Escape | Old Time Radio

Escape presents “The Voyages of Sinbad,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 7, 1953. Common episode listings identify it as episode 186. This Antony Ellis adaptation draws on the traditional Sinbad tales of The Thousand and One Nights.

In Baghdad, the weary Sinbad the Porter is invited into the home of the prosperous Sinbad the Sailor, who begins the account of one of his extraordinary journeys. Ben Wright stars as Sinbad in this Arabian Nights adventure of distant seas, strange lands, and perilous encounters.

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
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:13 Closing

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Escape presents “02 the Red Forest,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on August 2, 1953. This archival recording is episode number 5308. Written and directed by Antony Ellis, it stars William Conrad as Wally and Georgia Ellis as Jan.

A motorist becomes trapped in a Western mountain forest as a major wildfire closes in. With flames, smoke, and mounting tension surrounding a small group of stranded people, survival becomes a desperate race against the advancing blaze.

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
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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From the radio anthology Escape, “Flood on the Goodwins” is presented from a local archival recording. The original broadcast date and episode number are not supplied.

This archival drama concerns a flood and its impact on the Goodwins.

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
00:17 Original Broadcast
29:48 Closing

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Escape presents “The Price of the Head,” originally broadcast August 7, 1954. This local archival recording is identified as episode 5408.

In the South Pacific, drunken outcast Christopher Pellett flees after a deadly barroom brawl, setting out by outrigger canoe with Karaki, a Bougainville native whose determined care raises unsettling questions. Ben Wright stars as Pellett and Hans Conried as Karaki in this John Meston adaptation of John Russell’s story.

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
30:18 Closing

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Escape presents “Two and Two Make Four,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 21, 1954. Cataloged as episode 236 in the established broadcast log, this late-season psychological mystery stars Shepard Menken and features Joyce McCluskey. It was written for radio by Walter Brown Newman.

After an assault in Calais, a merchant sailor awakens in England with no memory of crossing the Channel. As he tries to account for the missing time, unsettling clues and doubts about his own perceptions draw him deeper into a mystery spanning France, England, and the foggy divide between them.

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
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:28 Closing

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Escape presents “The Dark Wall,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on July 1, 1954. This late-run episode is commonly listed as episode 216, written by Kathleen Hite and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

In the high Pyrenees, Alan and his wife Joyce enter Andorra seeking help after a frightening emergency. Their search leads them along narrow mountain roads to an isolated stone village, where shelter is offered—but the wary inhabitants and Joyce’s worsening condition leave Alan increasingly uneasy. John Dana and Joyce McCluskey star.

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
30:20 Closing

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Escape presents “The Return,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on April 1, 1954, as episode 208. Written by Kathleen Hite and produced by Norman Macdonnell, this sustaining broadcast stars Lawrence Dobkin as Reeser.

In a walled North African city, a weary traveler tells a blind beggar that he longs to escape life’s endless struggle. The beggar offers to guide him to a “perfect place,” setting off an eerie, parable-like journey through desert-city mystery.

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
00:48 Original Broadcast
29:50 Closing

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Escape presents “The Derelict,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 26, 1953. Commonly cataloged as episode 180, this sustaining broadcast was written for radio by Larry Roman from a story by Victor Schwartz and directed by Antony Ellis.

A drifting ship in the Indian Ocean becomes an uneasy refuge for four survivors—one woman and three men—along with a cargo of gold. As isolation and uncertainty close in, survival, mistrust, and greed test the fragile alliance aboard the abandoned vessel. The cast includes Charlotte Lawrence, Ben Wright, and Charlie Lung.

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
00:46 Original Broadcast
29:30 Closing

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Escape presents “The Man from Tomorrow,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 23, 1953. Episode 197 features Lawrence Dobkin in an original radio play by Irving Reis, directed by Antony Ellis.

A former fighter pilot volunteers for a scientific experiment designed to push ordinary human senses beyond their natural limits. As the tests deepen, this psychological science-fiction drama explores perception, power, and the unsettling cost of becoming more than human.

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
00:46 Original Broadcast
29:53 Closing

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Escape presents “Ancient Sorceries,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on February 15, 1948. Episode 28 of the series adapts Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural short story, with Paul Frees, William Conrad, and Jeff Corey featured in the cast.

A traveler’s overnight stop in an isolated Welsh village turns unsettling when its quiet, watchful residents seem to know him—though he is certain he has never visited before. Adapted by Les Crutchfield and directed by William N. Robson, this eerie tale gradually draws its stranger deeper into the village’s uncanny atmosphere.

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
30:18 Closing

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