154- Robert of Huntingdon: Escape (October 26, 1952)

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“154- Robert of Huntingdon” is an episode of Escape, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 26, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Sheriff of Nottingham and Sir Martin of Matlock plan to destroy the outlaw Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. Martin volunteers to go into the forest alone, pretending to be a wronged yeoman seeking to join the band. In the forest, Robin Hood and his men take him in, and Little John grows suspicious of the newcomer. Escape presents this adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, first broadcast on 1952-10-26 in the series Escape, starring William Conrad as Robin Hood.

Sherwood Forest and the town of Nottingham, England

Characters: Robin Hood, Sir Martin of Matlock, Little John, Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck, Nick Mutch, Sheriff of Nottingham

Listen for: Martin of Matlock's arrival in the forest and Little John's growing distrust of him

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.