This December we’re checking out holiday-themed episodes starting with “A Study in Wax” from Escape! William Conrad and Stacy Harris star in this tale of two men working together in a remote Arctic outpost. As the isolation and bitter cold erode their spirits, they begin to turn on each other. How much worse is life without listening to radio shows? Can opening Christmas presents restore the peace? Why would anyone live somewhere that gets to 40 degrees below zero? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Many Golden Era radio shows, notably Dragnet, were sponsored by cigarette manufacturers and it has always struck me as odd that a company like Philip Morris didn’t sponsor Escape. This is unfortunate because I feel like the Venn diagram of Escape’s audience and the target market for the Marlboro Man ads would have been two overlapping circles.
this story is taken from a jack london short story “in a far country.” worth reading, which many of his stories are.
I’m glad you all mentioned William Conrad. The man was a fantastic actor on radio. Though I always recognize his distinctive voice, I never have any trouble accepting him in any role he played. I understand that he used the same trick Orson Welles had used in the 1930s–hiring an ambulance to get him from one studio to another when cast in different shows on the same night. There is actually one time I wasn’t sure if I was hearing Conrad’s voice. He plays a Chinese merchant in the Escape episode “Misfortune’s Isle” and tones down his bass to the… Read more »
This was awesome!
Stacy Harris was one of Jack Webb’s semi-regular cast of recurring actors on Dragnet, usually playing a criminal. Among other roles, he was the mob boss who was the main villain in the 1954 Dragnet movie. And at the other end of the crime-fighting spectrum, he was the first actor to play Batman on the radio, when Batman and Robin made their first guest-appearance on The Adventures of Superman.
If you had told me that one of these two actors played Batman, that’s not the one I would have guessed! That’s a lovely bit of lore!
I’ve been going through some old episodes. Lots of stuff I had forgotten or forgotten how good it was.
This episode made me have to mention that I discovered Shostakovich at the library when I was in Jr High. Loved it, wierd crazy music from another time.
Although this piece doesn’t seem familiar. Just wanted to note that I have never locked anyone outside in a blizzard.