Sci Fi x Horror

This week is the second episode from Orbiter X , with their first episode titled: Conflict in Space . This episode aired October 5, 1959. Orbiter X aired on BBC Light Programme [BBC] station and written by B. D. Chapman. The series aired on Monday evenings from 28 September 1959 to 28 December 1959. CAST (partial): Captain Bob Britton (John Carson); Captain Douglas Mc...

Inner Sanctum with this weeks drama, titled - Island of Death . This broadcast aired, Friday, December 7, 1941. Interestingly, the show is preceded by news bulletins about WWII and the Japanese attack on Hawaii, and General MacArthur and the Philippines. The story is a tale of voodoo, conjuring and black magic. Inner Sanctum Mystery ran from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952 on the NBC Blue Netw...

Dark Fantasy is our first entry for September, let's enjoy their fifth episode titled, Men Call Me Mad . This episode aired Friday, December 19, 1941. Story: A scientist, in his lab, tells that he's found worlds exist within worlds. Projecting how he's found tiny people in a moonbeam proves the theory. His new potion will make him smaller. Small enough to eventually join the moonbeam world. Broadc...

Dimension-X with this famous story from Ray Bradbury : There Will Come Soft Rains/Zero Hour . This episode aired June 17, 1950. Actors: Denise Alexander, Butch Cavell, Peter Lazer, Rita Lynn, Norman Rose, Agnes Young Ray Bradbury: b. August 1920 - d. June 2012. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are throug...

Quiet Please with their second episode titled, I Have Been Looking For You . This episode aired June 15, 1947. Quiet, Please was created by Wyllis Cooper, also known for creating Lights Out. Ernest Chappell was the show's announcer and lead actor. Quiet, Please debuted June 8, 1947 on the Mutual Broadcasting System, and ended June 25, 1949, on the ABC R...

Let's welcome a new series to the podcast, Orbiter X , with their first episode titled: The First Step to the Stars . This episode aired September 28, 1959. Orbiter X aired on BBC Light Programme [BBC] station and written by B. D. Chapman. The series aired on Monday evenings from 28 September 1959 to 28 December 1959. CAST (partial): Captain Bob Britton (John Carson);...

Macabre episode titled, Weekend . This episode are November 11, 1961. Macabre  aired on The American Forces Radio Network (AFRS). AFRS is a government television and radio broadcast service the U.S. military provides to those stationed or assigned overseas. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are throu...

Lights Out with their 27th episode, Nobody Died . This episode aired, December 9, 1936. Created by Wyllis Cooper and later taken over by Arch Oboler . Lights Out aired from January 3, 1934 to the summer of 1947, predominantly on NBC Radio. Plot: A dying patient begs the doctor to prolong her life just until her youngest son arrives. The doctor tries a cancer research drug to save the patient. Does...

Ray Bradbury | Escape does their adaptation of, Mars Is Heaven . This episode aired June 2, 1950. Mars Is Heaven was first published in 1948 in ' Planet Stories' science fiction magazine. This story first aired on Escape, then Dimension X -- the following month, and in 1955 on X-Minus One. Escape aired on CBS Radio from July 1947, to September 1954. : : : : : You can donate to show your support fo...

This week post wraps up the series with the sixth and final chapter from the BBC series Orbit One Zero . This episode is titled, ' The Unforseen ,' and it aired 26 May 1961. If you missed any previous chapters in the series, scroll back in your player and one chapter is posted each past month. Chapter Six: A signal is cracked which tells the story of two dominant races on a "tenth planet", wi...

This week is the series Exploring Tomorrow with their third episode, ' Desert Object (aka Nago) .' This episode aired December 25, 1957. Exploring Tomorrow aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from December 4, 1957, to June 13, 1958. It was advertised as, "the first science-fiction show of science-fictioneers, by science-fictioneers and for science-fictioneers - real science fiction for a chang...

Inner Sanctum adapts the classic short-story, The Tell-Tale Heart with Boris Karloff , written by Edgar Allan Poe . The story was first published in 1843, while this episode was broadcast August 3, 1941. Inner Sanctum Mystery ran from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952 on the NBC Blue Network. Created by producer Himan Brown. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the ti...

Ray Bradbury wrote this story — And the Moon be Still as Bright . This drama is from Dimension X and it aired September 29, 1950. Plot: A rocket lands on Mars, only to find the native Martians have disappeared. Crew member, Jeff Spender, of the Fourth Expedition, becomes disgusted by his co-shipmen's disrespectful "American" attitude towards the ruins, he seeks to right this wrong. This story...

This week we continue with the fifth chapter of a six-part series from the BBC series Orbit One Zero . This episode is titled, The Frozen World , and it aired 19 May 1961. Each month I will post one episode of the series to the end of the series. Chapter Five: Elizabeth is found in the laboratory frozen along with the rest of the room, but still alive. They find a tape recorder in the lab whi...

The second episode from Dimension-X was titled With Folded Hands. Story by Sci-Fi writer, Jack Williamson. This episode aired April 15, 1950. Plot: The perfect "mechanicals" from another planet make humans unnecessary, and they are always "at your service." The year is 2006. Housework has been made easy by robots (or as referred to in this story, 'mechanicals') who make coffee, wash the dishes, an...

Dark Fantasy is our first entry for June, let's enjoy their episode titled, The Demon Tree . This episode aired December 5, 1941. Broadcast on NBC Radio on WKY in Oklahoma City. Story: a strange forest with an even stranger tree, that some say can strangle people if they enter the forest. Fanciful legend or fact? Starring: Eleanor Naylor Corin and Ben Morris. Dark Fantasy had a short run of only 3...

End of month and it's a new Ray Bradbury story in our monthly Bradbury series, this play aired on Radio City Playhouse and it is titled, The Wind . This episode aired October 30, 1949. The common and everyday wind is personified as a sinister kind of monster who tracks its victims to the ends of the earth and sucks away their lives. NOTE: The last Tuesday of each month will be a different Ray Brad...

This week we continue with the fourth chapter of a six-part series from the BBC series Orbit One Zero . This episode is titled, The Voices , and it aired 12 May 1961. Each month I will post one episode of the series to the end of the series. Chapter Four: Dr Petrie continues to gather information on the discovery, including more stories of unusual activity around the world involving a "green...

This week's drama, Storm , is episode three from CBS Radio Workshop . From the popular book of the same name, from author George Stewart. Adapted and directed by William N. Robson and narrated by William Conrad . This episode aired February 10, 1956. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane....

2000 Plus , the pre-cursor to Dimension X and X-Minus One with their first episode, Men From Mars . This episode aired March 29, 1950. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels includ...

It's time for a new episode, this week is No Contact from X-Minus One , story by George Lefferts & Ernest Kinoy. This first official episode aired April 24, 1955. X-Minus One was an extension or continuation of Dimension X, where this story originated (April 29, 1950). Story: On an exploration ship, blasting off in 1987 for the planet Volta, the ship approaches "The Galactic Barrier." However,...

Third post from my Ray Bradbury monthly series, titled Summer Night it aired on Suspense . This episode aired on July 15, 1948. Starring, Hollywood legend, Ida Lupino who plays Anna, in a story about a serial killer. Adapted by Robert L. Richards from the original Ray Bradbury story. Anton M. Leader produced and directed.  Summer Night was also aired on the  Susp...

1 This week we continue with the third chapter of a six-part series from the BBC series Orbit One Zero . This episode is titled, The Power , and it aired 5 May 1961. Each month I will post one episode of the series to the end of the series. Chapter Three: A transparent green rod is discovered in The Cylinder which immediately causes damage to the laboratory building. Dr Petrie is invited...

An Edgar Allan Poe classic this week, The Fall of the House of Usher , aired on The Weird Circle in 1943 (there are no known complete dates for this series). This drama stars, Paul Frees and Ramsey Hill. The Weird Circle  was produced in New York City at RCA Studios and aired from 1943 to 1945. Originally airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System, then on NBC's Red network. Most...

Frankstein : The Complete Radio Serial of 1932 (episodes 10-13). The final post from the 13 part serial. Produced by George Edwards, adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel The Modern Prometheus. Baron Victor Frankenstein, a genius yet mad scientist who creates a monster man from dead bodies. website: https://otr.duane.media | email: info@otr.duane.media | Instagram: @duane.otr Enjoy.