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Moon Over Africa

26 episodes · 1935 · Syndicated · Adventure

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A 1935 syndicated jungle serial: Jack, Lorna, the professor and Nguru search Africa for a lost treasure, through volcanoes, leopard cults and the Whispering Forest of Death. Content note: Africans are portrayed with the stereotypes of the time.

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1935

• The Talking Head March 16, 1935 · 12 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Atlantis Quest March 23, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Lorna wanders the jungle talking of the ancient sun worshippers, and then vanishes from her tent.
• Jungle Trance March 30, 1935 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Something is wrong with Lorna: she disappears into the bush, and a white python and two lions attack.
• The Sacred Python April 6, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The jungle drums report that a sacred python has been killed, and a warning follows.
• The Rhinoceros Hill April 13, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Strange carvings on a rock give a clue in the search for the snuff box.
• Captured by Cannibals April 20, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Jack and the professor are prisoners in a native hut, and Nguru helps them escape.
• Escape April 27, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Nguru helps with the escape, and Lorna has met a short white man with a bushy beard.
• A New Land May 4, 1935 · Syndicated · 11 min
  A crater atop a mountain holds a giant lizard, and an avalanche begins.
• Inside the Volcano May 11, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Inside the volcano, a strange land and a man who speaks old English.
• Prisoners in the Palace May 18, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The queen warns that the temple priests plan to kill the expedition.
• Sacrificed May 25, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The People of the Rock prepare a sacrifice, and the high priest is killed instead.
• Revolution June 1, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Civil war breaks out between the queen's people and the priests' believers.
• The Secret of the Talking Head June 8, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Lorna and the queen are in danger, and the talking head turns out to be a radio receiver.
• The Passage of the Rock June 15, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The queen gives Nguru a Crusader's sword, and a dead man stands watch in the cave.
• Witch Woman of the Rock June 22, 1935 · Syndicated · 11 min
  A blind old woman in the cave warns of the Eyes of the Moon.
• Back to the Jungle June 29, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The blind woman turns out to be the queen's mother, and leads the party out of the cave.
• The Eyes of the Moon July 6, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The leopard men dance in the native village.
• The Leopard Cult July 13, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The Daughter of the Moon welcomes the travelers and tends Jack's wound.
• Leopard Woman July 20, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The leopard attacks and is shot, and it's the leopard woman.
• The Devil Doll July 27, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The witch doctor makes big medicine, and Jack feels a pain in his arm.
• White Magic August 3, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The spell is broken, and the professor sees a golden goblet.
• Native Revenge August 10, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The rest of the treasure lies in the Whispering Forest of Death.
• Whispering Forest of Death August 17, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  A strange half-human creature, and Lorna and Nguru have disappeared.
• Treachery August 24, 1935 · Syndicated · 11 min
  A rescue with Nguru's help, and the leopard woman is up to no good.
• The Orchids of Death August 31, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The orchids of the forest nearly overpower everyone, and the expedition finds tombstones and an iron box.
• The Treasure of the Ancients September 7, 1935 · Syndicated · 12 min
  The leopard woman tries to hypnotize the professor into shooting himself.