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.

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
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.

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
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.

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
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.

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
00:56 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.

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
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.

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
30:38 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.

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
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.

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
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.

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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