First aired July 14, 1947.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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First aired July 21, 1947.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

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About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

In 1429 Paris, Denny de Boley, a young man lost in the dark streets while fleeing English soldiers, slips through an unlocked door and finds himself inside the house of the Sire de Maletroits. The Sire accuses him of an improper visit to the house and forces him to face a choice. Denny is pressed to marry the Sire's niece, Blanche, or be hanged from the window. Escape presents the Robert Louis Stevenson tale The Sire de Maletroit's Door, a 1947 episode of the series. Elliot Lewis plays Denny, Peggy Weber plays Blanche, and Ramsay Hill plays the Sire.

With Denny de Boley, Blanche de Maletroit, The Sire de Maletroit, Messire Francois.

Listen for: The Sire's ingenious traps, including the locked door and the water clock that counts down the two hours

First aired on August 4, 1947.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.