On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday

Ring of Thoth - Escape

Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1890 short story. The story follows John Vansittart Smith, a British Egyptologist visiting the Louvre in Paris. While studying ancient papyri, he encounters a museum attendant with an unsettlingly Egyptian appearance—Sosra, whose skin is parchment-like and whose eyes glow with an unnatural green hue.

Sire De Maletroits Door - Escape

Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story. Denis de Beaulieu, a young man fleeing through the streets at night, who stumbles into a mysterious house through an open door , the door slams shut behind him—he’s trapped. Inside, he meets the enigmatic Sire de Maletroit, who informs him that he must marry his niece Blanche by morning—or face death, Denis must decide whether to accept this bizarre fate or risk his life trying to escape and as the night unfolds, he discovers Blanche is not the pawn he expected—and love may bloom in the strangest of circumstances.

Typhoon - Escape

A thrilling adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s classic sea tale.Captain MacWhirr, a stoic and unimaginative man who insists on sailing straight into a massive typhoon rather than altering course, below deck are 200 Chinese coolies, whose lives hang in the balance as the storm intensifies, the crew, including the first mate Jukes, struggles with fear, frustration, and disbelief at MacWhirr’s stubbornness and as the typhoon rages, the ship is battered, and the captain’s unyielding nature is tested against nature’s fury.

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - Escape

Adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s satirical short story, the story follows John Unger, a young man from Hades, Mississippi, who is invited by his wealthy schoolmate Percy Washington to spend the summer at his family's secluded estate in Montana.

Operation Fleur De Lys - Escape

Two American operatives are air-dropped into France to train a small group of French Resistance fighters, their mission: sabotage German operations and prepare the region for Allied advances. But things go awry when they discover a Nazi spy embedded within the resistance group.