Another Try For The Diamond: Tarzan (June 8, 1935)

“Another Try For The Diamond” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 8, 1935. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tarzan and his companions are held in the city of Opar, where Magra has been carried off. Helen Gregory, Magra's friend, is a prisoner in the temple of Ma'ar Chiu, and she learns that her brother Brian has been struck into a suspended state for trying to steal the great diamond. Tarzan, Donald, Tom and Lawson plan how to find Magra. Tarzan is summoned to an audience with the queen, and Donald and Tom later slip into the ceremonial chamber to examine the casket that holds the diamond. The Tarzan series aired on June 8, 1935.

The city of Opar, its temple of Ma'ar Chiu and the ceremonial chamber that holds the Father of Diamonds

Characters: Tarzan, Magra, Helen Gregory, Brian Gregory, Donald, Tom, Lawson, Hakiru

Listen for: Helen Gregory's confrontation with Artep Sooten in the temple, and the moment Donald and Tom open the casket in the ceremonial chamber

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.