What happens
John Wolfock sails his boat into a deserted cove off the coast of Georgia and finds a secluded house among wild orange trees. There he meets Millie Stope, a frightened young woman who lives there with her ailing father and a servant named Nicholas. Wolfock senses a hidden dread in the household and becomes drawn into its troubles. Escape is the CBS radio series, and this episode aired on September 28, 1949, with Van Heflin in the lead role of Wolfock. The story is adapted from Joseph Hurgishheimer's tale Wild Oranges.
A deserted cove and ruined plantation house on the coast of southern Georgia, surrounded by wild orange trees and Spanish moss
Characters: John Wolfock, Millie Stope, Litchville Stope, Nicholas, Halvard
Listen for: The growing tension between John Wolfock and Nicholas, and Millie's frightened voice when she speaks of the secret that haunts the house
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.