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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 classic radio’s most acclaimed anthology series, adapting powerful stories of adventure, danger, horror, and suspense. Rediscover classic old time radio adventure, suspense, mystery, survival stories, thriller drama, and vintage radio.
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- Yesterday25 min
Escape - "A Shipment of Mute Fate" (Old Time Radio)
Escape presents “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” an archival episode of the CBS adventure anthology. The exact original broadcast date and episode number are not identified; Escape produced the same Les Crutchfield adaptation four times between 1947 and 1950.A zoological collector, Chris Warner, boards a passenger ship sailing from Venezuela to New York with a live bushmaster snake—dangerous cargo that soon turns the voyage into a tense, close-quarters search at sea. Adapted from Martin Storm’s short story, this suspenseful tale unfolds under the watch of Captain Wood.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 Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast25:14 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 2 days ago29 min
Escape - "Judgment Day at Crippled Deer" (Old Time Radio)
Escape presents “Judgment Day at Crippled Deer,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 24, 1954. Commonly indexed as episode 215, this Yukon-set drama was written by Les Crutchfield and directed by Norman MacDonnell.As a winter blizzard closes in on an isolated northern outpost, four people must confront a troubling absence and a grave accusation. Cut off from outside authority and facing the prospect of months of isolation, they attempt to administer their own harsh frontier justice. The cast includes Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Lou Krugman, Georgia Ellis, James Nusser, and Clayton Post.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 Introduction00:52 Original Broadcast29:19 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 3 days ago30 min
Escape - "The Voyages of Sinbad" (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 Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast30:13 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 4 days ago30 min
Escape - "02 the Red Forest" (Old Time Radio)
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 Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast30:16 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 5 days ago29 min
Escape - "Flood on the Goodwins" (Old Time Radio)
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 Introduction00:17 Original Broadcast29:48 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 6 days ago30 min
Escape - "07 the Price of the Head" (Old Time Radio)
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 Introduction00:48 Original Broadcast30:18 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 1 weeks ago30 min
Escape - "Two and Two Make Four" (Old Time Radio)
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 Introduction00:53 Original Broadcast30:28 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 1 weeks ago30 min
Escape - "The Dark Wall" (Old Time Radio)
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 Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast30:20 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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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 classic radio’s most acclaimed anthology series, adapting powerful stories of adventure, danger, horror, and suspense. Rediscover classic old time radio adventure, suspense, mystery, survival stories, thriller drama, and vintage radio.
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