Lt Darnot Makes His Escape: Tarzan (December 22, 1932)

“Lt Darnot Makes His Escape” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 22, 1932. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tarzan and Jane, stranded in the jungle after a stampede of elephants, spend a restless night in a tree crotch, and their argument over whether Jane should return to the hut is left unresolved. On the beach, Professor Porter and his party are held by pirates and forced to dig for buried treasure. Donald plans to deceive King and Snipes into believing he knows where the treasure is hidden, hoping to turn the situation to their advantage. The Tarzan series, based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is heard here with James H. Pierce as Tarzan and Joan Burroughs as Jane. The episode aired on December 22, 1932.

A jungle with a platform and tree crotch, and a nearby beach where the pirates hold Professor Porter's party.

Characters: Tarzan, Jane Parker, Professor Porter, Clayton, Donald, King, Snipes, Hollis

Listen for: The stampede of elephants, Tarzan and Jane's argument in the tree, and Donald's plan to deceive King and Snipes about the treasure.

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.