Life or Death: Tarzan (April 12, 1951)

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“Life or Death” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 12, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan is summoned from the jungle to the palace of the elephant ruler of Amdura Mara, where an American oil magnate named Ingersoll insists he must reach a fountain of eternal youth in the land of the Mahumazori. Tarzan agrees to guide Ingersoll, his daughter Barbara and her husband Cliff into the deep jungle. Along the way they survive a deadly snake and fall into a pitfall trap set by the Mahumazori. Taken prisoner, they must decide who among them should drink from the fountain. The episode is from the Tarzan series, first aired on 1951-04-12.

The jungle of the Belgian Congo, the palace at Amdura Mara, and the village of the Mahumazori.

Characters: Tarzan, Natesa, Ingersoll, Barbara, Cliff, Kubo-kub

Listen for: Tarzan's victory cry and the natives' drum of death.

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.