Richard Connell
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Oct 14, 2026
NicHOST
Now, for those that don't know, the most dangerous game was also, it's a story that was also published as The Hounds of Zaroff.
NicHOST
It's a short story by Richard Connell.
NicHOST
After Decoded...
NicHOST
The cipher reads as follows.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
[tense music] On October 1st, 1947, CBS aired the eighth episode of Escape.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
In "The Most Dangerous Game," adapted for radio by Irving Ravetch from Richard Connell's short story, big game hunter Sanger Rainsford is separated from his yacht near a remote Caribbean island and comes ashore seeking help.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
There he encounters General Zaroff, played by Hans Conried, a cultivated host whose interest in hunting soon places Rainsford in an ordeal requiring nerve, ingenuity, and knowledge of the wilderness.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Paul Frees is Rainsford with Ted von Eltz as Whitney.
Ted von EltzVOICE_ACTOR
The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Escape, produced by William N. Robson and directed tonight by Richard Sandville.
Ted von EltzVOICE_ACTOR
Escape carefully planned to free you from the four walls of today, free you for a half hour of high adventure.
speaker_2NARRATOR
[tense music] Tonight, we escape to an island in the Caribbean and the weird sportsmanship of a madman as Richard Connell tells it in his unforgettable story, "The Most Dangerous Game." [tense music]
Paul FreesVOICE_ACTOR
My name is Rainsford.
Travis FieldsHOST
It's probably already smarter.
Travis FieldsHOST
The only difference, you know, I don't know, I read a story with the students and used to with the freshmen, and we read it in the eighth grade the other day, by Richard Connell called The Most Dangerous Game.
Travis FieldsHOST
And in this, a guy gets shipwrecked, ends up on this island run by this twisted Russian guy who is ta- he's a big game hunter himself.
David BarnettHOST
You drink, you feel better.
speaker_3NARRATOR
[dramatic music]
speaker_2NARRATOR
Tonight, we escape to an island in the Caribbean, and the weird sportsmanship of a madman, as Richard Connell tells it in his unforgettable story, The Most Dangerous Game.
speaker_2NARRATOR
[dramatic music]
Paul FreesVOICE_ACTOR
My name is Rainsford.
27 MINS LATER
Paul FreesVOICE_ACTOR
[triumphant music]
speaker_3NARRATOR
Escape is produced by William N. Robson, and was directed tonight by Richard Saville.
speaker_3NARRATOR
You have escaped tonight in the Richard Connell story, "The Most Dangerous Game," adapted for radio by Irving Ravetch, with Paul Frees as Sanger Rainsford and Hans Conried as General Zaroff.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The special musical score was conceived and conducted by Sy Fur.
Aunt GoreHOST
[laughs]
DB SpitzerHOST
The most dangerous game, um, also published as The Hounds of Zaroff, a short story by Richard Connell, American writer, first published in January 1924 in Collier's magazine.
DB SpitzerHOST
Uh, William Heidtland did the illustrations.
DB SpitzerHOST
Pretty much, um, a, a, uh, response to big game hunting, which was, uh, starting to see a rise in American popularity.
DB SpitzerHOST
And if you're from the Midwest, your family still has that box from the 50s.
DB SpitzerHOST
Anyway, no, we're going to be talking about the Most Dangerous Game and Ready or Not, which, I don't know, 2019 horror... comedy but we'll talk about that yeah we'll talk about that so yeah um yeah so most dangerous game who wants to start us off here okay i guess that's me the most dangerous game um also published as the hounds of zaroff A short story by Richard Connell, American writer.
DB SpitzerHOST
First published in January 1924 in Collier's Magazine.
DB SpitzerHOST
William Heitland did the illustrations.