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Today's Adventure: Counterspy David Harding and his agents are assigned to protect a foreign envoy visiting the United States to arrange the engraving of government bonds worth three million dollars. When the envoy’s secretary dies under suspicious circumstances and other details raise questions about the man’s identity, Harding begins investigating. The case grows more complicated as he uncovers signs of a scheme involving forged documents and a potentially dangerous financial plot.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1949.

Originating in New York

Cast:

• Don McLaughlin
• Mandel Kramer

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Today's Mystery: Tarzan is asked to help when young men from a Senegalese village begin mysteriously disappearing, with no signs of struggle or evidence of who is taking them. Traveling with Mirabo to investigate, Tarzan encounters a strange, haunting melody that appears to have a powerful effect on those who hear it. His search leads him deep into the jungle, where he discovers a hidden city and a dangerous mystery surrounding the fate of the missing men.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1951.

Originating from the Jungle of Africa

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure:After newspaper reporter Tom Fisher and a small-time grifter are murdered while investigating a fraudulent Mexican sweepstakes racket, David Harding sends Harry Peters to Gulfport, Texas, to follow the trail. A distinctive gold poker chip points Peters toward the offshore gambling ship El Toro, where he discovers that the gambling operation may conceal something far more dangerous below decks.Original Radio Broadcast: October 4, 1949Originating from New YorkCast:

• Don McLaughlin as David Harding
• Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
• Maurice Tarplin as one of the criminals (probable identification)
• Leonard L. Bass, director
• Jesse Crawford, music
• Philip H. Lord, producer

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan encounters a New York hunting party whose wealthy leader, Bill Pembler, hopes the African expedition will toughen up his sensitive 16-year-old son, Billy. Tarzan sees that the boy’s reluctance to fight or kill animals is not cowardice, and his concern grows when he discovers that two members of the party pose a much greater danger than anything Billy fears in the jungle.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1951 

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure: After violent bank robber Rocky Gaines escapes from federal prison, David Harding and Harry Peters join the manhunt as the wounded fugitive heads into the mountains. Gaines seeks refuge with Norma Benton, a woman from his past who has built a new life with her husband, and threatens to expose her secret unless she helps him hide from the authorities.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure: When the Punya tribe needs money to obtain medicines and other supplies, Tarzan agrees to help two outsiders prospect for gold on their land in exchange for fairly compensating the tribe. But one of the newcomers is secretly seeking revenge against Tarzan, while the discovery of a different kind of underground wealth threatens to turn their seemingly honest arrangement into something far more dangerous.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure: When a sacred star sapphire is stolen from the Karmiki tribe, their chief threatens a violent campaign across the jungle to find the culprit. Tarzan persuades him to hold off while they follow the thief’s trail, a pursuit that eventually carries them far beyond Tarzan’s familiar jungle territory to the city of Omdur Mara.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: February 1, 1951 

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like murder-suicide. Harding suspects the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings.

Original Radio Broadcast:September 22, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure:With drought and famine threatening the Punya tribe, Tarzan leads them toward the mountain country in hopes of finding food and water. But another desperate tribe has turned to a far darker solution to the drought, placing young Torgo in danger and forcing Tarzan to devise an audacious rescue.


Originating Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1952


Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan and Earle Ross


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Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organization, but the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the gang grows suspicious of its newest recruit.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949.

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure: Today's Adventure: Tarzan encounters a young native boy who has traveled hundreds of miles seeking his legendary knowledge. When two exhausted explorers arrive at Tarzan’s cabin, their unusual mission draws him toward a remote mountain country where ancient traditions and deadly dangers stand in their way.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Lamont Johnson as Tarzan; Howard McNear

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Today's Adventure: David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organization determined to keep its operation - and the identity of its leader - hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1949

Originating from New YorkCast:

• Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
• Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
• Directed by William M. Sweets
• Music by Jesse Crawford
• A Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan is welcomed into the powerful Marwa tribe and soon finds himself caught between tribal customs and his own sense of honor. When ruthless slave raiders arrive with plans to capture the Marwa people for the international slave trade, Tarzan and an unexpected ally must unite the tribe to stop them before it's too late.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure: Counterspy chief David Harding tackles a different kind of threat when a juvenile court official asks for help breaking the grip of violent street gangs on Brooklyn's youth. Undercover operative Harry Peters infiltrates one of the toughest gangs, hoping to expose its ruthless leader before more impressionable boys are drawn into a life of crime.

Original Radio Broadcast:Septemnber 13, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:Don MacLaughlin as David Harding

Mandel Kramer as Harry PetersDirected by Leonard L. Bass

Dramatized by Edward Adamson

Music by Jesse Crawford

A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

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Today's Adventure:  Tarzan must protect both his jungle and a young native boy when a ruthless animal dealer arrives with an elaborate scheme to capture a herd of elephants—and Tarzan himself—using a beautiful woman as bait.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1951 

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Lamont Johnson as Tarzan

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Today's Adventure: Counterspy chief David Harding investigates a charity that claims to help disabled veterans and workers prepare for new careers. When a courageous insider exposes the organization's true purpose, Harding devises a plan to protect the legitimate cause while bringing a confidence man to justice.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as PetersAlso featuring Virginia Gregg

Directed by William M. Sweets

Dramatized by Palmer Thompson

Music by Jesse Crawford

A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

The program concludes with a special message prepared by Vice President Alvin W.

Barkley regarding employment opportunities for disabled veterans and workers.

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Today's Adventure: Young attorney Jim Martin travels into the Blue Ridge Mountains expecting to handle a routine title search, only to find himself caught in a battle against ruthless swindlers who are terrorizing an isolated mountain community in their quest to seize valuable coal rights.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 14, 1944 

Originating in New York

Starring Lawson Zerbe as Jim Martin.  Also featuring Jim Boles, Kermit Murdock, Walter Vaughn, Richard Keith, Jack McBride, and Tony Muro.

From the novel by Hubert Skidmore. Adapted for radio by Howard Carraway.

Music conducted by Andre Kostelanetz.

Production by Herbert Rice. 

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Today's Mystery: An international smuggling ring is threatened when a federal grand jury closes in on one of its American front companies. To cover their tracks, the organization's ruthless mastermind summons a professional arsonist to destroy the evidence before Counterspy agents can stop them.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music). 

Written by Edward J. Adamson. 

Directed by Leonard L. Bass. Produced by Phillips H. Lord.

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Today's Adventure: A British light cruiser escorts a desperately needed convoy to Malta when the Italian fleet appears on the horizon, threatening to overwhelm the outnumbered Allied force. As the officers and crew of the HMS Artemis face impossible odds, courage, discipline, and tactical ingenuity are put to the ultimate test.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 24, 1943

Originating from New York

Program: Words at WarBased on the novel The Ship by C. S. Forester.Starring House Jameson, Alan Bunce, Victor Beecroft, Sid Cassel, Humphrey Davis, Eon McAllister, Shirley Oliver, and Alfred Shirley

Adapted for radio by Edmund Bernbreier

Original music by Frank Black

Directed by Joseph Losey

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Today's Adventure: With the city of Tor under attack, Tarzan leads the liberated jewel pit slaves in a desperate assault on Ahtea's palace, while Darno and the Shan of Rator battle their way through the city's defenses. As Jeanette Burton and Wong Tai face execution in the Hall of Pantu, Tarzan races against time to reach them before it's too late.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis

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Today's Adventure: After the notorious Professor Emery Horn escapes from death row through an astonishing feat of planning and deception, David Harding and Harry Peters launch a nationwide hunt for the brilliant killer. Realizing conventional police methods won't be enough, Harding instead searches for the one clue Horn can't disguise—his own mind.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery HornDirected by William M. Sweets

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Today's Adventure: As Tarzan leads O'Rourke and Kailuk toward the jewel pits to free the enslaved prisoners before Rator's army attacks Tor, Atea unleashes her half-starved hunting lions to prowl the city streets. With danger waiting around every corner and the fate of two kingdoms hanging in the balance, the three companions must survive long enough to put Tarzan's daring plan into motion. Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936 Originating from Hollywood Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis.

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Today's Adventure: Professor Emery Horn has spent years cultivating the reputation of a brilliant but reclusive scientist. When a Counterspy agent arrives to question him about a daring bank robbery, Horn launches an elaborate escape that sets David Harding and Harry Peters on the trail of one of the most dangerous and ingenious criminals they've ever faced.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 30, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters.  Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery Horn and Maurice Tarplin. Music by Jesse Crawford. 

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.

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Today's Adventure: As Tarzan's public whipping erupts into chaos thanks to an unexpected ally, he, O'Rourke, and Kailuk make a desperate escape through the streets of Tohr while trying to stay one step ahead of Ahtea's warriors. Meanwhile, in Rator, D'Arnot uncovers a shocking act of treachery that threatens the entire campaign against the White Queen.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis

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Today's Adventure: After an undercover counterspy agent narrowly survives an assassination attempt, David Harding sends Harry Peters to assume his identity and infiltrate a dangerous espionage ring. As Peters follows a trail of coded messages from Detroit to Memphis and on to New Orleans, he finds himself surrounded by people who may be allies—or assassins.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 25, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry PetersDirected by William M. SweetsMusic by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Today's Adventure: While the warriors of Rator gather for a desperate assault on Tohr, Tarzan's plans for a slave uprising are threatened when Ahtea learns of a possible conspiracy in the jewel pits. As suspicion falls on Tarzan's allies and Wong Tai pursues his own dangerous schemes within the palace, the fate of the captives hangs by a thread.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis 

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Today's Adventure: After a daring daylight bank robbery leaves two people dead and several wounded, Counterspy agents launch a citywide manhunt for a ruthless gunman known for taking impossible risks. As the killer fights his way through police roadblocks, waterfront hideouts, and a crowded amusement park, David Harding and his agents race to stop him before more innocent people are caught in the crossfire.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 23, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters.

Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music).

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.

Sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.

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Today's Adventure: As the Feast of Pantu draws near, Tarzan realizes there is little time left to organize a slave revolt before hundreds of prisoners are selected for death in the arena, the lion pits, and the fires of Tohr. Meanwhile, Darno and Uka narrowly escape capture on stolen elephants and race toward Rator, hoping to return with help before Tarzan is forced into his deadly combat with Mungo.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis.

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Today's Adventure: Counterspy agents launch an elaborate sting operation to trap the mysterious Manuel Rodriguez, a wealthy Mexican rancher suspected of brokering stolen atomic secrets and international espionage. Posing as crooks who have stolen a valuable uranium compound, Peters and Agent Ella Thomas risk their lives to convince Rodriguez they have something worth killing for.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 18, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters.Also featuring Joan Alexander as Ella Thomas.

Directed by William M. Sweets. Music by Jesse Crawford.

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and O'Rourke are condemned to the brutal jewel pits of Tor, where they begin quietly organizing the slaves for a possible uprising while awaiting help from Darno and Ula. Meanwhile, Darno and Ula risk capture as they attempt to steal a war elephant and reach Rator before Tarzan's deadly combat with Mungo can take place.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis

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Today's Adventure: When a respected Mexican businessman suddenly reappears at the home of the woman he loves, it is only because a mysterious religious statue he once gave away may now be carrying a deadly secret. As a pair of ruthless spies race to recover it, David Harding and the Counter Spies investigate the theft of radioactive material from a Tennessee atomic plant before it can be smuggled out of the country.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 16, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters.Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music). Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.

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Today's Adventure: After Major Ashley dies from a spear wound during the battle beneath Tor, Tarzan demands the ancient right of personal combat against the giant warrior Mungo. While Atea plots a deadly spectacle in the arena, Tarzan secretly arranges a desperate escape plan involving the savage war elephants of Tor.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton KaDell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Jack Lewis. Announcer: Fred Shields.

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Today's Adventure

A smooth-talking con man pitches a powerful crime boss on a new kind of protection racket—one built not on violence, but on rumors capable of destroying major corporations. When businesses begin collapsing under whispered accusations and public panic, CounterSpy chief David Harding races to expose the mastermind behind the scheme before more companies are ruined.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 11, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as PetersAlso featuring Rosa Rio. Directed by William M. Sweets.

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and his companions escape their dungeon only to find themselves trapped in the deadly underground passages beneath Tor, where savage beasts, pursuing guards, and a terrifying bridge over a lake of fire block every path to freedom. Meanwhile, Atea’s obsession with Tarzan threatens to divide her own plans as Wong Tai schemes to manipulate the ruthless queen for his own ends.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, and Gale Gordon.

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Today's Adventure: A truck driver is blackmailed into covering the identity of a hijacker and murderer.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 9, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters, Ken Lynch

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Today's Adventure: Queen Ahtea fails to win Tarzan over with her treasure cave and begins resorting to more desperate measures.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash , Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, Gale Gordon 

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Today's Adventure: David Harding takes on a hate group that has inspired the beating of a local shopkeeper.

Original Radio Broadcast:February 24, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Ken Lynch

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and his friends are escorted to the palace Queen Ahtea and discover her plans for her.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash , Ralph Scott, Barbara Luddy, Victor Rodman, Gale Gordon

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Today's Adventure: Harding and Peters go to Mexico to intercept spies trying to gain control of a new Uranium supply.

Original Radio Broadcast: February 22, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters Joan Alexander

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and his friends have escaped from the yellow giants but now have to contend with a treacherous river.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Dale Nash , Ralph Scott, Victor Rodman, Gale Gordon 

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Today's Adventure: An escaped criminal disfigures his own face to get plastic surgery to claim a $250,000

Original Radio Broadcast: June 6, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters, Bryna Rayburn, Chuck Webster

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and the rest of the Burton party are captured by giants.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Barbara Dale Nash, Ralph Scott, Victor Rodman, Gale Gordon

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Today's Adventure: A gang of bank robbers pretend to be a film crew as a cover for a robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 30, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan and D'Arnot encounter a party in trouble after their bearers abandoned them in a search for a lost city.

  Originating Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

  Originating from Hollywood

  Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Cy Kendall, Barbara Luddy, Ralph Scott, Victor Rodman, Gale Gordon

  Related links: ERBZine 3140 and 3141

  David Willis article on the life of Karena Shields.

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Three Adventurers (played by Jack Webb, Elliot Lewis, and Barton Yarborough) arrive in New Orleans to locate a valuable black opal.

Audition Date: 1949

Originating in Hollywood

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Jimmy decides to see if an ad by a scientist leads to a story. Then an explosion occurs and Jimmy’s nowhere to be found.

Original Air Date: March 7, 1949

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Today's Adventure: Counterspy is called in to investigate a shady home developer who has

Original Radio Broadcast: May 23, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Today's Adventure: Tarzan rushes to free Helen and Mahgra while Tome and D'Arnot need to obtain the Father of Diamonds to save Brian Gregory.

Originating Radio Broadcast Dates: July 6, 8, and 10

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Carlton Kadell as Tarzan, Ralph Scott, Karena Shields, Jeanette Nolan, and Cy Kendall

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