What happens
Former heavyweight champion Joe Scarlatti retires after a fight and accepts an invitation from the mysterious Julius Varenius to travel to Rome on his yacht, accompanied by his manager and a dark-haired girl named Lucretia. Scarlatti grows suspicious when he realizes the boat has veered off course toward North Africa. The episode is part of the Escape radio series, which aired originally on August 1, 1951. Its leads are not named in the transcript provided. Scarlatti and his companions are taken to an island fortress where they face a strange and dangerous challenge.
A yacht sailing from London toward Rome, then a walled Roman-style village on an island off the northwest coast of Africa.
Characters: Joe Scarlatti, Julius Varenius, Lucretia, Pony
Listen for: Listen for the moment Scarlatti realizes the yacht has changed course, and for Varenius's explanation of his plan on the island.
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.