Dimension X | Old Time Radio

Dimension X presents “There Will Come Soft Rains - Zero Hour,” episode 11, originally broadcast June 17, 1950. This NBC anthology installment adapts two Ray Bradbury stories for radio, with George Lefferts’ adaptation directed by Edward King.

First, an automated house carries on its daily routines in an empty future world. Then “Zero Hour” follows eight-year-old Mink and her neighbors as a nationwide children’s game called “Invasion” begins to feel increasingly unsettling to the adults around them. Norman Rose narrates the first segment, with Denise Alexander as Mink.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:47 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Embassy,” episode 9 of the NBC science-fiction anthology, originally broadcast June 3, 1950. Adapted by George Lefferts from Donald A. Wollheim’s 1942 story “The Embassy,” published under the name Martin Pearson, the drama was directed by Edward King.

In New York City, private detective Broderick is hired by the eccentric Mr. Grafius, who insists that a Martian embassy is hidden somewhere in the city. The case blends hard-boiled detective atmosphere with unsettling extraterrestrial possibility, featuring Joseph Julian, Berry Kroeger, Dan Ocko, and Bryna Raeburn.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:51 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Dr Grimshaw’s Sanatorium,” episode 25, originally broadcast on September 22, 1950. Adapted by George Lefferts from Fletcher Pratt’s short story, this NBC thriller is directed by Edward King and stars Karl Weber as private detective John Doherty.

A suspicious burial draws Doherty to an exclusive private sanatorium outside Gowanda, New York, where he enters undercover as a patient. Inside, troubling clues, a long-term inmate, and the institution’s guarded clinic suggest that Dr. Grimshaw’s official explanations may conceal something far more unsettling.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
31:10 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Shanghied,” episode 29, originally broadcast on NBC on November 12, 1950. This original radio drama was written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Edward King.

On the eve of his wedding in Boston, wealthy heir Jeff Coffin awakens aboard the R.S. Michael M. Rafferty, a Coffin-owned deep-space vessel already bound on a long run toward Centaurus. Trapped within the ship’s rigid command structure, he confronts the realities faced by its working crew. The cast includes John Sylvester, Bill Griffis, Bill Zuckert, and Joe DeSantis.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
31:13 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Report on the Barnhouse Effect,” episode 3, originally broadcast on NBC on April 22, 1950. This early adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. story was adapted for radio by Claris A. Ross and features Santos Ortega and Bob Hastings.

At an Eastern U.S. college in 1960, psychology professor Barnhouse discovers he can affect physical objects and events through the power of his mind. As news of his remarkable ability spreads, official attention follows—and the implications of such power become increasingly unsettling.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:50 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 18, originally broadcast on August 4, 1950. This NBC Radio Network thriller was written by George Lefferts and produced by Van Woodward.

In Washington, D.C., a government official’s wife and young daughter encounter a doll maker whose handcrafted creations can talk. What begins as an innocent visit to a doll shop becomes an unsettling domestic mystery, with Les Tremaine, Joan Alexander, Denise Alexander, and Joe De Santis featured in the cast.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
29:55 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Veldt,” episode 43, originally broadcast on August 9, 1951. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s unsettling short story, this NBC Radio Network drama stars Bill Quinn and Lesley Woods.

In a highly automated Happylife Home, George and Lydia Hadley grow increasingly disturbed by their children’s immersive nursery, whose walls conjure a blazing African veldt complete with heat, distant cries, and lions. As the family confronts technology built to satisfy every need, Bradbury’s tale explores dependence, control, and the hidden costs of domestic convenience.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:53 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Dwellers in Silence,” episode 40, originally broadcast on July 19, 1951. Adapted by George Lefferts from a Ray Bradbury story later collected as “The Long Years” in The Martian Chronicles, this NBC production stars Peter Capell as Captain Parsons and Bill Griffis as Dr. Hathaway.

Twenty years after humanity’s survivors fled war-ravaged Earth for Mars, Captain Parsons leads an expedition back to the old home world. In a dark, ruined city that is nonetheless mysteriously illuminated, the travelers find signs that challenge everything they expected to discover.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Nightmare,” episode 36, originally broadcast on NBC on June 10, 1951. This tense science-fiction drama stars John Gibson as statistician Samson Gurney.

At Long Island’s Brook Meadow atomic-pile project, Gurney finds a troubling pattern in a series of supposedly routine mechanical accidents. As skepticism mounts, his search for an explanation leads into a chilling technological fable adapted by George Lefferts from Stephen Vincent Benét’s poem “The Revolt of the Machines.”

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
25:45 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Green Hills of Earth,” episode 32, originally broadcast December 24, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s short story, this NBC drama features Ken Williams as Rhysling, with songs performed by Tom Glazer.

After a radiation accident leaves rocket engineer Rhysling blind, he becomes the beloved singing poet of the spaceways. This lyrical journey through the working ships and communities of the future Solar System follows a wandering spacefarer whose songs carry an enduring love for distant Earth. The December broadcast reprises the series’ earlier June 10, 1950 production.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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Dimension X presents “First Contact,” episode 47, originally broadcast on NBC on September 8, 1951. Adapted for radio by Howard Rodman from Murray Leinster’s celebrated short story, the production features Bill Quinn, Bob Hastings, and Cameron Prud’Homme.

In the Crab Nebula, an Earth exploratory vessel encounters an alien ship—the first meeting between humanity and another intelligent civilization. As communication begins, both crews must confront the perilous uncertainty of trust, friendship, and revealing the way home.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
23:18 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Outer Limit,” episode 1, originally broadcast April 8, 1950. In the series premiere, Joseph Julian stars as test pilot Steve Weston, with Wendell Holmes as ground controller Hank Hansen.

Set in the imagined year 1965, this atomic-age suspense drama follows an experimental rocket flight from a Southwest desert test base to the edge of space. When the pilot disappears from radar after encountering something unexplained, the base must confront a mystery that challenges the known limits of flight and exploration. Adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Graham Doar’s short story, the episode was directed by Edward King for NBC.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:57 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Man in the Moon,” episode 15, originally broadcast July 14, 1950. This original radio story by George Lefferts aired on NBC/WNBC as part of Wheaties’ “Big Parade.”

At the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons, a routine radio bulletin is interrupted by an astonishing SOS that appears to come from the Moon. Meticulous records clerk Henry Timkin recognizes the name of a brilliant atomic physicist missing for years, setting off a tense investigation into a signal that should be impossible. Louis Van Rooten stars as Timkin, with Santos Ortega as Wade.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
31:01 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Parade,” episode 21, originally broadcast August 25, 1950. This NBC science-fiction drama was written as an original radio play by George Lefferts, directed by Edward King, and produced by Van Woodward.

New York publicity agent Sid Ryan takes on an unusual client, Luchar, who claims to be from Mars. What begins as an extravagant campaign built around the slogan “The Martians Are Coming!” builds toward a spectacular Fifth Avenue parade. Joseph Curtin stars as Ryan, with Berry Kroeger as Luchar and Norman Rose as narrator.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
31:04 Closing

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Dimension X presents “A Pebble in the Sky,” episode 37, originally broadcast on June 17, 1951. This NBC drama adapts Isaac Asimov’s 1950 novel, with Santos Ortega as archaeologist Bel Arvardan and Susan Douglas as Pola.

On a future Earth dismissed by the Galactic Empire as a radioactive, impoverished backwater, Arvardan arrives to investigate his controversial belief that humanity began there. His search brings him into contact with Earth’s tightly controlled society, mounting prejudice between worlds, and warnings of a danger that reaches far beyond the planet. The radio adaptation was written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Edward King.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
25:38 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Embassy,” episode 9, originally broadcast on June 3, 1950. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Donald A. Wollheim’s 1942 short story “The Embassy,” published under the name Martin Pearson.

In New York City, private detective Broderick is hired by the eccentric Mr. Grafius, who insists that a Martian embassy is hidden somewhere in the city. Adapted for radio by George Lefferts, the episode blends hard-boiled detective atmosphere with an unsettling extraterrestrial mystery. The cast includes Joseph Julian, Berry Kroeger, Dan Ocko, and Bryna Raeburn.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:40 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Vital Factor,” episode 44, originally broadcast August 16, 1951. This NBC sustaining-program drama adapts Nelson S. Bond’s short story “The Vital Factor,” with a script by Howard Rodman and direction by Fred Weihe.

Wayne Crowder, the relentless head of Crowder Industries, is determined to make history with the first human spaceflight—but his engineers still cannot conquer the problem of propulsion. When an enigmatic visitor arrives with a possible answer, Crowder’s ambition meets conditions that neither wealth nor industrial power can easily command. The cast includes Raymond Edward Johnson and Luis Van Rooten.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:45 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Parade,” episode 21, originally broadcast August 25, 1950. This original radio drama was written by George Lefferts, produced by Van Woodward, and directed by Edward King for NBC.

New York publicity agent Sid Ryan takes on an unusual client, Luchar, who claims to be a Martian and wants to promote an extraordinary message: “The Martians Are Coming!” As a lavish Fifth Avenue “Martian Day” parade approaches, Ryan’s publicity stunt grows increasingly hard to explain. Joseph Curtin stars as Ryan, with Berry Kroeger as Luchar and Alexander Scourby as broadcaster Ron Heilman.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
31:02 Closing

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Dimension X presents “With Folded Hands,” episode 2 of the classic NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast April 15, 1950. Adapted for radio by John Dunkel from Jack Williamson’s 1947 novelette, it stars Philip Bourneuf as Harry Underhill and Alexander Scourby as the Humanoid.

In the year 2006, Underhill’s business selling household robots faces an impossible new competitor: sleek humanoid servants from the distant world of Wing IV, offering humanity perfect protection and service. As their influence spreads, Underhill and Professor Sledge confront unsettling questions about comfort, freedom, and the cost of being cared for.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Last Objective,” episode 35, originally broadcast on NBC on June 3, 1951. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Paul A. Carter’s short story, the drama was directed by Edward King and features Lawson Zerbe, Wendell Holmes, and Staats Cotsworth.

After nuclear devastation has made Earth’s surface nearly uninhabitable, a continuing war is fought beneath the planet in heavily armed tunneling warships. This Cold War-era post-atomic drama brings the tension of a naval adventure to a dangerous underground battlefield.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:59 Original Broadcast
25:01 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Time and Time Again,” episode 39, originally broadcast on July 12, 1951. This NBC sustaining drama adapts H. Beam Piper’s early time-travel story, with a radio adaptation by Ernest Kinoy.

In a war-ravaged near future, a gravely wounded American soldier is given an extraordinary return to 1945—again thirteen years old, but carrying memories of the life and catastrophe still ahead. David Anderson and Joseph Curtin star in this unsettling tale of time, memory, and the possibility of changing history.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Beyond Infinity,” episode 16, originally broadcast on July 21, 1950. This Wheaties-sponsored NBC/WNBC drama was an original radio play by Villiers Gerson, directed by Edward King.

In an unnamed authoritarian European country, American correspondent Mr. Arnold encounters engineer Alan Wensler and a resistance movement threatened by secret-police pressure. At the center of their danger is Dr. Wensler’s extraordinary experiment in reducing objects to microscopic scale—an invention that opens onto a far stranger vision of science and the universe. The cast includes Les Damon, Joe DeSantis, Lotte Stavisky, E. A. Krumschmidt, and narrator Norman Rose.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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Dimension X presents “There Will Come Soft Rains - Zero Hour,” episode 11, originally broadcast on June 17, 1950. This NBC sustaining broadcast adapts two Ray Bradbury stories for radio, with George Lefferts adapting and Edward King directing.

In “There Will Come Soft Rains,” an automated house carries on its intricate routines in an empty future world. “Zero Hour” shifts to a quiet 1985 suburb, where eight-year-old Mink and her friends become absorbed in a nationwide game called “Invasion.” Norman Rose narrates the first segment, while Denise Alexander stars as Mink.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:58 Original Broadcast
30:55 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Kaleidoscope,” episode 48, originally broadcast on NBC on September 15, 1951. Adapted by George Lefferts from Ray Bradbury’s short story, the drama was directed by Fred Weihe and features Butch Cavell, Edgar Stehli, Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis, and Leon Janney.

After a spacecraft is destroyed, its crew members are cast adrift in open space—separated by vast distances, yet briefly linked by suit radios. As they confront the unknown, their thoughts turn to the lives and personal connections left behind.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Universe,” episode 42, originally broadcast August 2, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama is George Lefferts’s radio adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s 1941 story “Universe,” later incorporated into Orphans of the Sky.

Cadet Hugh Hoyland and his companion Alan Mahoney explore the dangerous lower levels of their enclosed world and seek answers from an elderly keeper of history. As Hugh begins to question the limits of the society he has always known, curiosity collides with authority aboard a vast multigenerational spaceship. The cast includes Mason Adams, Peter Capell, and Donald Buka.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Martian Death March,” episode 34, originally broadcast on January 14, 1951. This NBC drama was an original radio play by Ernest Kinoy, directed by Edward King and produced by William Welch.

On human-controlled Mars in 1997, colonist Al recalls a formative encounter at his prospector father’s isolated desert home near the CalMac Canal. When an Earthman sympathetic to the Martians and a Martian traveler arrive, Al becomes caught up in a perilous journey toward the Martians’ northern mountain homeland. Norman Rose narrates, with Bill Zuckert and Cameron Prud’Homme among the cast.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
26:39 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Dwellers in Silence,” episode 40, originally broadcast July 19, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s Mars story, later collected as “The Long Years” in The Martian Chronicles.

Twenty years after humanity’s survivors have established colonies on Mars, Captain Parsons leads an expedition back to war-ravaged Earth. In an eerily illuminated, seemingly deserted city, the travelers find signs that challenge everything they expected to discover. Adapted by George Lefferts, the episode features Peter Capell as Captain Parsons and Bill Griffis as Dr. Hathaway.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:29 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Shanghied,” episode 29, originally broadcast on NBC on November 12, 1950. Written as an original radio story by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Edward King, the episode features John Sylvester, Bill Griffis, Bill Zuckert, and Joe DeSantis.

On the eve of his wedding in 1987 Boston, wealthy heir Jeff Coffin awakens aboard a Coffin-owned deep-space freighter headed for Centaurus. Cut off from Earth and forced into the ship’s rigid world of command, labor, and survival, he must confront the realities of a long voyage among a crew with little room for dissent.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
31:05 Closing

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Dimension X presents “And the Moon Be Still as Bright,” episode 26, originally broadcast on September 29, 1950. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles story for radio, with Ernest Kinoy’s adaptation directed by Edward King.

A fourth Earth expedition arrives on Mars to find a vast, seemingly deserted Martian city and the lingering beauty of an extinct civilization. As archaeologist Spender, played by Alexander Scourby, responds to the world around him, Captain Wilder (Wendell Holmes) must navigate the conflicting attitudes of the crew toward exploration, preservation, and an unfamiliar planet.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Lost Race,” episode 7, originally broadcast on May 20, 1950. This early live NBC science-fiction drama was adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Murray Leinster’s story, with Norman Rose as host and narrator.

When the space freighter Carilya strays far from its charted course, Captain Wharton and his crew must land on a green, uncharted world. There, archaeologist Howell discovers ruins connected to a civilization known as the Lost Race—but a damaged ship, uncertain prospects for return, and growing tension among the crew make the exploration increasingly perilous. Matt Crowley stars as Captain Wharton, with Roger DeKoven as Howell and Joseph Julian as Danton.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Hello Tomorrow,” episode 24, originally broadcast on September 15, 1950. This original radio story was written by George Lefferts, directed by Edward King, and aired on NBC.

In the fourth millennium, humanity lives beneath a radioactive Earth in a tightly controlled society shaped by genetic selection and emotional regulation. Genetic researcher Professor Lois Burton is assigned to examine Orin, a prisoner deemed imperfect by the state, and their encounter challenges the system’s assumptions about heredity, partnership, and human feeling. The cast includes Nancy Olson, Santos Ortega, and Donald Buka.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
29:51 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Report on the Barnhouse Effect,” episode 3, originally broadcast on NBC on April 22, 1950. This early adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. story was adapted for radio by Claris A. Ross and features Santos Ortega and Bob Hastings.

At an Eastern U.S. college in 1960, psychology professor Barnhouse discovers that his mind can alter physical objects and events. As news of his remarkable ability spreads, official interest grows—and so do the troubling questions surrounding a new kind of human power.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:46 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Outer Limit,” episode 23, originally broadcast on September 8, 1950. This NBC science-fiction drama is a repeat of the series’ April 8, 1950 premiere production, adapted by Ernest Kinoy from a story by Graham Doar.

In the then-future year of 1965, test pilot Steve Weston takes an experimental rocket aircraft on a tightly controlled high-altitude flight from a Southwest desert base. When his craft vanishes from radar beyond the limits of its fuel supply, the base faces an impossible mystery—and Weston’s eventual return brings an extraordinary warning. Joseph Julian stars as Weston, with Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis; the production was directed by Edward King.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
28:52 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Childs Play,” episode 38, originally broadcast on June 24, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts William Tenn’s short story “Child’s Play,” with a radio adaptation by George Lefferts and a cast including Leon Janney and Karl Weber.

A mild-mannered lawyer receives an extraordinary children’s toy mailed from the future: a Build-A-Man kit capable of creating a fully grown person. As he considers what such impossible technology could do for an ordinary life, the future intrudes on the present in unsettling ways.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
25:23 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Courtesy,” episode 41, originally broadcast on July 26, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Clifford D. Simak’s story, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts.

In 1997, Earth’s second expedition to the planet Landro is threatened by a deadly local plague when its defenses fail. Captain Ira Warren and his team—including Benny Faulkner and the formidable Bat Ears Brady—turn to the enigmatic Landrians for help, only to find that the natives’ customs challenge every assumption the visitors bring with them. Lawson Zerbe, Bill Zuckert, and Bill Gray star.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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Dimension X presents “First Contact,” episode 47, originally broadcast on NBC on September 8, 1951. Adapted for radio by Howard Rodman from Murray Leinster’s celebrated short fiction, the episode features Bill Quinn, Bob Hastings, and Cameron Prud’Homme.

An Earth exploratory vessel in the Crab Nebula encounters an alien ship—the first meeting between humanity and another civilization. Once communication begins, caution, distrust, and the hope of friendship collide as both crews confront the perilous uncertainty of contact with the unknown.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
23:19 Closing

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Dimension X presents “To the Future,” episode 8 of the NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast May 27, 1950. Adapted from Ray Bradbury’s short story—later revised as “The Fox and the Forest”—the drama was written for radio by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Edward King.

At a springtime Mexican fiesta in 1950, Bill and Susan Travis hope to lose themselves in the music and celebration. But the couple has fled the war-ravaged year 2155, and a pursuer from their own time threatens their chance at an ordinary, peaceful life. The cast includes John Larkin, Jan Miner, Peter Capell, and Staats Cotsworth.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:44 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Mars Is Heaven,” episode 33, originally broadcast January 7, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama is a rebroadcast of the production first heard on July 7, 1950.

Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story, the episode follows Captain John Black and Earth’s first Mars expedition in 1987. Landing amid heavy mist, they discover a startlingly familiar American town that seems preserved from the 1920s—an inviting discovery that soon inspires wonder and unease. Wendell Holmes stars as Captain Black, with Peter Capell as Dr. Horst.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
26:07 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Destination Moon,” episode 12 of the NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast June 24, 1950. Adapted as a radio preview of the 1950 George Pal film and credited to Pal and Robert A. Heinlein, the production was directed by Edward King.

At a rocket project in Drywell, Texas, a determined team races to launch humanity’s first expedition to the Moon as government opposition threatens to stop the mission. The drama follows the engineering challenges and mounting pressure behind an unprecedented lunar voyage, with Norman Rose as host and narrator.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
29:12 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Green Hills of Earth,” episode 32, originally broadcast December 24, 1950. This NBC sustaining broadcast is a rebroadcast of the series’ June 10, 1950 production, adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story.

After a radiation accident leaves rocket engineer Rhysling blind, he becomes a wandering singer and poet of the spaceways. Ken Williams stars as Rhysling, with Tom Glazer providing the memorable folk-style songs in this lyrical journey through the working communities of the future Solar System—and one traveler’s lasting longing for Earth.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Untitled Story,” episode 45, originally broadcast on NBC on August 23, 1951. This sustaining broadcast adapts Frank M. Robinson’s story from the September 1951 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts.

A gravely ill city mayor purchases a supposed elixir of life—then receives an anonymous warning that the vial may be poison. Hiring a private investigator to uncover the truth, he sets in motion a hard-boiled urban mystery with unsettling science-fiction implications. The cast includes George Petrie, Ann Sargent, and Bernard Lenrow.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:46 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Mars Is Heaven,” episode 14, originally broadcast on NBC on July 7, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story “Mars Is Heaven!,” the drama stars Wendell Holmes as Capt. Black and Peter Capell as Dr. Horst.

An Earth expedition reaches Mars expecting an alien landscape, only to discover a leafy small American town that feels strangely familiar. As the crew encounters people and places from their pasts, their mission becomes an unnerving mystery of memory, longing, and perception.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Man in the Moon,” episode 15, originally broadcast on July 14, 1950. This original radio story was written by George Lefferts and features Luis Van Rooten as meticulous records clerk Henry Timkin, with Santos Ortega as Wade.

At the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons, an ordinary radio bulletin is interrupted by an extraordinary SOS that appears to be coming from the Moon. When Timkin recognizes the name in the transmission as that of a long-vanished atomic physicist, a baffling signal leads to a tense investigation through the bureau’s files.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:58 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Veldt,” episode 43, originally broadcast August 9, 1951. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s chilling short story “The Veldt,” this NBC Radio Network drama was directed by Fred Weihe and features Bill Quinn, Lesley Woods, Joan Alexander, and Byat Alexander.

In a highly automated future home, George and Lydia Hadley grow increasingly uneasy about their children’s immersive nursery, whose walls bring thoughts to vivid life. When it continually conjures a blazing African veldt—and the sounds of lions—the parents seek help in confronting a technology built to satisfy every need.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
31:06 Closing

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Dimension X presents “A Logic Named Joe,” episode 13 of the NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast July 1, 1950. Adapted by Clarice A. Ross from Murray Leinster’s 1946 short story, the episode features Norman Rose as host.

In the then-future year of 1974, Frank Caldwell services the household “Logics” that have become essential to everyday communication, information, and convenience. When a newly made machine called Joe begins operating beyond its intended limits, Caldwell faces a growing crisis in a society deeply dependent on its networked technology.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Marionettes, Inc.,” episode 46, originally broadcast on NBC on August 30, 1951. Adapted from Ray Bradbury’s short story, this sustaining broadcast was scripted by George Lefferts and directed by Fred Wiehe.

Set in the projected year 1990, the story follows a dissatisfied husband who discovers a secret company offering uncannily lifelike humanoid doubles. What begins as a tempting escape from domestic routine soon raises troubling questions about identity, control, and the limits of manufactured companionship. The cast includes Kermit Murdock, Martin Rudy, and Ross Martin.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
28:58 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Castaways,” episode 19 of the classic NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast on August 11, 1950. Written by Ernest Kinoy from an original story by Kinoy and George Lefferts, the Wheaties-sponsored production stars Santos Ortega as General Frank Gaydosh.

At remote Tahani Atoll in the South Pacific, a planned atomic test faces an unexpected obstacle when the island’s residents refuse to leave their ancestral home. As military authority, scientific urgency, and local resistance collide, an unsettling mystery emerges beneath the lagoon. Directed by Jack Kuney, this tense atomic-age drama explores displacement, power, and the unknown.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
31:00 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Almost Human,” episode 6, originally broadcast on May 13, 1950. Adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Robert Bloch’s 1943 short story, this NBC sustaining broadcast features Santos Ortega, Rita Lynn, Jack Grimes, and Norman Rose.

Professor Blaseman’s immense, childlike robot, Junior, is learning about the human world under the care of the professor and Lola. But when a hard-boiled gangster discovers the secluded laboratory, Junior’s powerful artificial mind is drawn into dangerous new lessons about human behavior.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:11 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Universe,” episode 31, originally broadcast November 26, 1950. Adapted by George Lefferts from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1941 story, this NBC Radio Network drama stars Mason Adams as Hugh Hoyland and Peter Capell as Gregory.

Aboard a vast, multilevel generation ship, its inhabitants have come to believe the Ship is the whole of existence. When young scientist Hugh Hoyland begins questioning its origins and the forbidden upper decks, he encounters ideas that challenge everything his society accepts about humanity’s place in the universe.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
31:01 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Potters of Firsk,” episode 17, originally broadcast on July 28, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Jack Vance’s short story, this NBC Radio Network drama features Karl Weber, Wendell Holmes, and Raymond Edward Johnson.

An Earth liaison officer travels to the remote world of Firsk, where celebrated artisans create ceramic vessels with remarkably vivid glazes. As interstellar demand puts pressure on the guarded local tradition, his investigation draws him into questions of commerce, authority, and cultural secrecy.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
28:37 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Green Hills of Earth,” episode 10, originally broadcast June 10, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story, this NBC sustaining broadcast stars Norman Rose, with songs performed by folk singer Tom Glazer.

Blind spacefarer and troubadour “Noisy” Rhysling travels the future Solar System, preserving the language, memories, and longings of the working people of the spaceways. As Earth calls him home, this lyrical science-fiction drama blends rocket-age adventure with the enduring pull of a song.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:35 Original Broadcast
26:29 Closing

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Dimension X presents “No Contact,” episode 4, originally broadcast April 29, 1950. Written by George Lefferts from a storyline developed with Ernest Kinoy, this NBC sustaining-program drama stars Wendell Holmes as Captain Thorson, with Lawson Zerbe and John McGovern.

In 1987, the rocket Star Cloud becomes the sixth expedition attempting to cross the mysterious Great Galactic Barrier and reach the distant planet Volta. As the ship moves deeper into space, its crew confronts mounting uncertainty, fragile communications, and the unsettling legacy of the missions that vanished before them.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
25:12 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Knock,” episode 5, originally broadcast on NBC on May 6, 1950. This sustaining broadcast adapts Fredric Brown’s short story for radio, with a script by Ernest Kinoy.

Anthropology professor Walter Phelan believes he may be the last man on Earth—until a mysterious visitor knocks at his door. Arnold Moss stars as Phelan, with Luis Van Rooten and Joan Alexander, in a tense tale of isolation, captivity, and an encounter that challenges humanity’s place in a much larger world.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Nightmare,” episode 36, originally broadcast on NBC on June 10, 1951. This tense technological fable was adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Stephen Vincent Benét’s poem “The Revolt of the Machines.”

At Long Island’s Brook Meadow atomic-pile project, statistician Samson Gurney spots a troubling pattern behind a string of supposedly routine mechanical accidents. As skepticism mounts, his investigation leads into the uneasy relationship between people, industry, and the increasingly complex machines around them. John Gibson stars as Gurney, with Rita Lynn, Joseph Julian, and Joe DeSantis.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
25:46 Closing

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Dimension X presents “No Contact,” episode 27, originally broadcast October 28, 1950. Written by George Lefferts from a Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy storyline, this NBC sustaining-program production was directed by Edward King and produced by William Welch.

In 1987, Captain Thorson and Lieutenant Collier take the rocket Star Cloud toward Volta, following five expeditions that vanished at an invisible barrier in space. As Earth ground control awaits word, the mission becomes a suspenseful mystery of communication, trust, and danger in deep space. Luis Van Rooten stars as Captain Thorson, with Donald Buka as Lieutenant Collier.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Nightfall,” episode 50, originally broadcast on September 29, 1951. This NBC drama adapts Isaac Asimov’s 1941 science-fiction story, with Ernest Kinoy’s radio adaptation directed by Fred Weihe. Lyle Sudrow stars as reporter Theremon, alongside Cameron Prud’homme as Dr. Aton and John McGovern as Dr. Sheerin.

On Lagash, a world illuminated by six suns, Theremon investigates an observatory’s troubling prediction: a once-in-2,049-years eclipse that will bring the planet’s first true darkness. As scientific warnings collide with public doubt and an ominous religious movement, the reporter follows the developing story from Saro City to the university observatory.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
31:17 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Martian Chronicles,” episode 20, originally broadcast on NBC on August 18, 1950. Sponsored by Wheaties, this adaptation was written for radio by Ernest Kinoy and draws on several linked stories from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.

On a lyrical, inhabited Mars, a woman’s dream of Earth becomes the opening note in a wider chronicle of rocket expeditions, human arrivals, and settlement on the red planet. Ray Bradbury hosted this compact half-hour adaptation, featuring Inge Adams, Roger De Koven, and Donald Buka.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
31:01 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Dr Grimshaw’s Sanatorium,” episode 25, originally broadcast on NBC on September 22, 1950. Adapted by George Lefferts from Fletcher Pratt’s short story, the drama is directed by Edward King and stars Karl Weber as private detective John Doherty, with Roger De Koven as Arthur Kaye.

After a suspicious burial raises unsettling questions, Doherty goes undercover at an exclusive private sanatorium outside Gowanda, New York. Inside its secluded wards and locked-away clinic, he encounters a long-term patient and evidence that the institution may be concealing more than it admits.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
31:09 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 18 of the classic NBC Radio Network science-fiction series, originally broadcast on August 4, 1950. This original radio thriller was written by George Lefferts and produced by Van Woodward.

In Washington, D.C., a government official’s wife and young daughter visit a doll maker whose handcrafted creations can talk. When one unusual doll enters their home, an innocent purchase begins to feel increasingly uncanny. The cast includes Les Tremaine, Joan Alexander, Denise Alexander, and Joe De Santis.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
29:49 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Competition,” episode 30, originally broadcast on NBC on November 19, 1950. This sustaining-period drama was adapted by Ernest Kinoy from E. Mayne Hull’s short story and features Les Tremayne and Elaine Ross.

Aboard an immigration ship bound from Earth toward the Red Stars, civilian passengers look forward to new lives on distant colony worlds. But a young woman finds herself caught in a dangerous struggle over the voyage’s destination and the powerful interests competing beyond Earth.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
29:59 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Outer Limit” (also known as “The Outer Limit”), episode 1, originally broadcast April 8, 1950. In the series’ premiere, adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Graham Doar’s short story, experimental pilot Steve Weston pushes a rocket aircraft to the edge of space from a Southwest desert test base in the then-future year 1965.

When Weston disappears from radar during a flight with only minutes of fuel, ground controller Hank Hansen and the base staff confront an unsettling mystery. Joseph Julian stars as Weston, with Wendell Holmes as Hansen and Joe DeSantis as Major Donaldson.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:58 Original Broadcast
31:09 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Roads Must Roll,” episode 22, originally broadcast on September 1, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s short story, this NBC Radio Network drama features Wendell Holmes and Ralph Bell.

In a future America, immense electro-hydraulic rolling roads carry passengers and freight across the country. When the specialists who operate this indispensable system press their demands, a transportation marvel becomes a tense struggle over expertise, power, and public dependence.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:28 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Professor Was a Thief,” originally broadcast November 5, 1950, as episode 28. This NBC sustaining broadcast adapts L. Ron Hubbard’s science-fiction story, with a radio adaptation by George Lefferts.

A skeptical New York newspaper editor is startled by a veteran reporter’s extraordinary claim: Grant’s Tomb has vanished. As a quiet, bookish man calling himself the world’s greatest genius draws attention, increasingly impossible events challenge the city’s assumptions about matter, mind, and reality. Norman Rose hosts, and the cast includes Arthur Maitland, John Larkin, and Bob Hastings.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
31:16 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Requiem,” episode 49, originally broadcast on September 22, 1951. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated 1940 short story, this NBC drama stars Rod Hendrickson as D. D. “Del” Harriman.

In a future where lunar travel is routine, the aging industrialist Harriman still longs for the dream that has guided his life: to see the Moon for himself. A chance encounter with Captain McIntyre and engineer Charlie at a weathered fairground rocket may offer an unexpected path toward that ambition.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
31:56 Closing

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