Escape aired Vincent Price starring in “Present Tense” on January 31, 1950 as episode 108 of this highly regarded, long-running radio series (1947-1954). Written especially for Escape by veteran Hollywood screenwriter James Poe (1921-1980), Poe is best known for his work on such highly praised films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lilies of …

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“Jacob’s Hands” is an original story written by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963, photo at left) and noted novelist Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986, photo at right) especially for the CBS Radio Workshop (January 1956-September 1957). It aired on April 13, 1956 and was narrated by Isherwood. It tells the story of a humble southwestern U.S. farmer who discovers …

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X Minus One (1955-1958) aired Vaughan Shelton’s “Point of Departure” on October 17, 1957. It originally appeared in the April 1956 issue of Galaxy. The story centers on the budget administrator of a scientific research operation located in Utah, and a missing $300,000 he must account for. His answer to the members of the board–and …

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