Fires of Tohr 25: Tarzan

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“Fires of Tohr 25” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show that aired from 1932 to 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan and O'Rourke are held in a jewel pit in Tor, where the ape man plans a slave uprising. Queen Ataya rides into the enclosure with Jeanette, but her elephant bolts toward an open pit. Tarzan leaps to halt the beast and saves the queen's life. Ataya offers him the kingship of Tor and her love, but Tarzan insists that his friends must go free first. Meanwhile, Don Ocanuk and Ukem slip into a Torian patrol camp at night to steal an elephant, Ukem silently kills a guard, and the pair flee on the animal as the camp wakes.

The city of Tor, its jewel pits, and the jungle stockade of the Torian Mounted Patrol

Characters: Tarzan, O'Rourke, Ataya, Jeanette, Mungo, Wong Thai, Kyleuk, Don O'Andukar

Listen for: Tarzan's refusal to abandon his friends in exchange for Ataya's offer, and the escape of Don and Ukem on an elephant.

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.