Escape, Collection 2 Audiobook (Free)

Get away was radio’s leading anthology group of high-adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 until Sept 25, 1954. The series’ well-remembered starting combined Mussorgsky’s Night time on Bald Hill with this introduction, as intoned by Paul Frees and/or William Conrad: “Tired from the everyday grind? Ever imagine a lifestyle of romantic experience? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!” Following the opening theme, a second announcer (generally Roy Rowan) would add: “Get away! Designed about Get away, Collection 2 to free of charge you through the four walls of today for any half-hour of high experience!” Many story premises, both originals and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire life-or-death straits. Actors in the series included: Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Harry Bartell, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Marvin Miller, Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber and can Wright. Music was supplied by Del Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch and Leith Stevens. The announcers were Paul Frees and Roy Rowan. 6/6/48 “Beau Geste”

7/4/48 “A Tooth For Paul Revere”

1/11/53 “Conqueror’s Isle”

3/25/54 “The Second Shot”

4/5/53 “A Sleeping Draft”

8/23/53 “The Man From Tomorrow”

9/6/53 “Train From Oebisfelde”

3/11/54 “The Bird of Paradise”

3/18/54 “Violent Evening”

4/1/54 “The Come back”

4/8/54 “The Scarlet Plague”

4/15/54 “Affair at Mandrake”