Tarzan and the Manuema: Tarzan (January 25, 1951)

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“Tarzan and the Manuema” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 25, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan leads the starving Punea people through the jungle toward the mountain country of Kenyara, where he hopes to find rain and food. Along the way he finds water and meat for them and takes the young Togo along on his hunt. Meanwhile, the Manuema cannibal tribe, led by their witch doctor, plans to seize a small boy and a strong man as sacrifices to the volcano god. Tarzan sets out to protect the people and his young friends. This is the Tarzan series, with the story taken from Edgar Rice Burroughs' writing; the original air date is January 25, 1951.

The African jungle and the volcanic mountain country of Kenyara, home of the Manuema tribe.

Characters: Tarzan, Togo, Nagama, Sui, The Manuema witch doctor

Listen for: Tarzan's plan to save the Punea people and Togo from the Manuema cannibals.

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.