Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating from Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio. |
| 0:33.7 | From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:38.1 | In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Charlie Chan. |
| 0:43.4 | But first, I do want to encourage you to check out our other podcast, |
| 0:47.3 | and I'm highlighting the Old Time Radio Snackwagon at snackwagon.net, |
| 0:53.5 | where every week we bring you a bot-sized bit of old-time |
| 0:58.2 | radio goodness across a wide variety of different genres. You might tune in one day and hear a |
| 1:05.1 | sports story, and the next week it might be a comedy or a a drama or an offbeat music program. |
| 1:12.9 | You never know quite what we'll serve up, but it'll be good. |
| 1:16.6 | Check it out, snackwagon.net. |
| 1:19.0 | Now we return to an episode of Charlie Chan that aired during the 1950-51 radio series. |
| 1:26.7 | The episode is entitled |
| 1:28.3 | Escape |
| 1:29.3 | Musician |
| 1:30.2 | The Incompan The Incomparable Charlie Chan. |
| 1:54.5 | We proudly present the incomparable Charlie Chan in a new exciting series. |
| 2:01.4 | Join this famous detective as he combines the wisdom of the East and the Science of the West |
| 2:06.6 | in a dramatic chapter from The Adventures of Charlie Chan. |
| 2:16.2 | Charlie Chan, hungry vigil, good evening, and extend warm welcome. |
| 2:23.3 | Ancient Goddard proclaims, the stakes like weeds will grow in any soil. |
| 2:30.2 | Tonight, we meet mistakes that almost ended in murder. |
| 2:35.2 | Listen to, please, fancy. |
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