059- He Who Rides the Tiger: Escape (March 12, 1949)

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“059- He Who Rides the Tiger” is an episode of Escape, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 12, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

David Armour, a member of an international art committee, wakes in a mission hospital in Fengyang, China, unable to recall the eight years since he was injured in Peiping. Mr. Chen urges him to leave Shanghai, and a woman named Etual claims to be his wife. Kento, a guerrilla leader, questions Armour about the stolen Tang bronzes, and Armour begins to piece together fragments of his past in occupied China. The episode is part of the Escape radio series and was broadcast on March 12, 1949, with Bill Conrad as David Armour and Barry Kroger as General Kinto.

China during and after the Japanese occupation, including Fengyang, Shanghai and Suchau

Characters: David Armour, General Kinto, Etual, Mr. Chen, Doctor Feng Yang, Mr. Quinto

Listen for: Armour slowly recovering memories of his wartime past while questioning who to trust

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.