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Tired of the everyday grind? 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. You are at the end of a journey you've committed murder to make. A barren wasteland of India, silent, desolate, where there is a cave and a carved image of the goddess Kali whose heart is a ruby, big as a grenade, and which is guarded by a smiling old man fro…

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In the final episode of Escape, titled The Heart of Kali, listeners are introduced to a man whose life is consumed by the desire for adventure and wealth. Set against the backdrop of a San Francisco bar in 1946, he shares his dream of obtaining a massive ruby, rumored to be the heart of the goddess Kali, located in a cave in India. His desperation drives him to seek funding from a skeptical bartender, revealing his willingness to go to extreme lengths to realize his ambition.

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Escape, Episode 228

The Heart of Kali (last show)

Saturday, September 25, 1954 · 29:47

Escape, Episode 228

The Heart of Kali (last show)

Saturday, September 25, 1954 · 29:47

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A man seeks a legendary ruby in India, willing to commit murder to obtain it. As he pursues his dream, he encounters unexpected challenges and the weight of his choices.

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  • 1954 — AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
  • 1954 — The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
  • 1954 — The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

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