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Escape presents “Classified Secret,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 12, 1953. Written, produced, and directed by Antony Ellis, this espionage drama stars Parley Baer and Miriam Kruschen.

Charlie Rader boards an eastbound bus from North Hollywood bound for New York, only to find that his fellow passengers may know far more about him—and the secret he carries—than they should. As the coach crosses the Southwest, a chance acquaintance named Julie Spaulding joins him on an increasingly uneasy journey.

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
00:42 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Escape presents “26 Command” (also listed as “Command”), originally broadcast May 26, 1950. This archival recording is episode 5005.

Adapted by William N. Robson from James Warner Bellah’s Western short story, this CBS frontier-cavalry drama follows young Lieutenant Flint Cohill as he clashes with the seasoned Captain Nathan Brittles during a dangerous patrol in the American Southwest. Harry Bartell and John Hoyt star in a tense story of duty, judgment, and the burdens of command.

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
30:17 Closing

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Escape presents “13 a Shipment of Mute Fate,” originally broadcast March 13, 1949. This archival episode is identified as episode 4903. John Lund stars in this CBS Escape production, adapted by Les Crutchfield from a story by Martin Storm and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

A voyage from Venezuela becomes a voyage of terror when a live bushmaster snake is no longer securely contained aboard an ocean liner. With the ship at sea and nowhere to run, passengers and crew face a silent, deadly danger in this tense maritime thriller.

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
00:35 Original Broadcast
30:06 Closing

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Escape presents “The Fourth Man,” originally broadcast April 25, 1948. This archival recording is identified as episode 4804. Adapted by Irving Ravetch from John Russell’s South Seas story, the CBS drama was directed and produced by William N. Robson.

Four very different men are crowded into a life raft in the South Pacific off Nouméa. With three fugitives from a French penal colony among them, the struggle to survive becomes a tense test of fear, judgment, and trust. The cast includes Berry Kroeger, Joseph Kearns, and Jay Novello.

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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Escape presents “27 the Country of the Blind,” originally broadcast June 27, 1948. This local archival recording is identified as episode number 4806.

Adapted by John Dunkel from H. G. Wells’s classic story, the drama follows mountain guide Juan Nunez, lost high in the Andes, as he discovers a remote valley cut off from the outside world. There he encounters a community whose understanding of reality challenges everything he knows. Paul Frees stars as Nunez in this CBS Radio production directed by William N. Robson.

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
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:19 Closing

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Escape presents “30 the Man Who Stole the Bible,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 30, 1951. This archival episode is cataloged as episode 5108. Written by John and Gwen Bagni and produced and directed by William N. Robson, it stars Sam Pearce as traveling salesman Cummings.

In Mardi Gras-era New Orleans, Cummings takes a Gideon Bible from hotel room 302 just to pass the time while awaiting a call. Soon, suspicious strangers, a questionable house detective, and unnerving costumed figures make the little book seem far more dangerous than it first appeared.

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
30:17 Closing

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Escape presents “Action,” originally broadcast July 21, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4907. Joseph Kearns stars in this CBS production, written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Norman MacDonnell, adapted from a short story by C. E. Montague.

High in the Swiss Alps, experienced mountaineer Christopher Bell faces a solitary climb across a dangerous glacier as darkness closes in. When a cry for help carries across the ice, endurance, fear, and the necessity of action collide on a sheer mountain face.

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
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:20 Closing

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Escape presents “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” originally broadcast July 7, 1950. This archival recording is episode 5007, identified in Escape logs as episode 118.

In La Guaira, Venezuela, young zoologist Chris Warner prepares to bring a dangerously venomous bushmaster snake aboard the ocean liner Chancay. At sea, an uneasy voyage becomes a tense shipboard ordeal in close quarters. The production was adapted by Les Crutchfield from a story by Martin Storm, directed and produced by William N. Robson, and features David Ellis 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
00:59 Original Broadcast
30:29 Closing

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Escape presents “She,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 11, 1948. This adaptation of H. Rider Haggard’s classic adventure novel is commonly listed as episode 46, though episode numbering varies among surviving catalogs. The radio adaptation is credited to Les Crutchfield and features Berry Kroeger, Larry Dobkin, Kaye Brinker, and William Conrad.

Archibald Holly, Leo Vincey, and their servant Job journey into remote Africa, where they discover an isolated civilization ruled by the beautiful, formidable queen known only as She. Their expedition leads them into a mysterious realm—and toward the secret of Leo’s connection to its powerful ruler.

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
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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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 signal from shore against the demands of war. Framed by a later British inquiry into Bradman’s wartime conduct, the story builds toward the grave consequences of one command decision.

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
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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