Jungle Odds: Tarzan (October 4, 1951)

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“Jungle Odds” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 4, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jerry Mulqueen, a gambler deep in debt to the gambling figure Vic Marathi, flees with his daughter Patty into the African jungle. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, meets the pair after rescuing Mulqueen from a collapsing vine bridge over Kayaku Canyon. Mulqueen explains that Marathi has been pursuing him, and the jungle hero agrees to help them reach the Pune village. Mulqueen later slips away alone during the night, leaving Patty behind, and Tarzan sets out to track him through hazardous country. The story is part of the Tarzan series, adapted from the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs; this episode aired on October 4, 1951.

The African jungle, including the Pune village, Kayaku Canyon and the racetracks and gambling houses of New York City

Characters: Tarzan, Jerry Mulqueen, Patty Mulqueen, Vic Marathi, Torgo, Mama Nagama

Listen for: Tarzan's rescue of Jerry Mulqueen over Kayaku Canyon and the tense standoff at the Pune village

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.