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X Minus One presents “Honeymoon in Hell,” episode 81, originally broadcast on NBC on December 26, 1956. This radio adaptation of Fredric Brown’s 1950 novelette was written for radio by George Lefferts and directed by Daniel Sutter.

In a near-future world burdened by Cold War tensions and a startling decline in male births, an American space pilot and a Soviet scientist are assigned to a politically charged mission to the Moon. William Redfield and Vilma Cure star in this tense, satirical drama of international rivalry, human survival, and the unsettling calculations of a powerful computer.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:45 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 a short story by Fletcher Pratt, the drama stars Karl Weber as private detective John Doherty.

After a disturbing discovery at a cemetery points toward Dr. Grimshaw’s exclusive institution outside Gowanda, New York, Doherty goes undercover as a patient to investigate. Missing patients, secretive staff, and forbidden areas make the sanatorium a dangerous place to seek the truth. Edward King directed this sustaining-period broadcast.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
31:12 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Cave of Night,” episode 36, originally broadcast on February 1, 1956. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from James E. Gunn’s Galaxy Science Fiction story, this NBC sustaining broadcast uses a striking radio-documentary style.

Broadcast journalist Harry Anders assembles reports, official statements, and radio transmissions as an experimental rocket pilot becomes stranded in orbit. With the world listening and teams at Goddard Rocket Base racing to respond, the drama turns a distant emergency into an urgent public event. The cast includes Alexander Scourby, Joe DeSantis, and Bob Hastings.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:14 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Iron Eaters of Planet X,” episode 57, originally broadcast on October 31, 1953. In this ABC adventure sponsored by Ralston Cereals, Ed Kemmer stars as Commander Buzz Corry.

Corry and Cadet Happy set out to investigate intelligence tied to Prince Baccarati’s installations on Planet X, but sabotage strikes during their journey toward Venus. With their spacecraft threatened by strange metal-devouring creatures, the patrolmen face a mounting emergency in deep space. Directed and produced by Larry Robertson.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
30:11 Closing

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CBS Radio Workshop presents “Report on E.S.P.,” episode 7, originally broadcast on March 9, 1956. This early installment of CBS’s experimental dramatic anthology was produced by William Froug and directed by Jack Johnstone.

In a documentary-drama approach, the program examines alleged cases of extrasensory perception, including reports of telepathy and clairvoyance, through dramatized incidents and discussion of paranormal investigation. The cast includes Raymond Burr, John McIntire, and Stacy Harris.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
30:11 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Beyond Infinity,” episode 16, originally broadcast on NBC on July 21, 1950. This original science-fiction radio play was written by Villiers Gerson, directed by Edward King, and produced by Van Woodward.

An American journalist enters a tense, unnamed totalitarian European country in search of a resistance story—and finds Dr. Wensler’s secret laboratory, where a startling experiment in miniaturization may change the underground’s chances of survival. Les Damon, Lotte Stavisky, and Joe DeSantis are featured in this Cold War-era blend of espionage suspense and speculative adventure.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
30:12 Closing

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X Minus One, episode 45, “How-2,” originally broadcast on NBC Radio Network on April 3, 1956. Adapted by William Welch from Clifford D. Simak’s Galaxy Science Fiction novelette, the production was directed by Daniel Sutter and features Alan Bunce and Anne Seymour.

In a twenty-first-century suburban home, dedicated kit-builder Gordon Knight expects a robotic dog kit—but receives something much larger and more sophisticated. As the finished robot, Albert, begins helping around the household, Gordon faces unexpected questions about ownership, responsibility, and what a machine may be entitled to become.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
29:19 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Sea Monster of Planet X,” episode 60, originally broadcast on November 21, 1953. This 30-minute ABC adventure was sponsored by Ralston Cereals and written by Lou Huston.

In a continuation of the Planet X storyline, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy search the Great Sea for the escaped Prince Baccarratti and Dr. Malingro. Their pursuit leads from the vicinity of a deserted undersea city to the dangerous surface waters of Planet X, where an ominous threat waits beneath the sea. Ed Kemmer stars as Buzz Corry, with Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:31 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Veldt,” episode 43, originally broadcast on NBC on August 9, 1951. This sustaining-program adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s story was written for radio by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Fred Weihe.

In a highly automated Happy Life Home, George and Lydia Hadley grow uneasy about their children’s thought-responsive nursery, which keeps creating an alarmingly vivid African veldt. Featuring Lesley Woods and Bill Quinn as the troubled parents, this Bradbury suspense tale considers what happens when a family allows technology to meet every need.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
31:00 Closing

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2000 Plus presents “A Veteran Comes Home,” originally broadcast on July 5, 1950. Episode 17 of the Mutual Broadcasting System science-fiction series, it was directed by Sherman H. Dryer and stars Bill Griffis as Mike and Joan Shea as Mary.

After five years fighting in the Martian War, Mike returns to his Earth home, where his wife and young son have waited for the family’s reunion. This thoughtful future-war drama contrasts a child’s excitement about military heroism with a veteran’s struggle to leave combat behind.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
00:41 Original Broadcast
29:43 Closing

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Dimension X presents “No Contact,” episode 27, originally broadcast October 28, 1950. Written by George Lefferts from a storyline by Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, this NBC science-fiction drama stars Luis van Rooten as Captain Thorson and Donald Buka as Lieutenant Collier.

On June 2, 1987, the rocket Star Cloud makes the sixth attempt to reach the distant planet Volta. Five earlier expeditions disappeared at the mysterious Galactic Barrier, an invisible obstacle in deep space. As Captain Thorson and his crew draw near, troubling radiation readings and an unexplained condition aboard the ship turn the mission into a tense test of communication, trust, and survival. This broadcast is a rebroadcast of the April 29, 1950 production.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Reluctant Heroes,” episode 80, originally broadcast on NBC on December 19, 1956. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Frank M. Robinson’s Galaxy Science Fiction story, this lunar drama stars Mandel Kramer and Bob Hastings.

At a remote Moon base, veteran crewman Chapman and his fellow lunar workers confront the personal strain of long isolation from Earth—and a difficult question surrounding the next relief rotation. A serious early Space Age drama about the human cost of living and working beyond Earth.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:21 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Universe,” episode 42, originally broadcast on August 2, 1951. This NBC Radio Network drama adapts Robert A. Heinlein’s classic science-fiction story, with a radio script by George Lefferts. Mason Adams stars as Cadet Hugh Hoyland, with Norman Rose as host and announcer.

Aboard a vast, many-decked generation spaceship, Hugh and his friend Alan Mahoney live among people who believe the Ship is the whole of creation. When Hugh seeks the knowledge preserved by John the Witness, he begins to question the rigid beliefs and fearful legends governing life on the lower levels. This broadcast is a rebroadcast of Dimension X’s November 26, 1950 presentation.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
30:32 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “Prison Planet,” episode 119, originally broadcast on ABC on January 8, 1955. Ed Kemmer stars as Commander Buzz Corry, with Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy, in this late-run adventure from the series’ continuing Draxock galaxy storyline.

Returning aboard the Terra V to a star system half a million light-years from the United Planets, Buzz and Happy search for the last missing pilot from a disastrous expedition. Their mission brings them into the dangerous territory of Meckor, guardian of the Draxock galaxy. The episode was written by Lou Huston and produced and directed by Larry Robertson.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:22 Closing

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CBS Radio Workshop, episode 44, “The King of the Cats,” originally broadcast on CBS on November 25, 1956. Adapted from Stephen Vincent Benét’s fantastical short story, this production was directed and produced by William N. Robson and stars Byron Kane as Tommy Culverin.

Tommy, a young office worker and committed cat hater, recalls his unsettling courtship of the enigmatic Princess Vivranka amid New York’s concert halls, drawing rooms, and society gatherings. When a celebrated European conductor named Tibault enters their circle, small feline details begin to give the fashionable scene an increasingly uncanny air. Jeanette Nolan, Joseph Kearns, and Peggy Webber are among the supporting cast.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
01:00 Original Broadcast
25:51 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Moon Is Green,” originally broadcast on January 2, 1957. This is episode 82 of the NBC science-fiction series, adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Fritz Leiber’s 1952 Galaxy Science Fiction story.

In a post-atomic-war world, Effie and Hank remain sealed inside their shelter, certain that radioactive dust has made the outdoors unlivable. When Effie opens a window and meets a wanderer named Patrick, their fears and assumptions about the world beyond their refuge are put to the test. The cast includes Joyce Gordon, Bill Lipton, and Ian Martin.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:06 Closing

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

In 1987, Captain Black leads an Earth expedition to Mars, where the crew emerges from heavy mist to find something no one expected: a welcoming small American town that appears preserved from the 1920s. Familiar streets, homes, and faces make the discovery both wondrous and deeply unsettling.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:07 Closing

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X Minus One presents “And the Moon Be Still as Bright,” originally broadcast on September 22, 1955. Commonly cataloged as episode 19, this NBC Radio Network drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles story for radio, with a script by Ernest Kinoy.

After three Earth expeditions vanish on the way to Mars, Captain Wilder leads a fourth mission to a vast, silent Martian city. Among its deserted streets, towers, and monuments, the crew must reckon with very different views of exploration, ownership, and the legacy of a lost civilization. The cast includes Clarke Gordon, John Larkin, Nelson Olmsted, and narrator Norman Rose.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
24:54 Closing

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

In “There Will Come Soft Rains,” an automated house carries on its precise daily routines in an empty future world. “Zero Hour” shifts to a quiet 1985 suburb, where children become engrossed in a strange game that increasingly unsettles the adults around them. Norman Rose narrates the first tale, while Denise Alexander, Rita Lynn, and Roger De Koven appear in “Zero Hour.”

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:42 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Last Martian,” originally broadcast on NBC on August 7, 1956. Episode 63 is adapted by George Lefferts from a short story by Fredric Brown, with Santos Ortega and Elliott Reid among the featured cast.

A newspaper reporter investigates a troubled bar patron who claims to be a Martian trapped in an Earthman’s body. As the stranger describes disaster on Mars, the reporter must decide whether he is chasing an unusual human-interest story—or confronting something far more disturbing.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
00:57 Original Broadcast
29:49 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Mystery of the Masked Martians,” episode 88, originally broadcast on June 5, 1954. This ABC adventure, sponsored by Ralston Cereals, stars Ed Kemmer as Commander Buzz Corry and Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy.

On a remote stretch of Mars, Buzz and Happy encounter an isolated community descended from space pirates stranded there centuries earlier. Captured in unfamiliar territory, the Space Patrol officers face a dangerous mystery among the masked Martians. The episode was written by Lou Huston and produced and directed by Larry Robertson.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
29:45 Closing

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2000 Plus presents “Worlds Apart,” originally broadcast on November 29, 1950, over the Mutual Broadcasting System. This 30-minute science-fiction anthology drama was produced by Sherman H. Dryer and Robert Weenolsen.

The spaceship Phoenix sets out on a pioneering voyage to Neptune with Captain Roberts, rocket engineer Jim Granger, and a group of passengers aboard. When a navigational emergency forces the ship down at the remote Green Valley installation, the rescued travelers find themselves confined amid unfamiliar technology, strict security, and increasingly troubling questions.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
29:15 Closing

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Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents Dimension X, Episode 1, “Outer Limit,” originally broadcast on NBC on April 8, 1950. This premiere episode was adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Graham Doar’s short story “The Outer Limit.”

In the then-future year of 1965, test pilot Steve Weston takes an experimental rocket aircraft aloft from a Southwest desert base with only minutes of fuel to spare. When he disappears from radar, controller Hank Hansen and Major Donaldson face an unsettling mystery—and an urgent decision when the missing pilot unexpectedly returns. Joseph Julian stars as Weston, with Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis; Edward King directed.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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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Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents X Minus One, “The Man in the Moon,” episode 6, originally broadcast on NBC on May 29, 1955.

A routine nationwide missing-persons broadcast is interrupted by a mysterious distress signal that seems to come from the Moon. When records custodian Henry Timkin recognizes a name in the transmission, a trail through government files points toward a disturbing pattern of vanished scientific talent. Written by George Lefferts and directed by Fred Weihe, this suspenseful radio mystery remakes Lefferts’s earlier 1950 Dimension X play and features Joe DeSantis, Luis Van Rooten, and Ross Martin.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
28:58 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Spies from Planet X,” episode 51, originally broadcast on ABC on September 19, 1953. Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy are played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn.

Space Patrol intelligence reports a possible sighting of Prince Baccarratti in Saturn City, though the prince is believed to be at his remote Planet X stronghold. Buzz and Happy investigate the busy Saturn City spaceport, following clues involving a suspected relative and the Baccarratti family jewels. Written by Lou Huston and directed by Larry Robertson, this episode continues the Planet X/Baccarratti storyline.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
29:44 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Martian Death March,” episode 34, originally broadcast on NBC on January 14, 1951. This original radio drama was written by Ernest Kinoy, with Norman Rose as announcer/narrator and a cast including Bill Zuckert.

On a human-conquered Mars in 1997, a young colonist recalls encountering spider-like Martians forced into Earth-imposed reservations. When refugees set out across the harsh red landscape toward their northern mountain homeland, he becomes caught up in a powerful journey of displacement, endurance, and human solidarity. The story’s forced-removal premise carries an allegorical echo of the Trail of Tears.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
26:37 Closing

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CBS Radio Workshop presents “Space Merchants Part 1,” episode 55, originally broadcast on February 17, 1957. This CBS adaptation of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s influential novel The Space Merchants was written for radio by Charles Monroe and directed by Paul Roberts.

In a future ruled by the immense power of advertising, star copywriter Mitchell Courtney of Fowler Schocken receives a daunting assignment: sell the public on colonizing Venus. Staats Cotsworth stars as Courtney, with Virginia Kaye as Cathy, in the first half of a sharp science-fiction satire of corporate influence, consumer culture, and promotion without limits.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
25:30 Closing

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X Minus One, “Lulu,” originally broadcast on October 31, 1957, is episode 118 of NBC Radio’s classic science-fiction anthology series. Adapted by George Lefferts from Clifford D. Simak’s novelette, the drama features Henry Norrell, Jan Miner, James Stevens, Nelson Olmsted, and Walter Black.

Three space travelers accompany Lulu, a highly advanced Planetary Exploration Robot that serves as both spacecraft and mission base. When the crew gives their machine a personal name—and poetry enters the picture—their routine exploration assignment takes an unexpected and humorous turn.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
22:27 Closing

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2000 Plus presents “The Robot Killer,” originally broadcast on Mutual on August 30, 1950. Episode 25 of the sustained science-fiction anthology was produced by Sherman H. Dryer and Robert Weenolsen.

Happy Sam’s television promotion offers Experimental Robot 23, a six-foot household robot, as its grand prize. When John Hanold brings the remarkable machine home, its voice-command controls and place in the Hanolds’ already strained household raise unsettling questions about technology, publicity, and human emotion. Professor Straker and neighbor Virginia Barden share growing concern.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
00:38 Original Broadcast
28:28 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Voice from the Future,” episode 105, originally broadcast on ABC on October 2, 1954. In this Nestlé’s Chocolate-sponsored adventure, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy are played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn; the story was written by Lou Huston and produced and directed by Larry Robertson.

At the Lunar Fleet Base, Corry and Happy prepare to test a closely guarded experimental ship equipped with a star drive. When danger turns the mission into a struggle for survival in hyperspace, a strange broadcast that seems to come from October 1972 may hold a vital clue.

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio 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
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:05 Closing

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

Radiation-blinded spaceman Rhysling—known as the singing poet of the spaceways—travels the future Solar System carrying songs and memories of those who work among the stars. With Tom Glazer performing Rhysling’s music, this lyrical drama follows a final rocket voyage shaped by longing for Earth and fellowship aboard ship. Directed by Edward King and produced by William Welch.

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00:41 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 34, originally broadcast on January 18, 1956. Written by George Lefferts for NBC, this program is a repeat of the series’ June 5, 1955 production, based on Lefferts’s earlier Dimension X script.

In Washington, D.C., a government official’s family discovers an unusual dollmaker whose remarkably lifelike creations can talk. A new doll brings wonder to the household, but its presence soon casts an unsettling shadow over the family and the official’s sensitive work. The cast includes Joe De Santis, Les Damon, and Joan Alexander.

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00:44 Original Broadcast
25:02 Closing

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Dimension X, episode 22, “The Roads Must Roll,” originally broadcast on NBC on September 1, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story, the production was directed by Edward King and features Norman Rose as narrator.

In a future America, enormous rolling roads have replaced cars and trucks, carrying people and freight across a nation dependent on their constant motion. When the engineers who maintain this vast transportation system challenge its authority, the indispensable roads become the center of a growing crisis.

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00:51 Original Broadcast
30:33 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Target One,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 26, 1957. This is episode 123 of the classic science-fiction radio series.

In a future devastated by atomic war, officials approve a desperate time-travel mission to alter the course of history. Adapted by George Lefferts from Frederik Pohl’s Galaxy story, “Target One” turns Cold War-era nuclear fears into a tense drama centered on the moral cost of reshaping the past. The cast includes Frank Silvera and Joseph Bell.

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00:46 Original Broadcast
21:46 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Professor Was a Thief,” episode 28, originally broadcast on NBC on November 5, 1950. This sustaining broadcast was adapted for radio by George Lefferts from L. Ron Hubbard’s 1940 science-fiction novelette, with Norman Rose as host.

When reporter Sweeney claims that Grant’s Tomb has vanished, skeptical New York City editor Pop Attaby finds himself chasing a story that grows stranger by the minute. Amid missing Manhattan landmarks and baffled newsroom staff, a quiet, bookish man named Hannibal Purtwee may hold the key. The cast includes Arthur Maitland, John Larkin, and Bob Hastings.

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00:46 Original Broadcast
31:07 Closing

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2000 Plus presents “When the Machines Went Mad,” originally broadcast April 26, 1950, on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Written by Donald Stapleton, this early science-fiction drama stars Ken Williams and Charlotte Manson as Johnny and Jane.

In the year 2800, Johnny and Jane encounter a human resistance fighting for freedom beyond the reach of Mechs City and its all-powerful Master Mechanical Brain. As the machines pursue new electronic servants, the rebels face an increasingly urgent struggle to keep humanity from becoming expendable.

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00:49 Original Broadcast
22:35 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Map Makers,” originally broadcast on NBC Radio on September 26, 1956. This is episode 68, adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Frederik Pohl’s 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction story.

When the deep-space survey ship Terra II is knocked off course during a hyperspace jump and its navigation atlas is destroyed, the crew faces an unfamiliar sky and an uncertain way home. With injured navigator Lieutenant Grodin at the center of the crisis, the stranded explorers must confront the limits of their maps—and their knowledge. Directed by Daniel Sutter and featuring John Larkin, Ed Prentiss, and Bob Hastings.

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00:49 Original Broadcast
29:35 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Martian Chronicles,” episode 20, originally broadcast on NBC on August 18, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s newly published novel, this ambitious half-hour drama is narrated by Norman Rose.

A series of linked journeys carries listeners from snowy Ohio to the canals, silent cities, and lingering mysteries of Mars. As Earth expeditions arrive and settlement begins, Bradbury’s lyrical vision contrasts human ambition with the haunting traces of an older Martian world.

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00:56 Original Broadcast
31:15 Closing

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X Minus One, “The Veldt” (Episode 12), originally broadcast August 4, 1955. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story, this NBC sustaining broadcast was directed by Daniel Sutter.

In an automated future HappyLife Home, George and Lydia Abbott become disturbed by their children’s extraordinary nursery, whose crystalline walls turn thoughts into lifelike worlds. When the room repeatedly conjures an African veldt—with heat, distant animal cries, and ever-more-convincing lions—they call psychologist Dr. David McClean to help understand what the children’s obsession may mean. The cast includes Mary Patton, Bill Quinn, and John Larkin.

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00:39 Original Broadcast
24:33 Closing

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Dimension X presents “To the Future,” episode 8, originally broadcast on NBC on May 27, 1950. This sustaining drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s “The Fox and the Forest,” with radio adaptation by Ernest Kinoy and starring John Larkin and Jan Miner.

William and Susan Travis flee the war-ravaged authoritarian world of 2155 for the seeming safety of mid-century Mexico. But as they try to vanish into a more carefree era, searchers from the future close in. Directed by Edward King, this tense time-travel tale contrasts Acapulco’s inviting refuge with the menace of the world the couple left behind.

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00:38 Original Broadcast
30:38 Closing

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Space Patrol presents “The Treasure of Planetoid 60,” episode 39, originally broadcast on June 27, 1953. Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy, played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn, return in this ABC Radio adventure sponsored by Ralston Cereals.

Clues to a century-old lost space expedition and a remarkably valuable mineral lead Buzz and Happy from Neptune City to remote Planetoid 60. With crooks also pursuing the vanished explorer’s cache, the Space Patrol faces a dangerous search involving a derelict spaceship, rocky terrain, and a crucial microscopic examination. Written by Lou Huston.

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30:54 Closing

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2000 Plus presents “The Rocket and the Skull,” originally broadcast on October 10, 1951. Cataloged as episode 77, this Mutual Broadcasting System science-fiction drama imagines the challenges of spaceflight in the then-distant year 2006.

Colonel Bradbury, a key figure in the Western drive to reach the Moon, is injured when his experimental X-93 rocket-jet suffers a catastrophic failure. As doctors attempt a daring medical procedure, pressure builds from a rival Eastern Alliance—and strange communications connected with Mars complicate an already urgent mission. The cast includes Nat Polen as Colonel Bradbury, Arnold Robertson as General Hilton, and Merrill Joels as Dr. Keys.

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00:49 Original Broadcast
27:37 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Destination Moon,” episode 12, originally broadcast on NBC on June 24, 1950. Adapted by Robert A. Heinlein from the 1950 George Pal film, this lunar adventure features Ralph Bell, Santos Ortega, Wendell Holmes, and Norman Rose as host and narrator.

At a Texas rocket project, a determined team races to send humanity’s first expedition to the Moon before official action can halt the mission. With a narrow launch window and urgent last-minute complications, the program captures the practical pressures and daring optimism of early spaceflight. The surviving broadcast is notably interrupted by an NBC news bulletin reporting the outbreak of the Korean War.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
29:11 Closing

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X Minus One, “Mars Is Heaven,” originally broadcast May 8, 1955, is episode 3 of NBC’s science-fiction anthology series. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s “Mars Is Heaven!”—later revised as “The Third Expedition” in The Martian Chronicles—the drama stars Wendell Holmes as Captain John Black, with Peter Capell as Dr. Horst.

Earth’s first manned rocket expedition lands on Mars in 1987, where Captain Black and his crew emerge from the mist to find an impossible sight: a quiet American small town that seems to have stepped out of the 1920s. Familiar sounds and sights challenge the explorers’ scientific certainty in this eerie Bradbury suspense story, produced by William Welch.

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00:50 Original Broadcast
27:06 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 sustaining broadcast adapts Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, with radio adaptation by Ernest Kinoy and direction by Edward King.

After three Earth expeditions vanish on Mars, a fourth lands beside a vast, seemingly deserted Martian city. Captain Wilder and archaeologist Spender confront the haunting remains of an alien civilization—and difficult questions about discovery, loss, and what humanity owes to a world it has come to explore. Wendell Holmes stars as Captain Wilder, with Alexander Scourby as Spender.

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00:39 Original Broadcast
30:19 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Vital Factor,” episode 44, originally broadcast on NBC on August 16, 1951. This sustaining-program drama was adapted for radio by Howard Rodman from Nelson S. Bond’s short story “The Vital Factor.”

Wayne Crowder, the ruthless head of Crowder Industries, is determined to make history as the first man in space. His engineers can build the ship, but its propulsion problem remains unsolved—until a scientist arrives with a startling anti-gravity proposal and terms of his own. The cast includes Raymond Edward Johnson and Luis Van Rooten; Fred Wiehe directed.

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00:42 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents Space Patrol, “Captain Hacketts Planetoid,” originally broadcast on May 8, 1954. This is episode 84 of the ABC juvenile science-fiction serial, written by Lou Huston and featuring Ed Kemmer as Commander Buzz Corry and Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy.

While continuing their search for Prince Baccarratti, Corry and Happy are drawn to Saturn’s sixth moon, where veteran space miner Captain Hackett has discovered a planetoid rich in valuable wolfenite ore. Trouble at the Space Miner’s Outfitting and Supply Company soon puts Hackett and his remarkable find at risk.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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CBS Radio Workshop, episode 9, presents “The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes,” originally broadcast on March 23, 1956. This CBS sustaining production is an original dramatic-verse ballad by Edmund P. Brophy, adapted and directed for radio by Sam Pierce.

William Conrad narrates the story of Jimmy Blue Eyes, a New Orleans trumpet player pursuing an elusive musical note amid the blues and Dixieland atmosphere of old Storyville. Jimmie Dodd stars as Jimmy, with jazz trumpet by Mannie Klein and a continuous musical score that makes this an especially distinctive, music-centered radio drama.

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00:44 Original Broadcast
30:11 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Almost Human,” episode 13, originally broadcast on NBC on August 11, 1955. Adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Robert Bloch’s short story—first published under the pseudonym Tarleton Fiske—the drama features Santos Ortega and Jone Allison.

At Professor Blaseman’s secluded laboratory, criminal Duke encounters Junior, an imposing robot whose mind is being educated from a childlike state. As Duke tries to influence the machine’s lessons, the professor’s assistant Lola becomes increasingly concerned about what Junior is learning in this tense early cybernetic thriller.

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00:45 Original Broadcast
24:36 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Universe,” episode 31, originally broadcast on NBC on November 26, 1950. Adapted by George Lefferts from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1941 short story, this sustaining-program broadcast features Mason Adams and Peter Capell.

Aboard a vast generation ship, descendants of the original travelers have lived so long within its enclosed decks that they believe it is the whole of existence. When one member of this isolated society begins questioning its inherited certainties, “Universe” becomes a tense, thought-provoking drama of tradition, confinement, and discovery.

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00:41 Original Broadcast
30:55 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Stars Are the Styx,” episode 61, originally broadcast on NBC on July 24, 1956. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Theodore Sturgeon’s 1950 Galaxy Science Fiction story, the drama was directed by Bob Mauer and produced by William Welch.

At Curbstone, an Earth-orbiting way station for travelers seeking one-way passage to the stars, a release officer and his assistant Tween evaluate prospective colonists. As new candidates arrive—including the officer’s old friend Judson—the demanding selection process and the promise and danger of interstellar departure bring deeply human hopes into focus.

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00:57 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Man in the Moon,” episode 15, originally broadcast on NBC on July 14, 1950. This original radio drama was written by George Lefferts and features Luis van Rooten, Santos Ortega, and narrator Norman Rose.

A routine bulletin at the Federal Missing Persons Bureau is interrupted by a desperate S.O.S. apparently coming from the Moon. As a clerk traces a disturbing pattern of disappearances, an ordinary office mystery becomes a tense lunar enigma.

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00:43 Original Broadcast
30:56 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Real Gone,” episode 90, originally broadcast on NBC on February 27, 1957. This original script was written by Ernest Kinoy from an idea by jazz disc jockey Al “Jazzbo” Collins, who appears as himself.

When artist Ralph Therian unveils an astonishing new form of miniature sculpture, his tiny creations become the latest modern-art sensation. With Jazzbo Collins bringing his distinctive on-air style to the story, “Real Gone” blends beat-era show-business patter, art-world fashion, and an unusual creative process. John Baragrey, John McGovern, and Harold Huber also star; Kenneth MacGregor directed.

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00:44 Original Broadcast
23:04 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Embassy,” episode 9, originally broadcast on NBC on June 3, 1950. This 29-minute drama was adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Donald A. Wollheim’s 1942 short story, originally published under the name Martin Pearson.

In New York City, private detective Broderick receives an unusual visitor: the scholarly and eccentric Mr. Grapheus, who insists a Martian Embassy is hidden somewhere in the city. Armed with an apparently ancient document, Grapheus draws Broderick into a hard-boiled investigation with unsettling implications. The cast includes Joseph Julian, Berry Kroeger, and Norman Rose.

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00:40 Original Broadcast
30:37 Closing

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Space Patrol: “Prisoners of Tiranna,” episode 103, originally broadcast September 18, 1954. In this ABC adventure, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy follow vital intelligence concerning the hostile Tiranna star system, where enemy spies may be preparing an attack on the United Planets.

As the elusive agent Matthew Smead draws them closer to enemy territory, Corry and Happy undertake a dangerous reconnaissance mission with high stakes for Terra. Written by Lou Huston and directed by Larry Robertson, the episode stars Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn and forms part of the September 1954 Tyranna invasion storyline.

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00:39 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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CBS Radio Workshop presents “Space Merchants Part 2,” originally broadcast February 24, 1957, as episode 56. This concludes the program’s two-part adaptation of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s science-fiction satire The Space Merchants, adapted for radio by Charles Monroe and directed by Paul Roberts.

In an overcrowded, polluted future ruled by advertising power, star copywriter Mitchell Courtney faces the immense task of selling emigration to Venus. As pressure mounts around the campaign, opposition to the corporate order challenges both his assignment and the world he has helped promote. Staats Cotsworth stars as Courtney, with Virginia Kaye as Cathy.

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00:51 Original Broadcast
25:33 Closing

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X Minus One presents “First Contact,” episode 20, originally broadcast on NBC Radio Network on October 6, 1955. Adapted by Howard Rodman from Murray Leinster’s celebrated science-fiction novelette, the drama features Wendell Holmes, Bob Hastings, and Clarke Gordon.

On a deep-space expedition near a strange twin-star nebula, an Earth vessel encounters an alien spacecraft—the first confirmed meeting between humanity and another intelligent race. As both crews weigh the dangers of revealing too much about their home worlds, a cautious attempt at communication becomes a tense test of trust and survival.

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Dimension X presents “Courtesy,” episode 41, originally broadcast on NBC on July 26, 1951. This sustaining-program drama adapts a story by Clifford D. Simak, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts and direction by Fred Wiehe.

On the alien planet Landro, a second Earth expedition faces a deadly local plague after discovering its medical protection cannot be used. Captain Ira Warren and his team must seek help from the reclusive Landrians, confronting an urgent survival crisis and a profound cultural divide.

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X Minus One presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 7, originally broadcast on NBC on June 5, 1955. This commercial-free 27-minute drama was written by George Lefferts and adapted from his earlier Dimension X story.

In Washington, D.C., the wife and young daughter of a Pentagon official discover Santor Perigi’s remarkable doll shop. When the girl brings home Toto, an unusually lifelike talking doll available only for rent, the family’s fascination soon gives way to unease—especially as Colonel Henry Grayson’s sensitive government work becomes entangled with strange developments. Joe De Santis stars as Perigi, with Nelson Olmsted as Colonel Grayson.

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00:43 Original Broadcast
29:00 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Requiem,” episode 49, originally broadcast on NBC on September 22, 1951. Adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s short story, it stars Rod Hendrickson as determined industrialist D. D. Harriman, with Bill Quinn and Owen Jordan.

In a future where commercial trips to the Moon have become possible, Harriman finds an aging rocket crew exhibiting their craft at a fairground. Barred from ordinary lunar travel by medical regulations, the wealthy dreamer seeks another way to make the journey he has wanted all his life.

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00:46 Original Broadcast
31:53 Closing

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This episode features "To the Future" from Dimension X, originally broadcast in 1950.

A classic science-fiction radio drama from the golden age of broadcasting, presented for modern listeners by Old Time Retro Radio.

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This episode features "An Ancient Space Ship" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Barrows Expedition" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Slats Headed for Death" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "The Other Now" from Tales of Tomorrow, originally broadcast in 1953.

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This episode features "The Serpent of Saturn" from Space Patrol, originally broadcast in 1954.

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This episode features "Peril over Jupiter" from Space Patrol, originally broadcast in 1953.

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This episode features "Marston Has Communicator" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "The Treasure of Mount Rolcab" from Space Patrol, originally broadcast in 1954.

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This episode features "A Planet in Peril" from Space Patrol, originally broadcast in 1954.

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This episode features "Slats Tricks Dantro" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Convict" from X Minus One, originally broadcast in 1956.

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This episode features "Morrow on Mars" from Tales of Tomorrow, originally broadcast in 1953.

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This episode features "Searching for Asteroid" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Martians Never Die" from Tales of Tomorrow, originally broadcast in 1953.

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This episode features "Discussing Marston" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "New Adventure Begins" from Planet Man, originally broadcast in 1950.

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A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original performances and timeless storytelling. This episode features "The Other Man" (Science Fiction Radio Drama, 1950)" from 2000 Plus, originally broadcast in 2025. 

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