Adventure on the Road to Timbuktu: Tarzan (November 1, 1951)

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“Adventure on the Road to Timbuktu” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 1, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan, the jungle lord, arrives in the trading town of Tarrack and meets Keith Roberts, an Englishman who plans a dangerous journey to Timbuktu to promote business. Tarzan agrees to guide him, but a series of strange events follows, including a thrown knife bearing the symbol of the golden zebra. The safari is led along an unexpectedly smooth road, and the travelers find themselves captured by a mysterious, wealthy ruler who keeps them as his guests. Tarzan is soon confronted with a threat to his life and to his companion's, and he must decide how to respond.

Tarrack, a trading town in Africa, the surrounding jungle, and a mysterious city on the Niger River, on the road to Timbuktu.

Characters: Tarzan, Keith Roberts, Koba, the Ka'hea

Listen for: The arrival at the mysterious city on the Niger River and the first meeting with the ruler known as the Ka'hea.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.