What happens
Albert Tanner, a chemistry teacher in La Marada, California, picks up a strange radio signal and makes contact with a voice claiming to be the commander of a spaceship from the planetoid Delta. His wife Martha is angry that he has neglected his job and his home life, and she doubts his claims. The commander says his crew is exploring Earth and will land nearby. Tanner's contact with the visitors draws the attention of the police and the army. Escape is a radio drama series, and this episode aired on March 29, 1953.
La Marada, California, in the early 1950s
Characters: Albert Tanner, Martha Tanner, Commander, Sergeant Williams, Lieutenant Jacobs
Listen for: Listen for Albert's first radio contact with the commander and for Martha's reactions to his claims.
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.