In 1429 Paris, Denny de Boley, a young man lost in the dark streets while fleeing English soldiers, slips through an unlocked door and finds himself inside the house of the Sire de Maletroits. The Sire accuses him of an improper visit to the house and forces him to face a choice. Denny is pressed to marry the Sire's niece, Blanche, or be hanged from the window. Escape presents the Robert Louis Stevenson tale The Sire de Maletroit's Door, a 1947 episode of the series. Elliot Lewis plays Denny, Peggy Weber plays Blanche, and Ramsay Hill plays the Sire.

With Denny de Boley, Blanche de Maletroit, The Sire de Maletroit, Messire Francois.

Listen for: The Sire's ingenious traps, including the locked door and the water clock that counts down the two hours

First aired on August 4, 1947.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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In ancient Egypt, a priest named Sosra and his friend Parmis, both students of the temple of Osiris, discover a fluid that grants a long life. Sosra falls in love with Atma, daughter of the governor of Abaris, and presses her to share the elixir so they can be together for thousands of years. Escape presents this sixth episode, The Ring of Thoth, adapted from a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first broadcast on August 11, 1947. Jack Webb and Joan Banks lead the cast, with Thomas Breen as the narrator. The story is told through a framing narrative set in the Louvre in Paris, where an Egyptologist encounters an attendant with an unusual appearance who has come to recover a sacred ring.

With Sosra, Parmis, Atma, John Vance Smith.

Listen for: The narrator's first encounter with the attendant in the Louvre, and Sosra's persuasion of Atma to take the elixir

First aired on August 11, 1947.

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Dr. Dubose, Fenoreau and Perret escape from the penal colony at Numea in the South Pacific on a crude raft, carrying a fourth man who steers it for them. Their rescue ship fails to appear, and water becomes scarce as the three convicts grow suspicious of each other and of the silent native steersman. The episode is the Escape broadcast of August 18, 1947, featuring Paul Frees as Dr. Dubose, adapted from John Russell's story The Fourth Man. The men's tension mounts over the water supply and their views of the native, who keeps his own counsel throughout the long, sun-scorched days at sea.

With Dr. Dubose, Fenoreau, Perret, The fourth man.

Listen for: The three convicts' growing suspicion of one another and of the silent native steering the raft, as their water supply runs low.

First aired on August 18, 1947.

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