Adventures Of The Sea Hound 44-01-25 In Ekekay-Chasing Phantom Ship [Wrestling Match Over]

Summary

Podcast Summary: “Adventures Of The Sea Hound – In Ekekay-Chasing Phantom Ship [Wrestling Match Over]”

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Date: March 2, 2026
Original Air Date: January 25, 1944
Length: ~13 mins (non-content sections removed)

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Brief Overview

This classic radio episode of "The Adventures of the Sea Hound" transports listeners to the dramatic aftermath of a wrestling match in Iquique, Chile, as Captain Silver and his loyal crew find themselves embroiled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The crew tracks the nefarious Boom Boom, a Nazi raider captain, and his accomplices across shadowy alleys, wrestling ring drama, and mysterious phone calls—all while uncovering treachery within their own ranks.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Developments

1. Aftermath of the Wrestling Match

• Wrestling Match Turned Deadly: The episode opens in chaos after Captain Silver catches Eco (a Japanese wrestler) using a “secret death hold” meant to break his neck. Captain Silver fends him off with a punch (00:49–01:16).
• Boom Boom's Attack: As the crowd erupts, Boom Boom (Commodore Van Boomhaven, Nazi raider captain) fires shots at Silver, prompting immediate pursuit by the crew.

2. Pursuit through the Streets of Iquique

• Chase and Tactical Pause: The group chases Boom Boom through alleys, but Tex insists they hold back, suspecting an ambush (01:50–02:32).

  • Memorable Quote:
    Tex (02:05): “Make a fine target for him with a street light shining in the back of you.”

• Speculation about Boom Boom’s Plans:

  • Jerry speculates the infamous “phantom ship,” the Flying Dutchman, must be nearby if Boom Boom is in town (02:32).
  • Tex expresses skepticism, noting the region offers few hiding spots for such a large ship (02:37).

3. Unraveling the Murder Mystery

• Link to Previous Crimes: Captain Silver reveals that Berg, a man recently found dead, was killed via the same secret wrestling hold Eco tried to use. This raises dire suspicions about Eco’s involvement and possible collusion with Boom Boom (04:06–04:29).

  • Notable Quote:
    Captain Silver (04:13): “Berg died of a broken neck… The only possible way it can be made is with a secret death hold that snaps a man's neck.”

• Backstory on Silver’s Knowledge: Silver learned the secret hold from his father, who had learned it from a Hindu yogi—key to why Silver recognized and survived Eco’s attack (04:52).

4. Regroup and Strategic Planning

• Avoiding Danger and Summoning Help: The group regroups with Senor Waldman and decides to alert the police and Chilean naval authorities, fearing Boom Boom may try to escape by sea (05:55–06:39).

  • Notable Quote:
    Captain Silver (06:39): “If he gets back in the water, it'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack again.”

• Contacting Allies: Captain Silver uses a nearby telephone to contact Senor Cuesta, requesting both police and naval support, and warning about “Wong the Ferocious,” another suspicious character (08:38–09:47).

5. Hidden Betrayal Revealed

• Senor Waldman's Secret: After the group departs for Cuesta’s hotel, a twist is revealed—Senor Waldman is in league with the enemy. He quickly telephones his conspirators, warning them about the police and plotting Captain Silver's undoing (11:23–12:05).

  • Key Moment:
    Waldman (11:40): “Say it. Find Pum Pum. Yes, tell him to come to my place at once. That's right. And locate Iko… The police will be looking for him in a few moments.”

• Cliffhanger: The episode ends ominously, with the narrator suggesting Waldman’s insider knowledge may thwart Captain Silver’s efforts to trap Boom Boom and his associates.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Tex on Pursuing Boom Boom (01:54):
  “Even if he wanted to use that gun, this is just the place to do it.”

• Captain Silver on Wrestling Ethics (03:03):
  “He probably started to wrestle dirty. That's why Captain won't put up with anything like that.”

• Jerry impressed by the danger (04:29):
  “Jiminy Crickets. Eco knows it.”

• Captain Silver referencing his unusual knowledge (04:52):
  “A Hindu yogi taught it to my father, and my father taught it to me.”

• Narrator revealing Waldman's duplicity (08:21):
  “Senor Waldman hovering solicitously at his side, his hand in glove with Boom Boom.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening/Recap of Previous Episode: 00:42–01:18
• Alley Pursuit and Tactical Pause: 01:27–02:32
• Discussion about the Phantom Ship: 02:32–02:56
• Discovery of Berg’s Murder Method: 04:06–04:29
• Phone Call to Senor Cuesta/Police: 08:13–09:47
• Waldman's Betrayal Revealed: 11:23–12:05
• Cliffhanger Ending: 12:05–12:40

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Tone and Style

The episode combines suspense, pulp action, and wartime intrigue, typical of Golden Age radio serials. Rapid dialogue, dramatic narration, and larger-than-life characters evoke the feeling of a 1940s adventure comic strip. The danger is real, the stakes are high, and trust is precarious.

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Conclusion

This installment of "Adventures of the Sea Hound" propels listeners into a web of danger and double-crosses, as Captain Silver tries to outwit criminals while shadowy figures work against him. With a cliffhanger ending, the episode leaves unresolved whether Silver and the authorities can apprehend Boom Boom or if the villains' inside knowledge will let them slip away—an enticing lead-in to the next adventure.

Transcript

[Captain Silver]

The adventures of the sea hound.

[Narrator]

H.

[Captain Silver]

The blue network presents the adventures

[Narrator]

of the sea hound.

[Captain Silver]

With captain silver and jerry.

[Tex]

Jerry K. After him.

[Captain Silver]

It's Boomu. He's shooting at me.

[Narrator]

Remember the exciting moment when our story ended yesterday? Captain Silver's wrestling match with Eco the Jap came to an abrupt conclusion when the Captain caught him attempting to apply a secret death hole that would have broken the Captain's neck. Losing his temper for once at the Jap's trickery, Captain Silver sent him sprawling to the mat with a right hook. At that moment, however, Boom Boom, hidden in the ringside crowd and apparently angered by the failure of his plan, started shooting at the Master of the Sea.

[Tex]

Going up. Come on, you.

[Jerry]

Which way did he go, Ted?

[Tex]

Oh, Dog gone?

[Senor Waldman]

I don't know.

[Tex]

Turn that way.

[Captain Silver]

But I don't see him.

[Jerry]

Hey, there he is. He's in that doorway down there. Come on.

[Tex]

There he goes. Watch out for that gun, Yeran.

[Senor Waldman]

See?

[Jerry]

He won't shoot here on the street.

[Narrator]

Where'd he go?

[Jerry]

He turned down here. Down this alley. Come on. But we better take it easy.

[Tex]

No, no, Yellow.

[Captain Silver]

Hold on.

[Senor Waldman]

Huh?

[Tex]

I think we stop right here. I don't like the look of this place.

[Jerry]

Why not?

[Tex]

Even if he wanted to use that gun, this is just the place to do it.

[Jerry]

Oh, yeah. But we can't let him get away, Tek.

[Tex]

Ah, we'll watch right here for a minute and see what happens.

[Jerry]

All right?

[Captain Silver]

Yeah.

[Tex]

Looks like a dead end to me. Either he's going to ground down in here, or he'll have to come out and get over there in the shelter of this wall. Make a fine target for him with a street light shining in the back of you.

[Captain Silver]

Come on.

[Tex]

Come on. Come on over here with me.

[Narrator]

Okay.

[Tex]

You can watch down there. We can peek around the edge of the building there.

[Captain Silver]

See?

[Jerry]

Gee, Tex, how do you suppose Boom Boom got here in Ikique?

[Tex]

Search me, son.

[Captain Silver]

I don't know.

[Tex]

Sea's a big highway, though. Take you almost anywhere as you want to go.

[Jerry]

But if he's here, the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman can't be very far away.

[Tex]

I don't know about that. This coast here in the northern part of Chile don't offer very many places to hide a ship as big as his'.

[Senor Waldman]

N. You see anything?

[Jerry]

No, not a thing. What's the matter?

[Tex]

Show's over. What show? With the wrestlers. Crowds coming out.

[Captain Silver]

Yeah, see?

[Tex]

You see him down the street there? Oh, I guess Captain Silver's little performance stopped the show, all right.

[Senor Waldman]

I wonder why Captain Silver Took a punch at him.

[Tex]

He probably started to wrestle dirty. That's why Captain won't put up with anything like that.

[Jerry]

Yeah, but that was truck of some

[Tex]

in my eye, didn't he? Well, now, listen, you better start back there and get the Captain. I'll stay on guard right here and watch for Boom Boom. Bring the Captain here and tell him what happened.

[Jerry]

Okay, Tex. I'll be back in a minute. Captain Silver.

[Captain Silver]

Gary, where is he? Which way did he go?

[Jerry]

This way, Captain Silver. He turned down a kind of a blind alley and Tex didn't think we should follow him. Tex is watching it now.

[Captain Silver]

Well, come along.

[Jerry]

Hey, where's Senor Waldman?

[Captain Silver]

I don't know. Got lost in the crowd, I guess.

[Jerry]

What happened after we left?

[Captain Silver]

They stopped the show.

[Jerry]

Did you knock it go out?

[Captain Silver]

For a minute or two. Then that barker got him up on his feet and hustled him out. We'll see him again. We're going to get text and start moving.

[Jerry]

Yeah, we ought to find Boom Boom. Why did you take a punch at ego, Captain Silver?

[Captain Silver]

Because of something he did, Jerry.

[Senor Waldman]

What?

[Captain Silver]

Remember that fellow Tex found floating in the water?

[Narrator]

Huh?

[Jerry]

Oh, you mean that fellow Berg, the one you said was tipping off Boom Boom about the ships leaving ikike?

[Captain Silver]

Yes, that's the one. I didn't tell you in, Tex, but Berg died of a broken neck. Huh? A very queer kind of a break, too. The only possible way it can be made is with a secret death hole that snaps a man's neck.

[Jerry]

Jiminy Crickets. Eco knows it.

[Captain Silver]

Yes, and he tried to put it on me back there in the ring. That's why I knocked him down.

[Jerry]

Holy smokes, Jerry.

[Captain Silver]

Who told you about that hole? That Eco knew it.

[Jerry]

The same fellow that told me everything else I know about Eco. That little cockney elf. He saw what Eco was trying to do. He wanted to stop you. He was going to jump up in the ring.

[Captain Silver]

Well, fortunately, I know that secret death hole, too, Jerry. A Hindu yogi taught it to my father, and my father taught it to me. When I realized what that fellow was trying to do, I lost my temper. I'd warned him. He tried one or two other dirty tricks.

[Jerry]

Now, there's Tex. Did he come out, Tex?

[Tex]

No, no, no. Ain't been nothing happening down there. Ain't heard a sound or seen a thing.

[Captain Silver]

Hello, Captain. You all right? Yes, yes, I'm all right. Texas. Hmm. Not a very pleasant looking place. Good thing you stayed out of there.

[Tex]

Well, I figured he could be waiting for us down there with that gun cock what do we do, Captain?

[Captain Silver]

I think we'd better get the police after Boom Boom. Kikique is not a very big place, and if we move quickly, they may be able to pick him up. But we've got to move fast. If he gets back in the water, it'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack again. Who's that?

[Jerry]

Looks like Senor Waldman.

[Captain Silver]

Oh. Oh, Captain Silver.

[Senor Waldman]

My friends, I. I lost you. What happened?

[Captain Silver]

Jerry and Tex here tried to catch the man who fired those shots at me, Senor Waldman. But I'm afraid he got away.

[Senor Waldman]

Who was he?

[Captain Silver]

The man we discussed at that meeting the other day. Commodore Van Boomhaven, eh? The captain of that Nazi raider, the phantom ships. The one called Boom Boom in person.

[Senor Waldman]

But what is he doing here in Iquique?

[Captain Silver]

We'll see if we can't catch him and find out.

[Senor Waldman]

Where is he? Where did he go?

[Captain Silver]

Vanished down this alley here. We won't take any chances with him. I want to get to Senor Cuesta as quickly as possible. Something else has come up, too.

[Senor Waldman]

Or let me get a taxi cab. I will take you to Senor Cuesta's hotel.

[Captain Silver]

Oh, that'll be fine, Senor Walman. In the meantime, I want to get to a telephone.

[Senor Waldman]

Well, there will be one in that shop across the street. Jerry.

[Jerry]

Yes, Senor Waldman.

[Senor Waldman]

There will be a taxicab down there at the corner. You go down and get one while I take Captain Silver to the telephone. Yes, sir. Now, you come over here, Captain Silver, across the street. The telephone is that sharp? Yes. See, there's a sign outside.

[Tex]

I'll wait here, Captain Silver, just in case Boom Boom does come out.

[Captain Silver]

No, no. Come across the street. Tex, watch outside the shop. You can see down this alley from over there. Then if you do sight him, you can call me.

[Tex]

Okay, sir.

[Senor Waldman]

Are you ready, Captain Silver?

[Captain Silver]

Yes, yes. Let's go.

[Senor Waldman]

Now, you are positive the man who fired the shots was this fabulous character, this Boom Boom?

[Captain Silver]

Oh, I'd know him anywhere, Senor Waldman. He was Boom Boom.

[Senor Waldman]

All right, tell me what. What happened in the ring, Captain Silver? Why did you suddenly hit the wrestler?

[Captain Silver]

He knows too many dirty tricks for his own good, so tried to put a very dangerous hold on me that I recognized. Might have broken my neck.

[Senor Waldman]

You don't say.

[Captain Silver]

But I understood what he was trying to do. That's why I knocked him down. Then Boom Boom fired at me. I was standing there alone in the center of the ring and probably made a good target.

[Senor Waldman]

Oh, they have a telephone Here. There it is, in the back. Go in, Captain Silver.

[Captain Silver]

You wait here, Tex.

[Tex]

I will, Captain.

[Senor Waldman]

Can I help you, Captain Silver? Make your call, I mean.

[Captain Silver]

No, I know Senor Cuesta's number. El telephoneo, senor.

[Narrator]

Si, senor.

[Captain Silver]

Yeah, here we are.

[Narrator]

Captain Silver prepares to call Senor Cuesta, his Chilean friend. All unaware that Senor Waldman hovering solicitously at his side, his hand in glove with Boom Boom. In all his schemes, Waldman listens sharply as Captain Silver talks to Senor Cuesta.

[Captain Silver]

Hello, Senor Cuesta? Captain Silver, Are you at the hotel? Oh, fine, fine. I'll be right over and listen. In the meantime, get in touch with the police. Boom Boom's in town? Yes, Boom Boom himself. No, no, I didn't expect to see him here either. I thought he was a couple of hundred miles out at sea. Oh, and better notify your naval authorities too. Admiral Savannah, if Boom Boom's here, that phantom craft may be somewhere in the vicinity. Though I can't imagine where he'd hide her along this coast. Oh, yes, yes, and one other thing. While you're talking to the police, have them check up on the whereabouts of a fellow who calls himself Wong the Ferocious. Yeah? Yes, he's been running a kind of wrestling show here on that street just around the corner from the Imperial Hotel. Hmm. What? Well, because you may want him arrested too. I'll tell you about that when I see you. I'm coming right over here. Goodbye, Senor Cuesta. Now, we'll get over at the hotel.

[Senor Waldman]

Oh, yes, Captain Silva. The boy is outside with a taxicab.

[Captain Silver]

Well, we really should walk. We're not very far. But I'm very anxious to talk to Senor Cuesta.

[Senor Waldman]

Oh, you are going to see Senor Cuesta now?

[Captain Silver]

Yes, at once.

[Jerry]

Here's a taxi cab, Captain Silva.

[Captain Silver]

Oh, thanks, Jerry. Go ahead. You and Tex get in. No sign of Boom Boom Texas?

[Tex]

Oh, not so far, Captain. Must be a way out of that place that we can't see from out here.

[Captain Silver]

Well, it's all right. I put the police on this trail. Go ahead and get in. Yes, sir. Come on, Senor Walman, wanna come along?

[Senor Waldman]

No, I. I think not. Now, Captain Silva, if you don't mind, I. I'm very sorry the evening was not more enjoyable.

[Captain Silver]

But it was enjoyable, Senor Waldman. I enjoyed every minute of it.

[Senor Waldman]

Oh, well, you want to see Senor Cuesta on confidential business, so I. I make my excuses.

[Captain Silver]

Well, you know what we plan to do.

[Senor Waldman]

Oh, yes, of course. And I hope nothing goes amiss, Captain Silva. Well, I would say buenos noches.

[Captain Silver]

Good night, Senor Waldman. You'll probably hear a great deal more about what happened tonight.

[Senor Waldman]

Yes, Captain Silver.

[Captain Silver]

But go.

[Senor Waldman]

Senor Crest is waiting for you.

[Captain Silver]

All right. Goodbye.

[Tex]

Bye, Senior.

[Jerry]

Goodbye, Senor Waldman.

[Narrator]

Waldman stands there for a moment as Captain Silver's taxi rolls away. Then slowly he turns and goes back into the shop, makes his own way to the telephone. In a moment we hear him say.

[Captain Silver]

Hello, Eric.

[Senor Waldman]

This is Senor. Say it. Find Pum Pum. Yes, tell him to come to my place at once. That's right. And locate Iko. Go to his hotel and bring him to my place. Tell him he cannot remain there now. The police will be looking for him in a few moments.

[Narrator]

Waldman, alias Senor Zed, plans to prevent the capture of Boom Boom Erico, the Japanese wrestler, by the police. Will his knowledge of all Captain Silver and the Chilean authorities mean to do frustrate the scheme they have for catching the phantom ship. There's more excitement coming, so you'd better tune in tomorrow for the further and adventures of the Sea Hound. Until tomorrow then, Captain Silver says.

[Captain Silver]

Oh, sailing.

[Narrator]

The Adventures of the Sea Hound are written by Frank Dahm. The director is Cyril Ambroiser. The program comes to you from New York. Here is a Message for all 17 year old boys who are interested in aviation. The Navy is offering a special course of training to all qualified men of this age and your diploma is a commission as a naval officer. The course starts with eight months at college which includes flight preparatory training. This is a regular college program for which full college credits are given and it is not a pre aeronautics program. There will be no actual flying until you have reached 18. All your expenses, and this includes food, lodging, uniforms, books and college tuition will be paid by the Navy. If you are a high school graduate or scheduled to graduate before March 1st of 1944 and if you're 17 years of age, write today to your nearest office of Naval Officer Procurement or Navy recruiting station. That's the first step towards becoming an all round aviation expert. This is the Blue Network.