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  • Escape - "Misfortunes Isle ALT2" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "Misfortunes Isle ALT2" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/07
    Escape presents “Misfortunes Isle ALT2,” originally broadcast March 21, 1948, and generally listed as episode 33. This CBS seafaring adventure was adapted by Les Crutchfield from Richard Matthews Hallet’s story “Misfortune’s Isle,” with William N. Robson producing and directing.

    In 1790 Manila, American trader Captain Arad sees opportunity in the pirate threat near Borneo. With his friend Yang Po and their crews, he sets out toward Misfortune’s Isle on a dangerous voyage shaped by colonial politics, uncertain alliances, and the perils of the sea. Paul Frees stars as Arad, joined by Virginia Gregg and William Conrad.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    29:05 Closing

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    29 分
  • Escape - "20 the Country of the Blind" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "20 the Country of the Blind" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/06
    Escape presents “20 the Country of the Blind,” episode 4903, originally broadcast March 20, 1949. This CBS adaptation of H. G. Wells’s “The Country of the Blind” was written by John Dunkel and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, starring Edmond O’Brien as mountain guide Juan Nuñez.

    After surviving a perilous journey in Ecuador’s high Andes, Nuñez finds an isolated valley community whose understanding of the world challenges everything he knows. Berry Kroeger and Peggy Webber co-star in this fantastical adventure of discovery, communication, and belonging.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:55 Original Broadcast
    30:47 Closing

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    31 分
  • Escape - "The Return ALT1" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "The Return ALT1" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/05
    Escape presents “The Return,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 1, 1954, as episode 208. This Kathleen Hite drama was directed by Norman Macdonnell and features Lawrence Dobkin and William Conrad.

    In a walled North African city, a weary traveler confides in a blind beggar about his wish to leave hardship behind and find a perfect refuge. The beggar offers a path toward that dream, setting the traveler on an unsettling, parable-like search for the life he believes he wants.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:48 Original Broadcast
    28:49 Closing

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    29 分
  • Escape - "23 Leiningen Vs the Ants" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "23 Leiningen Vs the Ants" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/04
    Escape presents “23 Leiningen Vs the Ants,” originally broadcast May 23, 1948. This archival recording is identified as episode number 4805. William Conrad stars as Leiningen in Robert Ryf’s radio adaptation of Carl Stephenson’s “Leiningen Versus the Ants,” directed by Norman Macdonnell.

    At an isolated Amazon jungle plantation, Leiningen receives a dire warning from a district commissioner: an immense army of deadly ants is advancing. Determined not to abandon his land or the people depending on him, he prepares to face an unstoppable force of nature with nerve, planning, and every resource available.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    30:22 Closing

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    31 分
  • Escape - "28 a Shipment of Mute Fate" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "28 a Shipment of Mute Fate" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/03
    Escape presents “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” originally broadcast March 28, 1948. This archival recording is identified as episode 4803.

    At Venezuela’s port of La Guaira, zoologist Chris Warner insists on bringing a captured bushmaster snake aboard the liner Chancay for its voyage to New York. Captain Wood fears the consequences of carrying such dangerous cargo, while a tense shipboard search turns the crossing into a voyage of mounting dread. Harry Bartell, Berry Kroeger, and Peggy Webber star in this adaptation of a Martin Storm story, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:56 Original Broadcast
    30:10 Closing

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    30 分
  • Escape - "25 Evening Primrose" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "25 Evening Primrose" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/02
    Escape presents “Evening Primrose,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 25, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4908. Adapted by John Dunkel from John Collier’s short story, it stars Harry Bartell and Vivi Janiss.

    Disillusioned poet Charles Snell seeks solitude by hiding in a vast department store after closing, only to find that its shadowed aisles may not be as empty as they seem. Directed by Norman Macdonnell, this eerie fantasy transforms a familiar store into a strange after-hours world.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    30:35 Closing

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    31 分
  • Escape - "07 the Vanishing Lady" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "07 the Vanishing Lady" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/10/01
    Escape presents “07 the Vanishing Lady,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 1, 1948. This archival recording is episode 4802. Written and directed by William N. Robson, the drama adapts Alexander Woollcott’s celebrated “vanishing lady” tale.

    At Paris’s Great Exposition, Cynthia Winship takes her ailing mother to the Grand Hotel Universal. A brief search for a doctor and medicine turns into a disorienting ordeal as Cynthia tries to make sense of what has happened. Joan Banks stars as Cynthia, with Hy Averback and Peggy Webber.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:57 Original Broadcast
    30:27 Closing

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    31 分
  • Escape - "11 Conqueror's Isle" (Old Time Radio)

    Escape - "11 Conqueror's Isle" (Old Time Radio)
    2026/09/30
    Escape presents “11 Conqueror’s Isle,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 11, 1953. This archival recording is identified as episode 5301 and adapts Nelson S. Bond’s short story “Conqueror’s Isle.”

    Years after his wartime bomber vanished over the South China Sea, Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant Brady is found adrift and placed under medical observation. As he recounts a storm-lashed flight and an emergency landing on a remote island, his physician struggles to accept the extraordinary tale. John Stevenson stars.

    Escape presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    27:41 Closing

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    28 分