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Leiningen versus the Ants

Suspense · August 25, 1957 · 29 min · 4,437 words

The transcript of “Leiningen versus the Ants”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast August 25, 1957. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Suspents. And the producer of radio is outstanding theater of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William and Robeson. The security of mankind is guaranteed by the balance of nature. There weren't bigger fish to eat smaller fish. Eventually, there would be more fish than water for them to swim in.

The rabbit is public enemy number one in Australia because there is no indigenous predator with a craving for hossing feather. The law of the jungle is implacable, and when it is broken, when nature's balance is upset, man a better head for the hills.

In a moment we bring you a classic story of nature's imbalance. On one side, the frightful former Sidi'i Dory'elini, ants, millions of South American army ants, and on the other, a man who knew no fear.

Listen then as William Conrad stars in line engine versus the ants, which begins in 60 seconds. The folklore of America is filled with accounts of superhuman sailors like old storm along and extraordinary ships like the corser.

Perhaps our confidence in our strength to meet any challenge enabled our forefathers to chart the unknown. Perhaps that's why we just had to have the largest sailing vessel ever built. She was so big that all the officers and men were mounted on horses.

Her masts penetrated the clouds, and the top sections were on hinges so they could be bent over to let the sun and moon pass. While it was during one of those September storms, when suddenly the coarser found herself heading down the English Channel between Calais and the cliffs of Dover.

But the Channel just wasn't wide enough. The captain shouted to old Storm along at the wheel. Will she make it? scrape a bit of paint off on our sides," said old Storm along, but she'll go through, send all hands over and soap the sides.

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