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Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio brings you classic science fiction from the golden age of radio, exploring space travel, alien worlds, futuristic technology, strange experiments, time travel, and humanity’s encounters with the unknown. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Featuring imaginative stories of distant planets, scientific breakthroughs, mysterious visitors, and possible futures, Old Time Sci-Fi Radio celebrates the creativity and wonder of vintage science-fiction broadcasting. Rediscover classic old time radio science fiction, vintage sci-fi, space adventure, futuristic drama, speculative fiction, and classic otr radio.

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Yesterday · 24 min
Space Patrol - "Supersensitive Star Drive" (1954)
Space Patrol, “Supersensitive Star Drive,” originally broadcast July 24, 1954, is episode 95. This ABC Radio adventure comes from the Nestlé’s Chocolate-sponsored run of the series. At the Lunar Fleet Base, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy...
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Tuesday · 31 min
Dimension X - "The Castaways" (1950)
Dimension X presents “The Castaways,” episode 19, originally broadcast on NBC on August 11, 1950. This atomic-age drama was written by Ernest Kinoy from an original story by Kinoy and George Lefferts, and stars Santos Ortega as General Frank Gadosh....
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Monday · 22 min
X Minus One - "The Haunted Corpse" (1957)
X Minus One, “The Haunted Corpse,” originally broadcast on July 25, 1957, is episode 104. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Frederik Pohl’s Galaxy Science Fiction story, this NBC Radio Network drama brings a chilling scientific premise to the edge of...
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Sunday · 25 min
Dimension X - "Childs Play" (1951)
Dimension X, episode 38, “Childs Play,” originally broadcast on NBC on June 24, 1951. Adapted by George Lefferts from William Tenn’s 1947 Astounding Science Fiction story, this satirical tale stars Leon Janney as struggling New York attorney Sam...
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Saturday · 29 min
Space Patrol - "Return to Planet X" (1953)
Space Patrol, “Return to Planet X,” originally broadcast October 3, 1953, is episode 53 of the ABC science-fiction adventure series. Ed Kemmer stars as Commander Buzz Corry, with Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy, in a story credited to Lou Huston. After a...
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Friday · 31 min
2000 Plus - "When the Worlds Met (AFRS)" (1950)
2000 Plus presents “When the Worlds Met” (AFRS), originally broadcast on Mutual on May 3, 1950. This surviving early entry in the original-story science-fiction anthology was written by Judith and David Bublick and directed by Sherman H. Dryer. Set...
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October 8 · 29 min
X Minus One - "Honeymoon in Hell" (1956)
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...
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October 7 · 31 min
Dimension X - "Dr Grimshaw's Sanatorium" (1950)
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...
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October 6 · 29 min
X Minus One - "The Cave of Night" (1956)
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....
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October 5 · 30 min
Space Patrol - "The Iron Eaters of Planet X" (1953)
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...
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October 4 · 30 min
Cbs Radio Workshop - "Report on E.S.P." (1956)
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...
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October 3 · 30 min
Dimension X - "Beyond Infinity" (1950)
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...
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October 2 · 29 min
X Minus One - "How - 2" (1956)
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...
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October 1 · 29 min
Space Patrol - "The Sea Monster of Planet X" (1953)
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,...
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September 30 · 31 min
Dimension X - "Veldt" (1951)
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...
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September 29 · 29 min
2000 Plus - "A Veteran Comes Home" (1950)
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...
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September 28 · 30 min
Dimension X - "No Contact" (1950)
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...
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September 27 · 29 min
X Minus One - "The Reluctant Heroes" (1956)
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...
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September 26 · 30 min
Dimension X - "Universe" (1951)
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...
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September 25 · 29 min
Space Patrol - "Prison Planet" (1955)
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...
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