The End of the World: Tarzan (March 1, 1951)

“The End of the World” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 1, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tarzan and the boy Torgo set out to visit the Nagalia people, whose missionary friend, the Reverend Thaddeus Martin, reports that they believe the world is about to end. Tarzan investigates the spreading panic and a strange man who trades cheap liquor for the villagers' gold ornaments. The Tarzan series, first broadcast on March 1, 1951, adapts the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

The African jungle, including the Nagalia tribe's village and the nearby forest.

Characters: Tarzan, Torgo, Reverend Thaddeus Martin, Sibali, Ugar, Zaker the Great

Listen for: Tarzan's sharp questioning of the villagers and his confrontation with the stranger who claims to be a magician.

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.