094- The Sure Thing -Anthony Ross- -1: Escape (January 17, 1950)

“094- The Sure Thing -Anthony Ross- -1” is an episode of Escape, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 17, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A doctor is summoned by radio to a schooner sailing the Caribbean, where a wounded old man lies below deck. The doctor soon learns that the man, Joseph Ingram, is believed dead in an airline crash and that the crew is hiding a fortune. As the schooner changes course and tensions rise among the crew, the doctor is caught in a dangerous situation at sea. The story is told as part of the Escape radio series, first broadcast on January 17, 1950, with Anthony Ross as the doctor.

A schooner sailing through the Caribbean, near Havana, and later a bank in Venezuela

Characters: Doctor, Joseph Ingram, Felix Arruz, Stephanie, Mrs. Ingram

Listen for: The doctor's discovery of the wounded man's true identity and the hidden two million dollar bank draft

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.