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Suspense, which is usually heard at this hour on Thursday nights, is taking its customary summer holiday. Suspense returns to the air next week on Thursday, September 1st. You are groping through the midnight darkness of a gigantic department store. A hundred eyes are staring at you. A hundred hands are reaching for you. And your most urgent desire is to escape. We offer you Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure. Tonight…

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Synopsis

In Evening Primrose, a weary poet named Charles Snell seeks solace from the burdens of the outside world by hiding in Bracy's department store. He believes that by escaping into this vast, empty space, he can find the peace and quiet he craves to write. However, as he settles into his new life, he discovers that the store is not as deserted as he thought.

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Escape, Episode 76

Evening Primrose (Harry Bartell)

Thursday, August 25, 1949 · 29:51

Escape, Episode 76

Evening Primrose (Harry Bartell)

Thursday, August 25, 1949 · 29:51

Summary

A poet escapes the pressures of the outside world by hiding in a department store, only to discover a bizarre community of night dwellers. As he navigates this eerie new existence, he faces unexpected dangers that threaten his very life.

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  • 1949 — The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
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