Captain Tracy's Arm: Tarzan (December 15, 1932)

“Captain Tracy's Arm” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 15, 1932. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tarzan learns that Jane Porter has been taken aboard a pirate ship. Swimming out through the night, he boards the vessel and heads below with James to find her. Captain Tracy, a prisoner in the strongroom, is freed, and the group works their way toward his cabin as the pirates argue among themselves about searching for the intruders. A storm is building over the sea. The episode comes from the Tarzan radio series, based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with James H. Pierce as Tarzan and Ann Burroughs as Jane Porter. It aired on December 15, 1932.

A pirate ship at night during a rising storm, and the nearby sea

Characters: Tarzan, Jane Porter, James, Captain Tracy, Snipes, Gany, Donald Clinton, Monsieur

Listen for: Tarzan swimming out to the pirate ship and sneaking aboard to rescue Jane

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.