Episode000
Out of This World Audition
February 28, 1947
Stardust Series Spotlight
Escape Library
“Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!”
Broadcast on CBS from 1947 through 1954, Escape transported listeners from ordinary life into perilous worlds of high adventure. Its vivid adaptations and original dramas placed everyday people in desperate situations—at sea, in remote jungles, on isolated islands, and even beyond Earth—where survival depended on courage, ingenuity, and nerve.
Original Run1947–1954
NetworkCBS
FormatAdventure Anthology
Archive247 Episodes
A Great Place to Start
Begin the journey with five unforgettable adventures
- Three Skeleton Key
- Leiningen Versus the Ants
- A Shipment of Mute Fate
- The Most Dangerous Game
- Evening Primrose
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247 episodes ready to browse.
194722 broadcasts
Episode000
Dead of Night Audition
March 21, 1947
Episode001
The Man Who Would Be King
July 7, 1947
Episode002
Operation Fleur De Lys
July 14, 1947
Episode003
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
July 21, 1947
Episode004
Typhoon
July 28, 1947
Episode005
Sire De Maletroits Door
August 4, 1947
Episode006
Ring of Toth
August 11, 1947
Episode007
The Fourth Man
August 18, 1947
Episode008
The Most Dangerous Game
October 1, 1947
Episode010
A Shipment of Mute Fate
October 15, 1947
Episode011
The Fall of the House of Usher
October 22, 1947
Episode012
Pollack and the Porroh Man
October 29, 1947
Episode013
Evening Primrose
November 5, 1947
Episode014
The Young Man with the Cream Tarts
November 12, 1947
Episode015
Casting the Runes
November 19, 1947
Episode016
The Country of the Blind
November 26, 1947
Episode017
Taboo
December 3, 1947
Episode018
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
December 10, 1947
Episode019
Wild Oranges
December 17, 1947
Episode020
Back for Christmas
December 24, 1947
Episode021
Confession
December 31, 1947
194843 broadcasts
Episode022
The Second Class Passenger (ec)
January 7, 1948
Episode022
The Second Class Passenger (wc)
January 10, 1948
Episode023
Leiningen Vs the Ants (ec)
January 14, 1948
Episode023
Leiningen Vs the Ants (wc)
January 17, 1948
Episode024
Papa Benjamin (ec)
January 21, 1948
Episode024
Papa Benjamin (wc)
January 21, 1948
Episode025
Three Good Witnesses (ec)
January 28, 1948
Episode025
Three Good Witnesses (wc)
January 31, 1948
Episode026
The Vanishing Lady (ec)
February 1, 1948
Episode026
The Vanishing Lady (wc)
February 7, 1948
Episode027
Snake Doctor (ec)
February 8, 1948
Episode027
Snake Doctor (wc)
February 14, 1948
Episode028
Ancient Sorceries (ec)
February 15, 1948
Episode028
Ancient Sorceries (wc)
February 21, 1948
Episode029
How Love Came to Professor Guildea (ec)
February 22, 1948
Episode029
How Love Came to Professor Guildea (wc)
February 28, 1948
Episode030
The Grove of Ashtaroth
March 6, 1948
Episode031
Jimmy Goggles the God
March 7, 1948
Episode032
The Log of the Evening Star
March 14, 1948
Episode033
Misfortunes Isle (ec)
March 21, 1948
Episode033
Misfortunes Isle (wc)
March 21, 1948
Episode034
A Shipment of Mute Fate
March 28, 1948
Episode035
Action
April 4, 1948
Episode036
The Brute
April 11, 1948
Episode037
The Drums of the Fore and Aft
April 18, 1948
Episode038
The Fourth Man
April 25, 1948
Episode039
John Jock Todd
May 2, 1948
Episode040
The Time Machine
May 9, 1948
Episode041
The Match
May 16, 1948
Episode042
Leiningen Versus the Ants
May 23, 1948
Episode043
Beau Geste
June 6, 1948
Episode044
The Country of the Blind
June 27, 1948
Episode045
A Tooth for Paul Revere
July 4, 1948
Episode046
She
July 11, 1948
Episode047
Habit
July 18, 1948
Episode048
The Man Who Would Be King (ec)
August 1, 1948
Episode048
The Man Who Would Be King (wc)
August 1, 1948
Episode049
The Fugitive
August 15, 1948
Episode050
Ss San Pedro
August 22, 1948
Episode051
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
August 29, 1948
Episode052
Dream of Armageddon
September 5, 1948
Episode053
Evening Primrose
September 12, 1948
Episode054
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
September 19, 1948
194938 broadcasts
Episode055
The Lost Special
February 12, 1949
Episode056
Orient Express
February 19, 1949
Episode057
Red Wine
February 26, 1949
Episode058
Conquerors Isle
March 5, 1949
Episode059
He Who Rides the Tiger
March 12, 1949
Episode060
A Shipment of Mute Fate
March 13, 1949
Episode061
Finger of Doom
March 19, 1949
Episode062
Country of the Blind
March 20, 1949
Episode063
The Adaptive Ultimate
March 26, 1949
Episode064
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
March 27, 1949
Episode065
Confidential Agent
April 2, 1949
Episode066
When the Man Comes Follow Him
April 9, 1949
Episode067
The General Died at Dawn
April 16, 1949
Episode068
The Great Impersonation
April 23, 1949
Episode069
The Fourth Man
July 7, 1949
Episode070
The Drums of the Fore and Aft
July 14, 1949
Episode071
Action
July 21, 1949
Episode072
Second Class Passenger (ec)
July 28, 1949
Episode072
Second Class Passenger (wc)
July 28, 1949
Episode073
Leiningen Versus the Ants
August 4, 1949
Episode074
Red Wine
August 11, 1949
Episode075
Snake Doctor
August 18, 1949
Episode076
Evening Primrose
August 25, 1949
Episode077
The Fortune of Vargas
September 21, 1949
Episode078
Wild Oranges
September 28, 1949
Episode080
The Sure Thing
October 15, 1949
Episode081
Night in Havana (ec)
October 22, 1949
Episode081
Night in Havana (wc)
October 22, 1949
Episode083
Flood on the Goodwins
November 1, 1949
Episode084
Plunder of the Sun
November 8, 1949
Episode085
Three Skeleton Key(ec)
November 15, 1949
Episode085
Three Skeleton Key (wc)
November 15, 1949
Episode086
Maracas
November 22, 1949
Episode087
Letter from Jason
November 29, 1949
Episode088
Command
December 6, 1949
Episode089
Border Town
December 13, 1949
Episode090
Figure a Dame
December 20, 1949
Episode091
Seeds of Greed
December 27, 1949
195054 broadcasts
Episode092
The Pistol
January 3, 1950
Episode093
The Vanishing Lady
January 10, 1950
Episode094
The Sure Thing (ec)
January 17, 1950
Episode094
The Sure Thing (wc)
January 17, 1950
Episode095
Treasure Incorporated (ec)
January 24, 1950
Episode095
Treasure Incorporated (wc)
January 24, 1950
Episode096
Present Tense (ec)
January 31, 1950
Episode096
Present Tense (wc)
January 31, 1950
Episode097
The Outer Limit
February 7, 1950
Episode098
Two If by Sea
February 14, 1950
Episode099
The Red Mark
February 21, 1950
Episode100
The Man Who Won the War (ec)
February 28, 1950
Episode100
The Man Who Won the War (wc)
February 28, 1950
Episode101
Port Royal
March 10, 1950
Episode102
Three Skeleton Key
March 17, 1950
Episode103
Danger at Matecumbe
March 24, 1950
Episode104
Green Splotches
March 31, 1950
Episode105
The Ambassador of Poker
April 7, 1950
Episode106
The Golden Snake
April 14, 1950
Episode107
The Shanghai Document
April 21, 1950
Episode108
Something for Nothing
April 28, 1950
Episode109
The Man Who Stole the Bible
May 5, 1950
Episode110
The Rim of Terror
May 12, 1950
Episode111
Pass to Berlin
May 19, 1950
Episode112
Command
May 26, 1950
Episode113
Mars Is Heaven
June 2, 1950
Episode115
Serenade for a Cobra
June 16, 1950
Episode116
Sundown
June 23, 1950
Episode117
Blood Bath
June 30, 1950
Episode118
A Shipment of Mute Fate
July 7, 1950
Episode119
Shark Bait
July 14, 1950
Episode120
Yellow Wake
July 21, 1950
Episode121
Poison
July 28, 1950
Episode122
Two Came Back
August 4, 1950
Episode123
The Red Forest
August 11, 1950
Episode124
The Footprint
August 18, 1950
Episode125
Crossing Paris
August 25, 1950
Episode126
A Sleeping Draft
October 1, 1950
Episode127
Roulette
October 8, 1950
Episode128
The Power of Hammer
October 15, 1950
Episode129
The Time Machine (ec)
October 22, 1950
Episode129
The Time Machine (wc)
October 22, 1950
Episode130
Seven Hours to Freedom
October 29, 1950
Episode131
Earth Abides Part 1
November 5, 1950
Episode132
Earth Abides Part 2
November 12, 1950
Episode133
Journey into Fear
November 19, 1950
Episode134
Funeral Fires
November 26, 1950
Episode135
This Side of Nowhere
December 3, 1950
Episode136
A Passenger to Bali
December 10, 1950
Episode137
Wild Jack Rhett (ec)
December 17, 1950
Episode137
Wild Jack Rhett (wc)
December 17, 1950
Episode138
The Cave
December 24, 1950
Episode139
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (ec)
December 31, 1950
Episode139
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (wc)
December 31, 1950
195113 broadcasts
Episode140
Conquest
January 7, 1951
Episode141
A Bullet for Mr Smith (ec)
January 14, 1951
Episode141
A Bullet for Mr Smitt (wc)
January 14, 1951
Episode142
The Killer Mine
February 11, 1951
Episode143
The Follower
February 18, 1951
Episode144
The Island
July 11, 1951
Episode145
Macao
July 18, 1951
Episode146
The Earthman
July 25, 1951
Episode147
The Gladiator
August 1, 1951
Episode148
Up Periscope
August 8, 1951
Episode149
Rough Shoot
August 15, 1951
Episode150
The Silent Horror
August 22, 1951
Episode151
The Man Who Stole the Bible
August 30, 1951
195211 broadcasts
Episode152
Gringo
October 12, 1952
Episode153
The Price of the Head
October 19, 1952
Episode154
Robert of Huntingdon
October 26, 1952
Episode155
The Running Man
November 2, 1952
Episode156
The Return (ec)
November 9, 1952
Episode156
The Return (wc)
November 9, 1952
Episode157
The Loup Garou
November 16, 1952
Episode160
Incident in Quito (ec)
December 7, 1952
Episode160
Incident in Quito (wc)
December 7, 1952
Episode161
Four Went Home
December 14, 1952
Episode162
The Man Who Liked Dickens
December 21, 1952
195341 broadcasts
Episode165
Conquerors Isle
January 11, 1953
Episode166
A Matter of Conscience (ec)
January 18, 1953
Episode166
A Matter of Conscience (wc)
January 18, 1953
Episode167
Diary of a Madman
January 25, 1953
Episode168
A Study in Wax
February 1, 1953
Episode169
Jetsam
February 8, 1953
Episode170
Wild Jack Rhett
February 15, 1953
Episode171
I Saw Myself Running (ec)
February 22, 1953
Episode171
I Saw Myself Running (wc)
February 22, 1953
Episode172
The Tramp
March 1, 1953
Episode173
The Island (ec)
March 8, 1953
Episode173
The Island (wc)
March 8, 1953
Episode174
The Man with the Steel Teeth
March 15, 1953
Episode175
Pressure
March 22, 1953
Episode176
The Invader
March 29, 1953
Episode177
A Sleeping Draft
April 5, 1953
Episode179
El Guitarrero
April 19, 1953
Episode180
The Derelict
April 26, 1953
Episode181
Lili and the Colonel
May 3, 1953
Episode182
The Vessel of Wrath
May 10, 1953
Episode183
North of Polaris
May 17, 1953
Episode185
A Good Thing
May 31, 1953
Episode186
The Voyages of Sinbad
June 7, 1953
Episode187
Clear for Action
June 14, 1953
Episode188
The Far Away Island
June 21, 1953
Episode190
A Source of Irritation
July 5, 1953
Episode191
The Out Station
July 12, 1953
Episode192
The Open Boat
July 19, 1953
Episode193
The Notebook
July 26, 1953
Episode194
The Red Foret
August 2, 1953
Episode195
Three Skeleton Key
August 9, 1953
Episode196
The Thirteenth Truck
August 16, 1953
Episode197
The Man from Tomorrow
August 23, 1953
Episode198
The Game
August 30, 1953
Episode199
Train from Oebisfelde (ec)
September 6, 1953
Episode199
Train from Oebisfelde (wc)
September 6, 1953
Episode200
The Abominable Snowman
September 13, 1953
Episode201
The Log
September 20, 1953
Episode202
The Untouchable
September 27, 1953
Episode203
Zero Hour
October 4, 1953
Episode204
Elementals
October 11, 1953
195425 broadcasts
Episode205
The Bird of Paradise
March 11, 1954
Episode206
Violent Night
March 18, 1954
Episode207
The Second Shot
March 25, 1954
Episode208
The Return
April 1, 1954
Episode209
The Scarlet Plague
April 8, 1954
Episode210
Affair at Mandrake
April 15, 1954
Episode211
The Adversary
May 6, 1954
Episode212
An Ordinary Man
June 3, 1954
Episode213
Benscelina and the Fisherman
June 10, 1954
Episode214
Blood Waters
June 17, 1954
Episode215
Judgment Day at Crippled Deer
June 24, 1954
Episode216
The Dark Wall
July 1, 1954
Episode217
The Birds
July 10, 1954
Episode218
Eye of Evil
July 17, 1954
Episode219
Flood on the Goodwins
July 24, 1954
Episode220
Night of the Guns
July 31, 1954
Episode221
The Price of the Head
August 7, 1954
Episode222
The Coward
August 14, 1954
Episode223
Two and Two Make Four
August 21, 1954
Episode224
The King of Owanatu
August 28, 1954
Episode225
The Boiling Sea
September 4, 1954
Episode226
Carnival in Vienna (ec)
September 11, 1954
Episode226
Carnival in Vienna (wc)
September 11, 1954
Episode227
The Target
September 18, 1954
Episode228
The Heart of Kali
September 25, 1954
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