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Tired of the everyday routine? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you Escape. Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure. Tonight, we escape to a train headed for Calcutta, and an exciting tale of the most sought after emerald in the world. As Richard Sale tells it in his famous story, Figure a Dame. You do it. You figure a Dame. Take this Mrs. Arthur Bankner, whose body I'm hire…

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Synopsis

In the thrilling episode Figure a Dame from Escape, listeners are transported to a train bound for Calcutta, where a widow named Mrs. Bankner is determined to acquire the legendary Star of Kilimanjaro emerald. Accompanied by Joe, a detective from Magnum Insurance, she believes she is embarking on a simple buying trip. However, the journey quickly becomes complicated as they encounter the enigmatic Samurai Doll, who holds the emerald and seems to have his own motives for the transaction.

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Escape, Episode 90

Figure a Dame

Tuesday, December 20, 1949 · 29:31

Escape, Episode 90

Figure a Dame

Tuesday, December 20, 1949 · 29:31

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