ESCAPE "Fall of the House of Usher"

Episode 11 was aired on October 22, 1947 by the CBS Radio Network. This radio adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe story  for radio stars Paul Frees (Photo). A well-done dramatization of the horror classic. It was written by their ancestors many years ago that when the rains are blood red the house of Usher would crumble to the earth. There are three members of the Usher family still living, two in direct descent, the Lady Madeleine and her twin brother Roderick. Deana was engaged to marry Roderick long before she knew her cousin, it is the custom for the Usher family to intermarry. The Lady Madeleine has been confined to her bed these last few weeks, waiting for death. ESCAPE's closing theme is from Mussorgsky's composition Pictures at an Exhibition.