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 vi...
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Sep 28, 2026 · 30:39
Escape presents “The Second Class Passenger,” episode 4801, originally broadcast January 10, 1948. This West Coast airing of the CBS suspense series adapts Perceval Gibbon’s 1913…
Sep 27, 2026 · 30:27
Escape presents “17 Leiningen Vs the Ants,” episode 4801, originally broadcast January 17, 1948. This CBS drama is the West Coast performance of Robert Ryf’s adaptation of Carl…
Sep 26, 2026 · 30:22
Escape presents “The Fourth Man,” originally broadcast July 7, 1949, as episode 4907. This CBS production stars Lawrence Dobkin as narrator and adapts John Russell’s short story…
Sep 25, 2026 · 30:34
Escape presents “Papa Benjamin ALT1,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 24, 1948, as episode 27. This alternate production adapts Cornell Woolrich’s story “Papa Benjamin,”…
Sep 24, 2026 · 30:20
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…
Sep 23, 2026 · 30:25
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…
Sep 22, 2026 · 30:13
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…
Sep 21, 2026 · 30:21
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…
Sep 20, 2026 · 30:29
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…
Sep 19, 2026 · 30:24
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…
Sep 18, 2026 · 30:29
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…
Sep 17, 2026 · 30:39
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,…
Sep 16, 2026 · 30:26
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…
Sep 15, 2026 · 30:22
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…
Sep 14, 2026 · 30:28
Escape presents “Three Good Witnesses,” originally broadcast January 31, 1948, as episode 4801. This CBS thriller was adapted by John Dunkel from a Harold Lamb story and directed…
Sep 13, 2026 · 30:30
Escape presents “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 29, 1948. This archival recording is episode 4808. In Les Crutchfield’s adaptation of F.…
Sep 12, 2026 · 30:34
Escape presents “How Love Came to Professor Guildea,” episode 4802, originally broadcast February 22, 1948. This local archival Escape recording adapts Robert Smythe Hichens’s…
Sep 11, 2026 · 30:25
Escape presents “Three Skeleton Key,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 9, 1953. This archival recording is episode 5308. Adapted by James Poe from Georges-Gustave Toudouze’s…
Sep 10, 2026 · 30:13
Escape presents “Evening Primrose,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 12, 1948. This archival recording is episode number 4809. Disillusioned poet Charles Snell, played by…
Sep 9, 2026 · 30:24
Escape presents “Red Wine,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 11, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4908; the drama is commonly cataloged as Escape…
Sep 8, 2026 · 30:27
Escape presents “28 Wild Oranges,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 28, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4909. Adapted by John Dunkel from Joseph…
Sep 7, 2026 · 31:07
Escape presents “The Drums of the Fore and Aft,” originally broadcast July 14, 1949. Episode 4907. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Rudyard Kipling’s short story, this CBS…
Sep 6, 2026 · 30:30
Escape presents “The Killer Mine,” episode 142 of the CBS adventure anthology, originally broadcast February 11, 1951. John Dehner stars in this adaptation of Hammond Innes’s…
Sep 5, 2026 · 30:19
Escape presents “04 Leiningen Vs the Ants,” originally broadcast August 4, 1949. This archival recording is identified as episode 4908. Adapted by Robert Ryf from Carl…
Sep 4, 2026 · 30:38
Escape presents “27 the Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” originally broadcast March 27, 1949. This local archival recording is identified as episode number 4903. Adapted by Les…
Sep 3, 2026 · 30:32
Escape presents “Snake Doctor,” originally broadcast on August 18, 1949. This local archival recording is episode 4908. Adapted by Fred Howard from Irvin S. Cobb’s short story,…
Sep 2, 2026 · 30:14
Escape presents “The Rim of Terror,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 12, 1950, as episode 110. Adapted by William N. Robson from Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet’s novel, the drama…
Sep 1, 2026 · 30:31
Escape presents “Mars Is Heaven,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 2, 1950. Commonly listed as episode 125, though some logs number it 113, this Ray Bradbury adaptation was…
Aug 31, 2026 · 30:27
Escape presents “Poison,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 28, 1950. Often listed as episode 121, this tense adaptation of Roald Dahl’s short story was written for radio by…
Aug 30, 2026 · 25:30
Escape presents “Dead of Night Audition,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 21, 1947. This unnumbered second audition program preceded the regular Escape series, which began…
Aug 29, 2026 · 30:31
Escape presents “The Man Who Stole the Bible,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 5, 1950. This archival recording is identified as episode 5005. Written by John and Gwen Bagni…
Aug 28, 2026 · 30:32
Escape presents “The Lost Special,” originally broadcast February 12, 1949. Cataloged here as episode 4902, this CBS sustaining production adapts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s railway…
Aug 27, 2026 · 30:29
Escape presents “The Log of the Evening Star,” originally broadcast March 14, 1948. This archival recording is episode 4803 of Escape. First mate Harper records a troubling…
Aug 26, 2026 · 29:42
Escape presents “28 the Man Who Won the War ALT1,” originally broadcast February 28, 1950. This archival recording is identified as episode 5002; established Escape catalogs also…
Aug 25, 2026 · 30:35
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,…
Aug 24, 2026 · 30:23
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…
Aug 23, 2026 · 30:28
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…
Aug 22, 2026 · 30:30
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…
Aug 21, 2026 · 30:27
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…
Aug 20, 2026 · 30:31
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…
Aug 19, 2026 · 30:19
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…
Aug 18, 2026 · 30:18
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…
Aug 17, 2026 · 25:17
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…
Aug 16, 2026 · 30:30
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…
Aug 15, 2026 · 30:25
Escape presents “Leiningen Versus the Ants,” originally broadcast on May 23, 1948. Episode 42 of CBS’s adventure anthology stars William Conrad as the fiercely determined…
Aug 14, 2026 · 30:21
Escape presents “Three Skeleton Key -William Conrad- -2,” episode 85 of the CBS radio series Escape, originally broadcast November 15, 1949. On an isolated lighthouse rock off…
Aug 14, 2026 · 30:14
Escape presents “Three Skeleton Key -William Conrad- -1,” episode 85 of the CBS series Escape, originally broadcast November 15, 1949. At an isolated lighthouse off the coast of…
Aug 14, 2026 · 30:23
Escape presents “Three Skeleton Key,” episode 102, originally broadcast on March 17, 1950. This listener-requested repeat adaptation stars Vincent Price as lighthouse keeper…
Aug 14, 2026 · 28:55
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - Clear For Action [episode 187] Broadcast 6/14/1953, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old…
Aug 13, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - Danger At Matecumbe [episode 103] Broadcast 3/24/1950, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic…
Aug 12, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - When The Man Comes Follow Him [episode 66] Broadcast 4/9/1949, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Aug 11, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - Present Tense [episode 96] Broadcast 1/31/1950, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old…
Aug 10, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - Border Town [episode 89] Broadcast 12/13/1949, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time…
Aug 9, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comThis episode features Escape - Pressure [episode 175] Broadcast 3/22/1953, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time…
Aug 7, 2026 · 29:15
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - A Shipment Of Mute Fate -Harry Bartell [episode 34] Broadcast 3/28/1948, a restored classic from the golden age…
Jul 31, 2026 · 28:14
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Misfortunes Isle -National Broadcast [episode 33] Broadcast 3/21/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jul 24, 2026 · 29:21
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Misfortunes Isle -National Broadcast [episode 33] Broadcast 3/21/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jul 9, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Log Of The Evening Star -National Broadcast [episode 32] Broadcast 3/14/1948, a restored classic from the…
Jul 2, 2026 · 28:01
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Jimmy Goggles The God -National Broadcast [episode 31] Broadcast 3/7/1948, a restored classic from the golden age…
Jun 25, 2026 · 29:01
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Grove Of Ashtaroth -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 30] Broadcast 3/6/1948, a restored…
Jun 18, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - How Love Came To Professor Guildea -National Broadcast Different Productio [episode 29] Broadcast 2/28/1948, a…
Jun 11, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - How Love Came To Professor Guildea -National Broadcast [episode 29] Broadcast 2/22/1948, a restored classic from…
Jun 4, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Ancient Sorceries -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 28] Broadcast 2/21/1948, a restored classic…
May 28, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Ancient Sorceries -National Broadcast [episode 28] Broadcast 2/15/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of…
May 21, 2026 · 29:32
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Snake Doctor -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 27] Broadcast 2/14/1948, a restored classic from…
May 14, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Snake Doctor -National Broadcast [episode 27] Broadcast 2/8/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of…
May 7, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Vanishing Lady -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 26] Broadcast 2/7/1948, a restored classic…
Apr 23, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Three Good Witnesses -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 25] Broadcast 1/31/1948, a restored…
Apr 9, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Papa Benjamin -National Broadcast Different Production [episode 24] Broadcast 1/24/1948, a restored classic from…
Mar 26, 2026 · 29:44
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Papa Benjamin -National Broadcast [episode 24] Broadcast 1/21/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Mar 26, 2026 · 29:37
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Leiningen Vs The Ants -National Broadcast [episode 23] Broadcast 1/14/1948, a restored classic from the golden…
Mar 26, 2026 · 29:36
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Second Class Passenger -National Broadcast [episode 22] Broadcast 1/7/1948, a restored classic from the…
Mar 21, 2026 · 29:27
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Confession [episode 21] Broadcast 12/31/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time…
Mar 12, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Back For Christmas [episode 20] Broadcast 12/24/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic…
Mar 5, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Wild Oranges -William Conrad [episode 19] Broadcast 12/17/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio.…
Feb 27, 2026 · 29:33
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge [episode 18] Broadcast 12/10/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Feb 19, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Taboo [episode 17] Broadcast 12/3/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio…
Feb 12, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Country Of The Blind [episode 16] Broadcast 11/26/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Feb 6, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Casting The Runes [episode 15] Broadcast 11/19/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic…
Jan 30, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Young Man With The Cream Tarts [episode 14] Broadcast 11/12/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jan 23, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Evening Primrose -Elliott Lewis [episode 13] Broadcast 11/5/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jan 21, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Pollack And The Porroh Man [episode 12] Broadcast 10/29/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Jan 20, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Fall Of The House Of Usher [episode 11] Broadcast 10/22/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jan 18, 2026 · 24:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - A Shipment Of Mute Fate -Jack Webb [episode 10] Broadcast 10/15/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of…
Jan 18, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Most Dangerous Game [episode 8] Broadcast 10/1/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Jan 17, 2026 · 29:32
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Fourth Man -Paul Frees [episode 7] Broadcast 8/18/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Jan 15, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Ring Of Thoth [episode 6] Broadcast 8/11/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old…
Jan 14, 2026 · 29:33
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Sire De Maletroits Door [episode 5] Broadcast 8/4/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Jan 14, 2026 · 29:30
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Typhoon [episode 4] Broadcast 7/28/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time…
Jan 13, 2026 · 29:30
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Diamond As Big As The Ritz -Jack Edwards Jr [episode 3] Broadcast 7/21/1947, a restored classic from the…
Jan 12, 2026 · 29:31
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - Operation Fleur De Lys [episode 2] Broadcast 7/14/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A…
Jan 10, 2026 · 29:35
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Escape - The Man Who Would Be King -Raymond Lawrence [episode 1] Broadcast 7/7/1947, a restored classic from the golden…
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