lois Lane in George Reeves first season of Adventures of Superman.

She passed on October 15th of this year, 2023, at age 96.

As for this mystery, just when you think you've got it age 96.

As for this mystery, just when you think you've got it figured out, it takes another twist.

And there's a cast of suspects which will lead you to believe that maybe it is and maybe it isn't.

First you need to meet George Reeves, the man who played Superman on TV from 1952 to

1958, the man who embodied truth, justice, and the American way in the character of Superman.

I'm going to assume that all of you know who the Superman character is.

He's an American superhero created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Schuster.

He first appeared in 1938 in Action Comics, Number One.

Superman was exactly the kind of hero we needed in 1938,

and his comics did extremely well.

By the early 1950s, TV was widely accepted. The baby boomer generation was ripe for TV marketing and the TV show

Adventures of Superman began airing on September 19th, 1952, starring a winceum square-jawed, smiling George Reeves as the man of steel.

He had attended my kindergarten alma mater, Pasadena City College when it was Pasadena Junior College.

Then moved on to Pasadena Playhouse where he picked up acting skills and landed a minor role in the blockbuster movie Gone with the Wind, where he lucked into the opening scene as a red-haired Tarleton twin.

He stayed busy on film, jumping from Warner to Fox to Paramount, doing B pictures alongside

of Ronald Reagan and James Cagni, never scoring a big role. And he finally enlisted in the US Army in

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