X Minus One presents “Drop Dead,” episode 108, originally broadcast on NBC on August 22, 1957. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Clifford D. Simak’s novelette published in Galaxy Science Fiction, the episode was directed by George Voutsas and features Lawson Zerbe, Ralph Camargo, and Joseph Bell.

A human survey team arrives on an alien world that seems almost too accommodating: its lone known native creature, the Critter, appears to offer an extraordinary range of practical resources. As the explorers study the planet’s simple-looking ecosystem, they confront an unsettling biological puzzle with consequences for survival and expansion.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
22:05 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Nightmare,” episode 10, originally broadcast on NBC Radio on July 21, 1955. This George Lefferts adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét’s poem “The Revolt of the Machines” was directed by Fred Weihe.

At Long Island’s Brook Meadow Atomic Pile, statistical clerk Sampson Gurney notices a troubling pattern of accidents and equipment failures. As he investigates with the aid of a massive electronic computer, an unsettling question emerges: are people beginning to lose control of the machines they rely upon? John Gibson stars as Gurney, with Joyce Gordon and Santos Ortega.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
25:02 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Honeymoon in Hell,” episode 81, originally broadcast on NBC on December 26, 1956. Adapted by George Lefferts from Fredric Brown’s 1950 Galaxy Science Fiction novelet, this unsponsored radio drama features Bill Redfield, Wilma Cure, and Wendell Holmes.

As international tensions rise, a startling worldwide decline in male births threatens humanity’s future. Guided by a powerful supercomputer’s forecasts, officials select a couple for an extraordinary honeymoon mission to the Moon in this compact Cold War-era science-fiction tale.

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00:55 Original Broadcast
29:53 Closing

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X Minus One, “Hallucination Orbit,” originally broadcast May 15, 1956, is episode 51 of the NBC Radio Network science-fiction series. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from J. T. McIntosh’s Galaxy Science Fiction story and directed by Daniel Sutter, it features William Redfield and John Larkin.

A relief ship nears Pluto Station Three to retrieve Colin Ord after years of solitary duty following a space-beam failure. With “solitosis” threatening to blur the line between perception and reality, the mission becomes a tense journey into isolation, trust, and uncertainty.

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00:43 Original Broadcast
29:27 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Lulu,” episode 118, originally broadcast on October 31, 1957. Adapted by George Lefferts from Clifford D. Simak’s novelette, this NBC Radio Network production features Jan Miner, Henry Norrell, James Stevens, Nelson Olmsted, and Walter Black.

On an interplanetary survey mission, three crewmen live aboard Lulu, an exceptionally capable Planetary Exploration Robot that serves as ship, base, and caretaker. Their friendly treatment of the machine—and one man’s poetry—leads to a humorous, character-driven early robot tale in which Lulu’s helpful intelligence becomes decidedly personal.

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00:43 Original Broadcast
22:23 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Knock,” episode 5, originally broadcast on May 22, 1955. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Fredric Brown’s short story, this NBC Radio Network science-fiction drama stars Alexander Scourby, with Lori March and Luis Van Rooten.

After the alien Zans conquer Earth, anthropology professor Walter Phelan awakens to an unsettling new reality. As he tries to understand his captors’ literal-minded view of humanity and survival, he finds that life under alien rule may be far stranger than he imagined.

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00:54 Original Broadcast
29:19 Closing

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Surface Tension [episode 65], Broadcast 8/28/1956

Surface Tension [episode 65], Broadcast 8/28/1956

A classic science-fiction radio broadcast from X Minus One.

Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including OTRR.org.
Curated by X Minus One | Old Time Radio.

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Sam, This Is You [episode 73], Broadcast 10/31/1956

Sam, This Is You [episode 73], Broadcast 10/31/1956

A classic science-fiction radio broadcast from X Minus One.

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ChildsPlay [episode 21], Broadcast 10/20/1955

ChildsPlay [episode 21], Broadcast 10/20/1955

A classic science-fiction radio broadcast from X Minus One.

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The Outer Limit [episode 25], Broadcast 11/16/1955

The Outer Limit [episode 25], Broadcast 11/16/1955

A classic science-fiction radio broadcast from X Minus One.

Sourced from verified old-time radio archives, including OTRR.org.
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