Death Has Small Wings: Tarzan (August 30, 1951)

“Death Has Small Wings” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 30, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tarzan rescues Gail Stevens from a crocodile at a jungle inlet and agrees to guide her and her father, Mr. Stevens, on their safari. Gail insists on traveling toward Kholhadehne, a village her guide has called forbidden, and the party presses deeper into the Dudu country. Tarzan warns that the tsetse flies there carry a deadly sickness, and the porters begin to desert. Once the travelers arrive at the village, Gail and her father meet Dr. Coruza, a native physician working among the sick, and Tarzan's concern about the flies proves justified.

The African jungle, including a lagoon, the Dudu country, and the village of Kholhadehne

Characters: Tarzan, Gail Stevens, Mr. Stevens, Dr. Coruza

Listen for: Tarzan's warnings about the Dudu flies and Gail's reactions to them as the safari nears Kholhadehne

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.