The Escape
James Earl Ray escapes. Hampton Sides' account of Martin Luther King's murder. Read by Clarke Peters and Christian Camargo. From July 2010.
Hampton Sides' compelling book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray.
In this opening episode, Ray makes a dramatic escape from his penitentiary and assumes the first of many aliases.
Meanwhile, an increasingly exhausted Martin Luther King plans a bold new direction for the civil rights movement.
Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.
First published in 2010 and abridged by Viv Beeby.
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.
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