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Escape presents “21 the Red Mark,” originally broadcast February 21, 1950. This archival recording is episode 5002 of the series.

At a French penal colony on New Caledonia, convict-barber Domai lives among prisoners known as the “living dead.” When fellow inmate Bijou faces the colony’s executioner, Domai becomes involved in a dangerous struggle amid guarded walls, tropical terrain, and the possibility of escape. William Conrad stars as Domai in this CBS sustaining drama, adapted from John Russell’s story “The Red Mark” and produced and 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
00:57 Original Broadcast
30:28 Closing

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Escape presents “Typhoon,” originally broadcast July 28, 1947. This archival recording is cataloged locally as episode 4707; the matching CBS broadcast was the fourth regular episode of the series.

Adapted from Joseph Conrad’s maritime tale, the drama follows Chief Mate Mr. Jukes aboard the China-coast steamer Nan-Shan as Captain MacWhirr guides a shipload of Chinese laborers from Singapore toward Foochow—and into worsening weather in the China Seas. Frank Lovejoy stars in this William N. Robson production.

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
30:16 Closing

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Escape presents “28 the Man Who Won the War ALT2,” originally broadcast February 28, 1950. This local archival recording is identified as episode 5002.

On a North Sea patrol in October 1914, an English destroyer commander receives a desperate signal from the Flanders coast and is drawn into a perilous wartime mystery involving an extraordinary claim about the course of World War I. Adapted by producer-director William N. Robson from Robert Buckner’s short story, the CBS drama features John Dehner, Ben Wright, and Paul Frees.

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
30:22 Closing

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Escape presents “The Rim of Terror,” originally broadcast May 12, 1950. This archival recording is identified as episode 5005; established episode logs list the broadcast as Escape episode 110. Nancy Kelly and Hans Conried star in this CBS/Richfield Oil thriller, adapted by William N. Robson from Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet’s novel.

On a lonely Nevada highway near Winnemucca, Elizabeth Whitehill offers a ride to a soaked, bedraggled hitchhiker named Alex. Before long, her desert drive becomes a tense Cold War-era flight from danger, with her Bentley convertible and faithful Chinook dog along for the ride.

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
30:24 Closing

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Escape presents “The Killer Mine,” originally broadcast February 11, 1951, as episode 5102. This CBS suspense adventure stars John Dehner and was adapted by Antony Ellis from Hammond Innes’s 1947 novel.

In Cornwall, British Army deserter and hard-rock miner Jim Pryce accepts no-questions-asked work in an abandoned tin mine beneath the sea. The job soon places his mining skills—and his nerve—against the dangers of deep stone workings and the Atlantic beyond 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
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:20 Closing

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Escape presents “21 Ancient Sorceries,” episode 4802, originally broadcast February 21, 1948. This CBS adaptation of Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural story was written for radio by Les Crutchfield and features Paul Frees as traveler Arthur Llewellyn, with William Conrad in the cast.

During a train journey, Llewellyn pauses in a remote Welsh village where the residents seem oddly watchful and the atmosphere grows increasingly ancient and unsettling. Drawn toward the mysterious Ilse and the village’s unfamiliar customs, he finds an ordinary stopover taking a strange turn.

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
30:23 Closing

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Escape presents “15 Three Skeleton Key ALT1,” originally broadcast November 15, 1949. This local archival recording is episode number 4911.

On a remote lighthouse station off French Guiana, three keepers watch a derelict ship drift toward their rocky refuge. Soon, Jean, Louis, and Auguste face a mounting threat in this tense adaptation of George G. Toudouze’s “Three Skeleton Key,” adapted for radio by James Poe and featuring Elliott Reid, William Conrad, and Harry Bartell.

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
30:11 Closing

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Escape presents “28 Poison,” originally broadcast July 28, 1950. This archival recording is identified as episode 5007.

Adapted by James Poe from Roald Dahl’s short story “Poison,” this CBS suspense drama finds American contractor Harry Pope frozen with fear in his bedroom in India, convinced a deadly krait is hidden beneath his bedclothes. William Conrad, Jack Webb, and Jay Novello star in this tightly wound drama directed and produced by William N. Robson; it includes period racial slurs.

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
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:11 Closing

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Escape presents “21 Dead of Night Audition,” episode 4703, originally broadcast March 21, 1947. This CBS audition/pilot adapts “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy,” the John Baines story from Ealing Studios’ 1945 anthology film Dead of Night.

British ventriloquist Eric Hickson finds his career and personal balance disturbed by an American rival—and by Toby, his wooden stage partner, whose presence becomes increasingly unsettling. Berry Kroeger stars as Hickson, with Art Carney as Toby; the drama was written by Charles Gusman and directed by John Moseman.

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
00:40 Original Broadcast
25:11 Closing

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Escape presents “02 Mars Is Heaven,” originally broadcast June 2, 1950. This archival recording is episode 5006.

In Ray Bradbury’s eerie science-fiction tale, framed as a live broadcast from a New Mexico rocket launch, Captain John Black and the crew of the Venture make humanity’s first voyage to Mars. Their arrival brings an impossible vision of familiar small-town America, turning discovery into a haunting encounter with memory and the unknown. Adapted for radio by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by William N. Robson, the CBS production features Stuart Novins, Jeff Corey, and Paul Frees.

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
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:24 Closing

Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio