 Fed up with the everyday grind Tired out by the dull routine Want to get away from it all? We offer you escape Escape transcribe to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure You are flying over the lonely wastes of the Pacific lost Torn by the fury of a typhoon your gas running out and Ahead of you is an adventure so strange so terrifying that your mind Cannot accept it Hey, we escape from reality with the tale of a navy flyer who vanished from the face of the earth into a new world of The future as Nelson Bond told it in his story Conqueror's Isle You've got to believe this it sounds utterly impossible I know it sounds it sounds crazy. That's why I'm here sir, but it's the truth and you've got to believe it You've got to sir. That's the way he started almost as soon as I walked into his hospital room. He wasn't violent You understand there was no need for restraint, but his every action every gesture was evidence of a psychotic condition To be extremely charitable battle fatigue well Anyway, it was an odd case. I was already acquainted of course with the history Young man graduated of Annapolis lieutenant in the fleet air arm Excellent record citations for bravery and so forth Toward the end of the war he and his bomber crew disappeared over the South China Sea Search failed to turn them up. They were of course presumed to be lost Then a month ago almost four years later Lieutenant Brady was found by a Brazilian freighter drifting helplessly and nearly dead in a tiny life raft from the airplane Curiously enough his position was not far from that vast reported by his radio operator four years ago But when he was asked where he'd been He gave a story so fantastic so utterly unbelievable. You've got to believe it. You've got to sir Please lieutenant I'm sorry, sir I'm here to consult with you as a physician not order your cure as a superior officer now Suppose we ignore the braid while you tell me about it. Thank you doctor Where should I begin? Well, it's your story. You know what it is. You want me to believe? The trouble began I understand on your last bombing mission. Yes, that's right. That's when my troubles began The thing's been going on for much longer than that Years certainly decades perhaps Somebody has got to do something doctor time is racing by and with every passing day. They grow stronger I've got to make people understand the tenant Now suppose you start at the beginning With that unfortunate last flight. Yes, sir. I'm sorry. I got a little Well, then it it was this way We'd finished our mission and we were starting for home We were over the South China Sea between the Philippines and Indochina roughly off Palawan Everything was peaches and cream The ardent Alice was purring along like a dream I was sitting there chewing up a pack of lifesavers thinking how good that can of cold beer was gonna taste When the intercom crackled in my ear lieutenant Jeff freighter ten o'clock, huh? Yeah, you're right. It looks like a single trap beating up the coast. You still got a bertha. Yes, sir Okay, maybe we can have some fun Red for the Mac red for the Mac Go ahead red for Jeff freighter ten o'clock Jack we've still got a bertha. How about it? Why not it's your party go ahead and good luck Roger and out It was as easy as hitting a sitting duck a long dive the bomb release the pullout The dull concussion We laid it down our aft stack and that chap ship went up like a Roman candle That's one chap we won't have to worry about anymore A piece of that jet was to come up and hit us was spraying gas all over the Pacific under the left wing tank Yeah, I see it now Well guys get ready for a bath. We'll never make it back Never mind. I always didn't want to take a ride on one of them little rubber boats No need to worry the Navy takes care of its own I'll be out to get us before we have a chance to get thirsty red for the Mac red for the Mac Nice going fella. Yeah, only it was a two-way deal. We're hit Mac losing gas fast. I think you can make it No, it's a salt bath for us. Sorry fellas keep your radio on give your last position to base before you digit They'll have a rescue party out in an hour. Welcome. See you tonight. Good luck over Roger out You see there was nothing to it happened every day With ships all over the Pacific, they'd have a destroyer sitting there when we came down The half hour later when our gas was down to a few cupfuls and the rest of the squadron was long out of sight An amazing thing happened One minute the sky was clear and cloudless The next minute we were surrounded by thunder heads and a typhoon burst on us I don't know but it's a Lulu passing your safety belts is no telling what this I'll do to us Was a granddaddy typhoon. All right, but it lasted only a few minutes Then we got out of it as miraculously as we come into it and Wonder of wonders we were directly over a small island. Well, what do you know? Take a look at that sight for sore eyes. Man. Oh, man. It looks mighty fine to me What island is it lieutenant? I don't know. I don't recognize it After the way we got tossed around back there. I haven't any idea of our position We could be anywhere from the coast of China to the Philippines. Who knows who cares. It's dry land Yeah, just in time. We're out of gas the jack. Yeah, see if you can get a fix and radio our position We're going down We landed safely on a little strip of sandy beach And only after we'd climbed out of the plane did we begin to have any miss kithings. What do you think skipper? Doesn't look like much, but I don't see anybody Not a sign of life. I got a good look from top side coming down. There weren't any houses. Nothing. That's still you can't tell It could be Japs or worse headhunters, maybe we better stick together stay close to the plane Shouldn't be more than a few hours. Yeah, except hey, what the hold it? A white man. Hey, what is this keep your eyes open? It might be a trap, but he's a white man He speaks English and he's not armed. No, I don't see any gun. Just the same watch it We saw you land so I hurried out to see if I could be of any assistance. May I introduce myself? I'm dr. Grove. I'm lieutenant Brady and these are my men radio man Kavanaugh my gunner sergeant Geller Hi, it's pleasure gentlemen pleasure. Are any of you in need of medical assistance? Oh, thanks. We're all okay Just a little surprise to find anyone. Oh, yes, of course that can be explained to you later But right now you'll be wanting food in rest. Hey now a little child wouldn't be bad But first we we have to get in touch with our base give them our position Oh, of course But such things take some time in these primitive areas. Oh, we have a radio on the plane did have skipper Well, I was just starting to tell you it went out just before we sighted the island must have got wanged up in Storm. Well, can you fix it? I suppose so if it's nothing serious I'll tell you better after I have a chance to look at it, of course But in the meantime, I hope you'll accept our humble hospitality We don't have the pleasure of entertaining new guests here often. It'll be good to chat with you all if you'll follow me Please how about it skipper? Sure. Why not? After the last half hour, we could all use a little relaxation. Very good. All right this way We should have smelled it right then Something strange about the whole thing There were a lot of questions in my mind, but somehow I didn't ask them Instead we walked down the jungle path behind dr. Grove like lamps to the slaughter Tom Geller must have had the same misgivings because he whispered in my ear. I don't get it skipper Don't get what time? Where do these guys come from? Where do they hang out when we were coming in? I made sure to take a good look at this island. There were no houses. No nothing. I know I guess we'll find out soon enough Yeah. Hey stop. Oh Holy cow. Will you look at that? Dr. Grove stopped in front of what looked like a big rock And then we saw it was expertly camouflaged cement with a sliding door Here we are gentlemen, you'll be good enough to enter and a wood that Don't be alarmed. It's only an elevator an elevator in this jungle What kind of monkey business is this anyhow? Do you mean to tell me you live underground my dear lieutenant? I'll be glad to explain everything later. It's all very simple But first I must insist that you went so now you're insisting And suppose we prefer not to step into your elevator then what? Then I should be compelled most regretfully to enforce my request guess again pal We happen to be armed a gun three guns That's one detail you overlooked I overlooked no details lieutenant Would you be kind enough to fire your gun watch yourself skip? It's a tricky want you to suit the sound will bring help wrong my friend. I need no help Very well, if you won't accept my invitation wait a minute keep your hand out of your pocket Perhaps you would care to stop me lieutenant. Okay, if you asked for it Try again lieutenant, but your gun will not And now perhaps you'll be kind enough to step into the shaft look I don't know what's going on here, but I don't want any part of it. Yeah, neither do I come on gang Let's get out of here just a minute I'm sorry. You forced me to use harsh measures. Believe me. I do so reluctantly What's that you've got there just a small tube, but a very potent weapon. I must warn you. Yeah Well, then you better use it fast. I made a desperate lunch for him and suddenly Tiny shaft of light flicked out from the tube and touched me And I stopped frozen in my tracks Conscious my eyes open seeing him hearing him But try as I would I could not move a muscle. I was as if turned to stone In just a moment, we will return to escape but first Both gangbusters and the adventures of Philip Marlowe are regular Saturday night features on most of the same CBS network stations So be listening tonight when they bring you an exceptional fast-moving gripping hour of mystery And now with our stars David Ellis Ted Von Elts and Bill Johnstone. We return to the second act of escape and Conqueror's Isle. I Was paralyzed dr. Garm completely paralyzed as if turned to stone I had all my senses I could I could see and hear and feel but I couldn't move a muscle not even turn my eyes And you say this happened because of some kind of light beam. Well, not exactly a beam sir Perhaps not exactly light just a kind of Kind of radiance a gas perhaps. No because it had no form no odor no taste It was like becoming enmeshed in a web of moon beams. I see and It's only effect on you was to immobilize you. Yes, that's right It didn't burn a sting or cause pain in any way. I Simply couldn't move It was like a hypnotic trance and then Well, then some of dr. Grove's companions came out of the elevator. They picked us up and carried us I Could feel their hands very softly as if they were far away from my body As if there were layers of rubber between them and me I could hear dr. Grove talking In the shaft gently, please I could see him bending over me into my line of vision. I'm sorry lieutenant I sincerely regret having to inconvenience you But you see just as we have the means of hampering your primitive mechanical devices your guns your radio So do we have the means to enforce our requests? Requests which are I assure you only reasonable and necessary under the circumstances Very well. Take us down My head was reeling and fear was growing in me Who were these men to talk of radio as a primitive device? What kind of men were they? Where were they taking the three of us and what were they gonna do with us? As if you'd read my thoughts dr. Grove leaned over me again. There's no need to be alarmed lieutenant. No need at all Alright gently Carry them gently Well freighter, I'm sorry freighter Dordin. It was necessary. They would not come willing me. I see Few of them do Well put them in the sleeping chambers until they recover and be gentle They are so frightened poor things poor things Poor things he'd said Not as if we were human beings at all but animals some weak dumb animals with whom they must be gentle It was then that I began to know real fear We were in a great underground city, but I could see little of it Nothing except what passed in front of my rigid eyes Then I was carried into a room Deposited upon a soft couch and left alone. I could not close my eyes But gradually the light began to fade to melt away I was in deep blackness And I slipped. I don't know whether the return of the light awakened me or whether it came on automatically when I woke up But the room was bright and I could move again. I jumped up tried the door Of course, it was locked and there was no other way of escape The room was a small cell with metal walls and ceiling a kind of metal. I'd never seen before There was a cot a desk and a chair and nothing else But the really amazing thing was the light I Searched the entire room carefully, but there were no fixtures no indirect lighting arrangements The light came out of the walls evenly filling the room Casting no shadows Suddenly I wanted to see Kavanaugh and Geller I yelled I yelled at the top of my lungs There was almost no sound no echo from the walls They simply absorbed the sound into utter silence Then as I stood there With fear cold in my stomach I heard a faint sound a footstep behind me I whirled around just in time to see dr. Grove Stepping through the wall You were you said through the wall lieutenant, of course you mean Through the door through the wall through the walls The door was in front of me But dr. Grove stepped into myself through the solid metal wall you realize that what you're saying is impossible to us It is to them. Nothing is impossible. Nothing That's why we must act and act now before it's too late. You must believe me, sir This is man's last chance. I'll do my best. Perhaps you'd better continue now This dr. Grove stepped through the wall Yes As I'll tell the the rest as quickly as I can I can see that you don't believe me But someone must somewhere sometime someone must lieutenant Well as I said dr. Grove stepped into myself through the wall Suddenly my panic ended. I looked at him now with all We talked Not as man to man But as man to a lesser creature Me you must not be frightened lieutenant You do not understand how I pass through a wall which to you seems solid and not understanding you fear but yet There is nothing supernatural or fearful about what I did any of us can do it It will you see there is no such thing as a solid in this world of relativity We know that there is plenty of room for the molecules of our bodies to pass between the molecules of those walls We simply make a necessary mental adjustment and walk where we will It is an ability as basic to us as breathing to a person like you What kind of men are you you have been educated to study Darwin? You know the facts of evolution You know how man has progressed through various stages from the primitive savagery of the Neanderthal man Well, yes, obviously this process can and will continue To suppose that the evolution of man is complete with you is a mistake of conceit you mean You are the next stage Exactly you have heard of the process of mutation perhaps how suddenly a white rose is produced of a family of red roses And from then on produces only white descendants. Yes, so have we been evolved as mutants infinitely superior to our parents and our fellow men Knowing by instinct right from birth What you must study years to learn your most difficult physics and mathematics our ABCs Our studies far beyond your understanding Are there many of you? Yes, you see the process has been going on for many years Hundreds thousands more come to us every year from all over the world drawn here by telepathic message Where we have isolation to study learn build prepare ourselves prepare Prepare for what for the task ahead Obviously when we are ready when we are numerous enough to fill all the necessary positions our superior intelligence must shape a new world Take over the world obviously You will destroy man How little you understand us do you destroy the animals of the field because they are not your intellectual peers Our obligation is to keep and protect you to act as your friendly guardians in a world Which will be strange to you and and and frightening as My walking through the wall was frightening to you. I see Yes, I see Then what is your plan rather say? Nature's plan and the answer to that lies in history What became of the anthropoids the cavemen? They died out Civilization passed them by They fell before the onrush of higher forms of life even so Even so but I Give you our pledge that we will be kind We will be kind and then he took me out into that great underground city Through its corridors and great halls and laboratories and shops Took me among the thousands of his fellow men There I saw marvels of which I could talk for hours. There were they would be beyond your comprehension as they were beyond mine You wouldn't believe me and so I won't bother to tell you Then I met others like us some 200 captive cattle people who had stumbled under this island as I had There were famous names among them a famous author whose ship disappeared in the Pacific years ago a big game hunter The famous aviatrix for whom a dozen fleets had sought in vain all of us prisoners We were treated with great kindness made comfortable relatively happy We were their pets you see their dumb animal pets For over three years I stayed there After a while I ceased to struggle even in my mind. I was defeated And so I succumbed to the peaceful bucolic existence that was my fate at least At least that's what I thought Then came that last day Dr. Grove had made me his special pet. I was allowed to follow him about it at work to talk to him at length And on this day he confided in me even more than usual. Well lieutenant. It has been a pleasant day Yes, doctor Am I to go now not for a moment? Yes, I shall miss having you with me when I'm gone gone You're going away sir. Yes very soon But where out out into the world where you once lived But why there are many very many of us there already in strategic places, of course An important politician here an industrial magnet there a famous author whose words are gospel to his readers. I Will have my place an important one, but I didn't know You didn't tell me that It's already begun. Oh, yes, definitely The hour is close at hand then all of us a Whole world Lieutenant you know us now You know that we will be kind kind Yes, kind Suddenly all the anger that was in me welled up I Didn't want to be a dumb animal a pet for some superior being to be kind to I didn't want that for my loved ones my friends my fellow men That night at dinner when they fed the prisoners in a big communal hall I got a chance to talk to Kavanaugh my old radio man He listened and then shrugged hopelessly They all succeed Joe. You know that no not if the world could be warned. I don't know Maybe it wouldn't make any difference Besides, how could they be warned if somebody could get away from here escape? That's impossible. I know that's what I thought but listen. I've got an idea There's one chink in their invincibility. What their gentleness their kindness They can't bear to hurt anyone none of their weapons kill but only only paralyzed temporarily And they simply cannot conceive of treachery. What are you driving at this? I'm going to play on dr. Grove's liking for me his kindness And I'm going to trick him how? Tomorrow, I'll ask him to take me up above back to the plane to To get pictures of my father and sister Tell him I'm lonesome suffering He'll do it. I'm sure he will It's very kind of you dr. Grove to do this for me not at all lieutenant I understand your feeling with you leaving. I'd have no one no one close The pictures will make me feel a lot better. I only hope they're still here Plane is partially demolished by the weather as you can see. Oh, they'll be there. They were in the map compartment They'd be out of the weather Here we are. Oh, look over there. Well Sorry doctor, but I had to do it. I hope I didn't kill him He had been kind but I hit him hard then I broke out a life raft from the rotting plane I was almost afraid to look at it But it was okay even complete with supplies four years old I ripped the valve and threw it into the water in five minutes. I was out beyond the breakers. I Don't know how many days or weeks it was before they picked me up, but it was a long time And I was more dead than alive. Yes. Yes, lieutenant. You were in bad shape. It was a horrible experience But you see it doesn't matter about me. It's the others that You don't believe me either. Do you well lieutenant? It's it's been a pleasure to listen to your story. I I'll make a report to my superiors Please be patient and try not to worry Try not to worry. Good day, lieutenant Get out Get out, sir. Commander Gorham You've talked to him. What's the verdict a clear case of persecution mania an amazing form I've never heard a tale more complete and logical, but I know what you mean Well, do what you can for him. I'm afraid he's going to be here for a long time Perhaps for as long as he lives turned loose. He might be dangerous. That's too bad nice boy, too Floating for four weeks on a life raft and heaven knows what before that it sure does things to a man Well, doctor, how about lunch? No, no, thanks. I've got to run along. I have to turn in my report and recommendation on this case Oh, of course. Well, I'll see you later. I watched the man disappear down the hall I stood there for a moment lost in thought seeing the face of that boy in there It was hard to know how best to be kind to a boy like that, but I roused myself. I had much to do so much If I went down through the lobby of the hospital some fool would surely delay me and get me into a long Winded discussion and I didn't feel a bit like talking. I Wanted to get out of this place and forward my report my report that this Brady case was closed That there'd be no more trouble from this source My car was just outside on the street There was no one in sight in the corridor so I turned and Quietly walked through the wall Escape is produced and directed by Norman McDonald Today we have presented transcribed conquerors Isle by Nelson Bond adapted for radio by John Dunkel Start as Lieutenant Brady was David Ellis as Dr. Gorham Ted Von Els as Dr. Grove Bill Johnstone Featured players were Sam Edwards and Dick Benedict. The special music was arranged and played by Ivan Ditmars Be sure and be with us again next week at the same time when we will bring you another great story of mystery and intrigue By one of the world's outstanding authors of high adventure as CBS again presents escape Ronnie and Benita are two names that are as familiar to Jack Benny fans as Mary Phil Rochester Dennis and Don and since Jack Benny has received thousands of letters asking that the Ronald Coleman's be brought back soon He's happy to present them as special guests on his program this Sunday Here are the Jack Benny program on the same CBS stations tomorrow night This is Roy Rowan speaking for CBS the Columbia broadcasting system