Gold of the Sudan: Tarzan (June 28, 1951)

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“Gold of the Sudan” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 28, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, is drawn into a mystery in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Alexis Varan, released from a Khartoum jail, agrees to join Kola on a search for gold said to have been paid to natives during the First World War. Tarzan and Captain Lawrence of the governmental police investigate a series of kidnappings of men over forty-five years old, following the trail of a tortured warrior toward the hidden places where the attacks occurred. The story is part of the Tarzan radio series, based on the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and this episode first aired on June 28, 1951.

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, including the city of Khartoum and the jungle interior

Characters: Tarzan, Captain Lawrence, Alexis Varan, Kola, Chief Mowanangwa

Listen for: Tarzan's account of the hidden valley of Kowacha and what the search for gold has found there

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.