Ape Battles Snake: Tarzan (November 7, 1932)

“Ape Battles Snake” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 7, 1932. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Professor Porter and his party, held captive by cannibals, face a native trial by poison after the witch doctor insists they drink it. Meanwhile Tarzan and Jane Porter rest in the jungle canopy, talking about the danger of the wild and her father's safety. Tarzan, watching the trail, learns that the professor is still alive and is among the cannibals. Jane tries to reassure herself about the dangers around them. The episode is part of the Tarzan radio series, based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with James H. Pierce as Tarzan and Anne Burroughs as Jane.

The African jungle, including a jungle canopy and a cannibal village.

Characters: Tarzan, Jane Porter, Professor Porter, Clayton, Philander, Dono, Togg, Witch Doctor

Listen for: The witch doctor's poison trial and the professor's scheme to win over the natives.

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.