Al-Ton-Tome's New Alliance: Tarzan (June 6, 1935)

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“Al-Ton-Tome's New Alliance” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 6, 1935. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan, Darno, Tholmes and Wolf, along with Margaret and Larsen, enter a vast council chamber in an underground realm to steal the father of diamonds. Wolf opens the golden disc containing the gem, but a giant ape rises from a pit and kills him. Tarzan kills the monster, and the survivors separate in a maze of dim corridors. Tholmes stumbles into a chamber occupied by Queen Taroo, who questions him about the attempted theft and the outsiders who came to take the diamond. Tarzan and Darno hide in a shrine and eventually return to their quarters, where Tholmes is found and the group is reunited.

A vast underground council chamber and winding corridors beneath a hidden kingdom, where a great diamond is kept guarded.

Characters: Tarzan, Darno, Tholmes, Wolf, Margaret, Larsen, Queen Taroo, Ahtantoam

Listen for: Tarzan's struggle with the giant ape, and Tholmes' tense questioning before Queen Taroo.

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.