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

After three Mars expeditions vanish, a fourth Earth rocket arrives beside a vast, silent Martian city. Captain Wilder, archaeologist Spender, and the crew cautiously explore its canals, ruins, and fragile towers, confronting the uneasy responsibilities of discovery, exploration, and settlement. The cast includes John Larkin, Clarke Gordon, Richard Hamilton, and Nelson Olmsted.

Old Time Retro 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
24:44 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Martian Death March,” episode 17, originally broadcast on September 8, 1955. Written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Daniel Sutter, this NBC science-fiction drama features narration by Norman Rose.

In a future where Earth has conquered Mars, the surviving native Martians live under reservation rule. When a small group sets out across the harsh Martian landscape toward its ancestral mountains, a human companion joins their journey in Kinoy’s powerful allegory of dispossession and forced removal.

Old Time Retro 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
00:52 Original Broadcast
24:18 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Mars Is Heaven,” episode 3, originally broadcast on NBC on May 8, 1955. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s “Mars Is Heaven!,” later revised as “The Third Expedition” in The Martian Chronicles, this sustaining broadcast was directed by Daniel Sutter.

In 1987, Captain John Black and the crew of the XR-53 land on Mars expecting an alien landscape—but find an unsettlingly familiar American small town waiting through the mist. Wendell Holmes, Peter Kapell, and William Zuckert are featured in the cast.

Old Time Retro 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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X Minus One presents “The Light,” episode 117, originally broadcast on NBC Radio Network on October 24, 1957. Adapted by William Welch from a Poul Anderson short story, the drama features Karl Weber as the narrator, with David Kerman as Captain Baird and Bob Hastings as Hernandez.

In the immediate shadow of Sputnik 1, a three-man U.S. expedition reaches the Moon during a tense race for space prestige. Near the lunar Alps and crater Plato, an eerie light and disturbing evidence in the dust force the explorers to balance scientific curiosity, mission safety, and the danger of international misunderstanding.

Old Time Retro 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
20:48 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Lulungomeena,” episode 53, originally broadcast on NBC on May 29, 1956. Adapted by George Lefferts from a Gordon R. Dickson novelette, the drama features Mason Adams, Bob Hastings, and Kermit Murdock.

At remote Station 563 in the Sirius Sector, veteran spacers gather in the recreation room while a cocky young gambler challenges Clay Harbank’s proud claims about his homeworld. Their dispute is put before a Hixabrod, an alien race renowned for literal truthfulness.

Old Time Retro 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
00:51 Original Broadcast
29:20 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Man in the Moon,” episode 6, originally broadcast on NBC Radio Network on May 29, 1955. This original radio drama was written by George Lefferts and directed by Fred Weihe.

At the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons, a routine bulletin is interrupted by an urgent shortwave transmission that appears to be coming from the Moon. Records custodian Henry Timpkin, played by Luis Van Rooten, recognizes the name of a long-missing atomic physicist and follows a mystery that reaches far beyond the bureau’s file cabinets. The cast also includes Santos Ortega and Ross Martin.

Old Time Retro 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
00:47 Original Broadcast
28:55 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Death Wish,” episode 115, originally broadcast on NBC on October 10, 1957. This radio adaptation by William Welch is based on Robert Sheckley’s Galaxy Science Fiction story, published under the pseudonym Ned Lang.

Aboard the Earth-to-Mars freighter Queen Dierdre, Captain Summers and his small crew face a catastrophic propulsion failure that carries them beyond the Solar System. With survival seemingly out of reach, they turn to the advanced computer in their cargo—despite the engineer’s profound distrust of machines. The cast includes Ralph Camargo, Maurice Tarplin, Walter Black, and Joseph Bell.

Old Time Retro 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
00:52 Original Broadcast
22:19 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Appointment in Tomorrow,” episode 74, originally broadcast on NBC on November 7, 1956. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Fritz Leiber’s Galaxy Science Fiction story—later published as “Poor Superman”—this dystopian drama was directed by Daniel Sutter.

In a post–World War III America nearing the end of the 20th century, the powerful Thinkers rely on Maizie, an immense computer brain said to hold answers to society’s greatest questions. As science, politics, and public faith converge, the story considers the unsettling authority granted to technological expertise.

Old Time Retro 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
00:58 Original Broadcast
28:29 Closing

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X Minus One presents “The Map Makers,” episode 68, originally broadcast on September 26, 1956. This NBC Radio Network science-fiction drama adapts Frederik Pohl’s Galaxy Science Fiction story, with adaptation by Ernest Kinoy and direction by Daniel Sutter.

After a meteor strike knocks a deep-space survey ship out of hyperspace, its crew faces damaged systems, dwindling resources, and the loss of the Atlas needed to find their way home. As the stranded ship confronts an unfamiliar starfield, an injured lieutenant may hold an unexpected clue to survival. The cast includes John Larkin, Ed Prentiss, and Bob Hastings.

Old Time Retro 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
29:31 Closing

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X Minus One, “The Old Die Rich,” originally broadcast on July 17, 1956, is episode 60 of NBC’s classic science-fiction series. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from H. L. Gold’s 1953 Galaxy Science Fiction story, the drama was directed by Bob Mauer.

When elderly city residents die in apparent poverty despite substantial cash and bank savings, actor Mark Weldon and Sergeant Lou Pape follow a troubling trail toward the secretive May Roberts and an unusual employment arrangement. Featuring Jim Boles, Jan Miner, and William Zuckert, this is a hard-boiled urban mystery with a speculative edge.

Old Time Retro 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
00:47 Original Broadcast
28:51 Closing

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