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Escape | Old Time Radio brings you gripping adventure, suspense, mystery, and psychological drama from the golden age of radio. Each episode transports listeners into dangerous situations, distant places, desperate struggles, and unforgettable stories of survival and the unknown. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Escape became one of

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Escape - "The Man Who Won the War ALT2" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/15

Escape presents “The Man Who Won the War ALT2,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 28, 1950. Cataloged as episode 100, this local archival recording is a World War I naval drama adapted, produced, and directed by William N. Robson from a story by Robert Buckner. Ben Wright stars as Commander Edward Bradman, with John Dehner and Joseph Kearns among the supporting cast.During a tense North Sea patrol off the Flanders coast in October 1914, an English destroyer’s commander must weigh a desperate

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Escape - "31 Three Good Witnesses" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/14

Escape presents “Three Good Witnesses,” originally broadcast January 31, 1948, as episode 4801. This CBS thriller was adapted by John Dunkel from a Harold Lamb story and directed by William N. Robson.American engineer Humphrey Ward rides the Taurus Express from Istanbul toward Syria during wartime, where a ticketless young woman, an accommodating conductor, and uneasy fellow passengers turn a routine journey into a tightening web of suspicion. Morgan Farley stars as Ward, with Jack Webb and Jeanette

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Escape - "29 the Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (Old...

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2026/09/13

Escape presents “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 29, 1948. This archival recording is episode 4808.In Les Crutchfield’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fantastical tale, college student John Unger accepts a summer invitation from his fabulously wealthy friend Percy Washington. At the Washington family’s hidden retreat on a Montana plateau, extraordinary luxury, guarded secrecy, and a legendary diamond create an increasingly uneasy atmosphere. Sam Edwards

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Escape - "28 How Love Came to Professor Guildea" (Old...

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2026/09/12

Escape presents “How Love Came to Professor Guildea,” episode 4802, originally broadcast February 22, 1948. This local archival Escape recording adapts Robert Smythe Hichens’s supernatural short story, with a radio adaptation by Les Crutchfield and production and direction by William N. Robson.In foggy London, the brilliant but emotionally detached Professor Guildea dismisses love, compassion, and faith—until a troubling presence seems to enter his home and his life. Seeking help from Father

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Escape - "09 Three Skeleton Key" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/11

Escape presents “Three Skeleton Key,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 9, 1953. This archival recording is episode 5308.Adapted by James Poe from Georges-Gustave Toudouze’s short story, this tense tale follows lighthouse keepers Jean, Louis, and Auguste on a rocky outpost off French Guiana. When rats overrun the isolated station, their small refuge becomes increasingly difficult to defend. Ben Wright, Paul Frees, and Jay Novello star.Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced

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30:13

Escape - "12 Evening Primrose" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/10

Escape presents “Evening Primrose,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 12, 1948. This archival recording is episode number 4809.Disillusioned poet Charles Snell, played by William Conrad, hides inside Bracey’s department store after closing in search of solitude. Adapted by John Dunkel from John Collier’s story and directed by Norman Macdonnell, the drama finds Snell confronting the unsettling possibilities concealed within the store’s shadowed nighttime aisles.Escape presents the original

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Escape - "11 Red Wine" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/09

Escape presents “Red Wine,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 11, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4908; the drama is commonly cataloged as Escape episode 74, with alternate collector numbering. Adapted by John Dunkel from a Lawrence G. Blochman short story, it stars Willard Waterman, with Vic Perrin and Larry Dobkin.On the rubber coast of Borneo, an investigator reaches an isolated jungle plantation to arrest a notorious killer believed to be hiding among three guarded

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30:27

Escape - "28 Wild Oranges" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/08

Escape presents “28 Wild Oranges,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 28, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4909. Adapted by John Dunkel from Joseph Hergesheimer’s 1919 novel Wild Oranges, the drama stars Van Heflin.Sailor John Woolfolk drops anchor near an isolated Georgia sand spit and ventures ashore after spotting a young woman near a decaying plantation. What begins as an unexpected delay for repairs becomes an increasingly uneasy stay amid a lonely orange grove,

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Escape - "14 the Drums of the Fore and Aft" (Old Time...

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2026/09/07

Escape presents “The Drums of the Fore and Aft,” originally broadcast July 14, 1949. Episode 4907. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Rudyard Kipling’s short story, this CBS production is narrated by Ben Wright, with Hugh Thomas and Terry Kilburn as the young army musicians Piggy Lou and Jakin.On the rugged northwestern frontier of British India, two eager boys attached to a British regiment dream of glory as they head toward their first real campaign. Kipling’s tense tale examines fear, courage, and

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Escape - "The Killer Mine" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/06

Escape presents “The Killer Mine,” episode 142 of the CBS adventure anthology, originally broadcast February 11, 1951. John Dehner stars in this adaptation of Hammond Innes’s novel, adapted for radio by Antony Ellis and directed by Norman Macdonnell.On England’s Cornish coast, British Army deserter and hard-rock miner Jim Price accepts an old friend’s offer of a no-questions-asked job. But the work leads into a deserted tin mine running beneath the sea, where his troubled past and the dangerous

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Escape - "04 Leiningen Vs the Ants" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/05

Escape presents “04 Leiningen Vs the Ants,” originally broadcast August 4, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4908. Adapted by Robert Ryf from Carl Stephenson’s short story, the CBS drama stars Tudor Owen as Leiningen and Gerald Mohr as the district commissioner.On a remote Brazilian Amazon plantation, a commissioner arrives with an urgent warning: an enormous army of ravenous ants is advancing. Leiningen refuses to leave, setting the stage for a tense struggle between human

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Escape - "27 the Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (Old...

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2026/09/04

Escape presents “27 the Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” originally broadcast March 27, 1949. This local archival recording is identified as episode number 4903.Adapted by Les Crutchfield from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” this CBS Escape drama follows college student John Unger as he accepts a summer invitation from his wealthy friend Percy Washington. On a remote Rocky Mountain plateau, John encounters the Washington family’s astonishingly luxurious and closely guarded

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Escape - "18 Snake Doctor" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/03

Escape presents “Snake Doctor,” originally broadcast on August 18, 1949. This local archival recording is episode 4908. Adapted by Fred Howard from Irvin S. Cobb’s short story, the CBS drama stars Jeff Chandler—billed here as Ira Grossel—along with William Conrad and Paul Frees.In the worn-out farm country around Cashier Creek, a mysterious recluse known as the Snake Doctor makes his living collecting deadly cottonmouths for their oil. His unnerving command of the snakes feeds local superstition,

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Escape - "The Rim of Terror" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/02

Escape presents “The Rim of Terror,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 12, 1950, as episode 110. Adapted by William N. Robson from Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet’s novel, the drama stars Nancy Kelly and Hans Conried.On a lonely Nevada desert highway, a young woman in a Bentley convertible gives a lift to a soaked and unsettling hitchhiker named Alex. With pursuers seemingly close behind, the ride becomes a tense Cold War-era thriller of uncertain identities, shifting appearances, and danger on the road

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Escape - "Mars Is Heaven" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/09/01

Escape presents “Mars Is Heaven,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 2, 1950. Commonly listed as episode 125, though some logs number it 113, this Ray Bradbury adaptation was written for radio by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by William N. Robson.Captain John Black leads an Earth rocket expedition to Mars, where the crew discovers a peaceful small American town that seems uncannily familiar—and far removed from the alien world they expected. Jeff Corey, Florence Bates, Paul Frees, and

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30:27

Escape - "Poison" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/08/31

Escape presents “Poison,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 28, 1950. Often listed as episode 121, this tense adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story was written for radio by James Poe and directed by William N. Robson.In Bombay, American construction workers Woody and Harry Pope face a terrifying crisis in their shared quarters when Harry becomes convinced that a deadly krait is trapped beneath his mosquito net. Jack Webb stars as Woody, with William Conrad as Harry and Jay Novello as Dr

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Escape - "Dead of Night Audition" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/08/30

Escape presents “Dead of Night Audition,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 21, 1947. This unnumbered second audition program preceded the regular Escape series, which began later that year.In this supernatural-tinged drama adapted by Charles Gusman from John Baines’s “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy,” British ventriloquist Eric Hickson faces professional pressure from an American rival as his wooden partner, Toby, becomes an increasingly disturbing presence. Berry Kroeger and Art Carney star.Escape

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Escape - "05 the Man Who Stole the Bible" (Old Time...

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2026/08/29

Escape presents “The Man Who Stole the Bible,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 5, 1950. This archival recording is identified as episode 5005. Written by John and Gwen Bagni and directed by William N. Robson, the drama stars Rick Vallin as traveling salesman Cummings.During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Cummings takes the Gideon Bible from his crowded hotel room in search of something to read. Before long, suspicious visitors, searches, and costumed strangers make the small book the center of a

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Escape - "12 the Lost Special" (Old Time Radio)

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2026/08/28

Escape presents “The Lost Special,” originally broadcast February 12, 1949. Cataloged here as episode 4902, this CBS sustaining production adapts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s railway mystery, with Ben Wright as Inspector Collins.When a special train vanishes on an English railway route, Collins must sort through trackside evidence, witness accounts, and public speculation in search of an explanation. Les Crutchfield adapted the story for radio; Norman MacDonnell produced and directed.Escape presents the

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Escape - "14 the Log of the Evening Star" (Old Time...

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2026/08/27

Escape presents “The Log of the Evening Star,” originally broadcast March 14, 1948. This archival recording is episode 4803 of Escape.First mate Harper records a troubling voyage aboard the South Seas schooner Evening Star as fear and uncertainty spread among Captain Burgess, his wife, the cook Kato, and the crew. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Alfred Noyes’s sea tale, this CBS drama stars Jack Webb and was produced and directed by William N. Robson.Escape presents the original broadcast with a

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