Gold Coast Robbery: Tarzan (April 5, 1951)

“Gold Coast Robbery” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 5, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nungo, a native of the Gold Coast, flees to Tarzan's jungle cabin after police led by Abdul El Kefin pursue him for robbing a railway train carrying gold. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, challenges the police and the railway's own court, which holds the prisoners. Tarzan proposes a truth test using leather pellets to prove the accused men innocent, and the test exposes a lie told by El Kefin. The story is part of the Tarzan radio series, which was first broadcast on April 5, 1951, based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' writings.

The Gold Coast and Porto Chebir, in the jungles and deserts of Africa, along the Cassania Railway

Characters: Tarzan, Nungo, Abdul El Kefin, Rueanja

Listen for: The leather truth pellets test in the courtroom, where Tarzan exposes El Kefin's lie

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.