Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio

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 radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support.

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August 19, 2026 30 mins
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 conf...
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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 rema...
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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 Capt...
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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 Story...
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August 16, 2026 24 mins
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...
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August 16, 2026 31 mins
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 ...
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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...
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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, a...
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August 14, 2026 23 mins
X Minus One presents “Real Gone,” episode 90, originally broadcast on NBC on February 27, 1957. This original script was written by Ernest Kinoy from an idea by jazz disc jockey Al “Jazzbo” Collins, who appears as himself.

When artist Ralph Therian unveils an astonishing new form of miniature sculpture, his tiny creations become the latest modern-art sensation. With Jazzbo Collins bringing his distinc...
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August 13, 2026 30 mins
Dimension X presents “Embassy,” episode 9, originally broadcast on NBC on June 3, 1950. This 29-minute drama was adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Donald A. Wollheim’s 1942 short story, originally published under the name Martin Pearson.

In New York City, private detective Broderick receives an unusual visitor: the scholarly and eccentric Mr. Grapheus, who insists a Martian Embassy is hidden somewhe...
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Space Patrol: “Prisoners of Tiranna,” episode 103, originally broadcast September 18, 1954. In this ABC adventure, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy follow vital intelligence concerning the hostile Tiranna star system, where enemy spies may be preparing an attack on the United Planets.

As the elusive agent Matthew Smead draws them closer to enemy territory, Corry and Happy undertake a dangerous reconnaissance ...
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CBS Radio Workshop presents “Space Merchants Part 2,” originally broadcast February 24, 1957, as episode 56. This concludes the program’s two-part adaptation of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s science-fiction satire The Space Merchants, adapted for radio by Charles Monroe and directed by Paul Roberts.

In an overcrowded, polluted future ruled by advertising power, star copywriter Mitchell Courtney ...
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August 13, 2026 23 mins
X Minus One presents “First Contact,” episode 20, originally broadcast on NBC Radio Network on October 6, 1955. Adapted by Howard Rodman from Murray Leinster’s celebrated science-fiction novelette, the drama features Wendell Holmes, Bob Hastings, and Clarke Gordon.

On a deep-space expedition near a strange twin-star nebula, an Earth vessel encounters an alien spacecraft—the first confirmed meeting bet...
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August 13, 2026 30 mins
Dimension X presents “Courtesy,” episode 41, originally broadcast on NBC on July 26, 1951. This sustaining-program drama adapts a story by Clifford D. Simak, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts and direction by Fred Wiehe.

On the alien planet Landro, a second Earth expedition faces a deadly local plague after discovering its medical protection cannot be used. Captain Ira Warren and his team must seek help fr...
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X Minus One presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 7, originally broadcast on NBC on June 5, 1955. This commercial-free 27-minute drama was written by George Lefferts and adapted from his earlier Dimension X story.

In Washington, D.C., the wife and young daughter of a Pentagon official discover Santor Perigi’s remarkable doll shop. When the girl brings home Toto, an unusually lifelike talking do...
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August 12, 2026 32 mins
Dimension X presents “Requiem,” episode 49, originally broadcast on NBC on September 22, 1951. Adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s short story, it stars Rod Hendrickson as determined industrialist D. D. Harriman, with Bill Quinn and Owen Jordan.

In a future where commercial trips to the Moon have become possible, Harriman finds an aging rocket crew exhibiting their craft at a fairgro...
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This episode features "To the Future" from Dimension X, originally broadcast in 1950.

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This episode features "An Ancient Space Ship" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Barrows Expedition" from Planet Man.

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This episode features "Slats Headed for Death" from Planet Man.

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