Drum Without a Heart: Tarzan (July 12, 1951)

“Drum Without a Heart” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 12, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jean Leclerc, a mountain climber in Nairobi, is determined to reach the summit of the Ruwenzori range, and he recruits a reluctant companion for the expedition. Meanwhile, Tarzan is in the Puneo village preparing warm animal skins for a trip to the mountains with the native boy Torgo. When Torgo vanishes, Tarzan and his friend Kulu set out in pursuit. The episode is from the Tarzan radio series, originally broadcast on July 12, 1951, adapted from the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story follows the search across snow and ice, with the strangers and the mountain tribe both becoming involved.

Nairobi and the Puneo village in central Africa, and the snowy Ruwenzori mountains

Characters: Tarzan, Jean Leclerc, Dutch, Torgo, Kulu, Cooloo, Mama Nagamo

Listen for: Tarzan's search for Torgo through the snow and the tense encounter with the mountain tribe

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.