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.

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
29:11 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.

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
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.

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
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.

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
30:34 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.

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
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.

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
30:11 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.

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
00:45 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.

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
00:41 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.

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
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.

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
30:56 Closing

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