Stolen Jewels: Tarzan (July 5, 1951)

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“Stolen Jewels” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 5, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, is invited to the wedding of the Pasha of Omdurmara. Heder, a young elephant keeper whom Tarzan saved earlier, travels with the envoys, and Tarzan rides in on Mika, his elephant, dressed in an unusual eagle-feather costume and carrying a gift of Karmiki jungle ornaments. The Pasha accepts the gift, but a set of jewels goes missing from the room of treasures, and Tarzan finds himself accused of the theft. Heder's own reasons for the trouble are still unclear as the wedding pageant approaches.

The jungle near Tarzan's seacoast cabin, and the city of Omdurmara, where the Pasha's palace and wedding pageant take place.

Characters: Tarzan, Heder, Mr. Herndon, Pasha of Omdurmara, Mika

Listen for: Listen for Tarzan's arrival at the palace in his eagle-feather costume and the discovery of the missing jewels in the room of a thousand treasures.

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.