Series: "DIMENSION X" Originally Aired on NBC
NARRATOR: Norman Rose
DIRECTORS: Fred Wiehe and Edward King
WRITERS: Ernest Kinoy (Adaptor and in-house Writer), Ray Bradbury,
Robert Bloch, Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut
Episode 1: "THE OUTER LIMIT" Originally Aired on April 8th, 1950 Story of an experimental rocket plane which disappears for ten hours when it only had fuel for ten minutes. The pilot tells an incredible story of an alien contact. Graham Doar wrote the original and Ernest Kinoy adapted it to radio. Stars Joseph Julian, Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis. Download this Episode
Episode 2: "WITH FOLDED HANDS"
Originally Aired on April 15th, 1950 The story is about the robots made to serve man, but which were inefficient and bungling until a new brand appears on the market, and then.. John Dossell of the NBC staff wrote the script and it stars Alexander Scourby. Download this Episode
Episode 3: "REPORT ON THE BARNHOUSE EFFECT" Originally Aired on April 22nd, 1950 A professor's assistant makes this report of his association with the the man who developed the ability to alter physical objects and events by the power of his mind alone. Script by Claris Ross and the show starred Bill Quin, Ed Jerome and Karl Webber. Download this Episode
Episode 4: "NO CONTACT"
Originally Aired on April 29th, 1950 Tale by George Lefferts involves a frustrating barrier of some kind which the Earth ships have crashed against ... or that's what Earth thinks! Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka and Cameron Prud Homme. Download this Episode
Episode 5: "KNOCK"
Originally Aired on May 6th, 1950 "The last man on Earth sat in a room. there was a knock on the door." Ernest Kinoy adapted, stars are Arnold Moss, Luis Van Rooten and Joan Alexander. Download this Episode
Episode 6: "ALMOST HUMAN"
Originally Aired on May 13th, 1950 This story is about an android who is taken over by a criminal for "proper" training. The hood has the tables turned on him by the creature which is "Almost Human". Script is by George Lefferts and featured in the cast are Santos Ortega and Jack Grimes among others. Download this Episode
Episode 7: "THE LOST RACE"
Originally Aired on May 20th, 1950 A great race is discovered to have spread at one time across the universe, hundreds of thousands of years ago, but as Earth men explore the galaxies they find only rubble until a disabled ship lands near some perfectly preserved ruins and solves the mystery. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy and featuring Matt Crowley, Roger De Koven and Joseph Julian. Download this Episode
Episode 8: "TO THE FUTURE" Originally Aired on May 27th, 1950 (Ray Bradbury's, "The Fox In The Forest") A couple touring Mexico are approached by a strange man who is convinced they have escaped back into the past from a totalitarian state of the future. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy and stars John Larkin and Jan Minor. Download this Episode
Episode 9: "THE EMBASSY" Originally Aired on June 3rd, 1950 A man goes to a private investigator with a plea for help to find a group of Martians that he says are on Earth. Adapted by George Lefferts and starred Joseph Julian and Barry Kroger. Download this Episode
Episode 10: "THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH" Originally Aired on June 10th, 1950 Account of blind singer of the space ways that wants to return to Earth. Tom Glazer put the words to tunes and was backed by a trio in this production. Download this Episode
Episode 11: "THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS/ZERO HOUR" Originally Aired on June 17th, 1950 The first tale is a story of an automated house after a war. The second tale is about children playing a strange game all over the country, a game they call "Invasion". Script by George Lefferts. Cast included Denise Alexander, Rita Lynne and Roger De Koven. (Today was the beginning of the Korean War!) Download this Episode
Episode 12: "DESTINATION MOON" Originally Aired on June 24th, 1950 Under threat of governmental ban a team of rocket men rush to get off to the moon. The cast included Joe de Santis and Wendell Holmes. (War Bulletin From Korea About 3/4 Through) Download this Episode
Episode 13: "A LOGIC NAMED JOE" Originally Aired on July 1st, 1950 Tale of computers that tend to most of the needs of man. Suddenly they overcome their electronic censors and start attending to all of their needs. Script by Claris Ross, NBC staff writer. (War Bulletin at Start) Download this Episode
Episode 14: "MARS IS HEAVEN" Originally Aired on July 7th, 1950 An expedition to Mars from Earth discovers that the houses look like Earth houses in the 1920's. Ernest Kinoy adapted and featured in the cast were Peter Kapell and Wendell Holmes. Download this Episode
Episode 15: "THE MAN IN THE MOON" Originally Aired on July 14th, 1950 Story begins with a broadcast by the Federal Missing Persons Bureau which is interrupted by a sos. Triangulating to locate the offender, they discover that the message came from the Moon. As of yet, no one has been to the Moon. Script by George Lefferts and featured in the cast were Luis Van Rooten and Santos Ortega. Download this Episode
Episode 16: "BEYOND INFINITY" Originally Aired on July 21st, 1950 A scientist in Europe has invented a machine that will shrink objects to the size of atoms and beyond. Original script by Villiers Gersen and featured in the cast were Les Damon, Lada Staviski, E. A. Krumschmidt and Joe De Santos. Download this Episode
Episode 17: "POTTERS OF FIRSK" Originally Aired on July 28th, 1950 Story about natives of a remote world who are mysterious about the beautiful pottery they make, and for a good reason. Script by Ernest Kinoy and Karl Weber, Wendell Holmes and Raymond Edward Johnson were in the cast. Download this Episode
Episode 18: "PERIGI'S WONDERFUL DOLLS" Originally Aired on August 4th, 1950 Tale about a government official whose daughter finds a doll maker in Washington capable of producing dolls that talk. Original script by George Lefferts. The cast included Les Tremaine, Joan Alexander and Joe De Santis. Download this Episode
Episode 19: "THE CASTAWAYS" Originally Aired on August 11th, 1950 Story begins with a test of a new bomb on a Pacific Isle. The military is having trouble with the natives who will not leave because their ancestors were "Castaways" from the "Bird Canoe". Original script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Santos Ortega, Greg Morton & many more. Download this Episode
Episode 20: "THE MARTIAN CHRONICALS" Originally Aired on August 18th, 1950 This adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book of related tales so titled is skillfully brought to radio by Ernest Kinoy and starred Inga Adams, Roger De Koven and Donald Buka. Download this Episode
Episode 21: "THE PARADE" Originally Aired on August 25th, 1950 Story involves the Martians hiring an ad agency to stage a parade which will herald their arrival. Original script by George Lefferts and the cast members were Joe Curten, Barry Kroger and Alexander Scourby. Download this Episode
Episode 22: "THE ROADS MUST ROLL" Originally Aired on September 1st, 1950 Drama about future when cars and trucks are replaced by giant rolling roads and the engineers who maintain them. Script by Ernest Kinoy. In the cast were Wendell Holmes, Ralph Bell and many more. Download this Episode
Episode 23: "FIRST CONTACT" Originally Aired on September 8th, 1950 Story of an experimental rocket plane which disappears for ten hours when it only had fuel for ten minutes. The pilot tells an incredible story of an alien contact. Graham Doar wrote the original and Ernest Kinoy adapted it to radio. Stars Joseph Julian, Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSahtis. Rebroadcast of 04/08/1950 program. Download this Episode
Episode 24: "HELLO TOMORROW" Originally Aired on September 15th, 1950 The tale takes place in the fourth millennium, long after the atomic wars have ravaged the surface back in the second millennium. In the subterranean society, the atomic mutants are outcasts and the genetically pure human strains mate scientifically. Original story by George Lefferts. The show starred Nancy Olson. (War Bulletin at Start) Download this Episode
Episode 25: "DR. GRIMSHAW'S SANATORIUM" Originally Aired on September 22nd, 1950 The narrator describes what follows as an account found in a fountain pen cover. Then a detective tells the story of how he discovered a phony burial of an inmate of the titled Sanitorium and got admitted as a patient to find out the true story. Script by George Lefferts and in the cast were Karl Weber and Roger De Koven. Download this Episode
Episode 26: "AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT" Originally Aired on September 29th, 1950 An expedition to Mars finds all the Martians dead from chickenpox, brought to Mars by earlier expeditions by the Earth men. The Earth men enjoy themselves in callous disregard of the beautiful artifacts left behind, except for one man who acts differently. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Alexander Scourby and Wendell Holmes. Download this Episode
Episode 27: "NO CONTACT" Originally Aired on October 28th, 1950 Tale by George Lefferts involves a frustrating barrier of some kind which the Earth ships have crashed against ... or that's what Earth thinks! Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka and Cameron Prud Homme. Rebroadcast of 04/29/1950 program. Download this Episode
Episode 28: "THE PROFESSOR WAS A THIEF" Originally Aired on November 5th, 1950 The story begins when a newspaper gets a call saying Grant's Tomb has disappeared, but came back. It happens again and a reporter and salty city-desk-man like in the old movies goes for the story. Script by George Lefferts and in the cast were Arthur Maitland, John Larkin, and John Gibson as the professor. Download this Episode
Episode 29: "SHANGHIED" Originally Aired on November 12th, 1950 Tale about a man who is kidnapped on the evening before he is to be married. The star ship he is put on is one of the fleet he owns. Ernest Kinoy scripted this tale. Stars John Sylvester and Bill Griffis. Download this Episode
Episode 30: "COMPETITION" Originally Aired on November 19th, 1950 The story about colonists that are going to various worlds. Then they get an announcement that they must choose one world that they all will be put on. Script by Ernest Kinoy and it stars Les Tremaine and Elaine Ross. Download this Episode
Episode 31: "UNIVERSE" Originally Aired on November 26th, 1950 Drama about inhabitants of a giant spaceship that have been traveling so many generations that they think the ship is the universe. George Lefferts scripted the tale and the large cast included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell. Download this Episode
Episode 32: "THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH" Originally Aired on December 24th, 1950 Account of blind singer of the space ways that wants to return to Earth. Tom Glazer put the words to tunes and was backed by a trio in this production. Although not a Christmas Program, there is a Christmas message by President Harry Truman at the start. rebroadcast of 06/10/50. Download this Episode
Episode 33: "MARS IS HEAVEN" Originally Aired on January 7th, 1951 An expedition to Mars from Earth discovers that the houses look like Earth houses in the 1920's. Ernest Kinoy adapted and featured in the cast were Peter Kapell and Wendell Holmes. Rebroadcast of 07/07/1950 program. Download this Episode
Episode 34: "THE MARTIAN DEATH MARCH" Originally Aired on January 14th, 1951 A Martian colonist's recollection of an incident in his youth when he accompanied the spider-like Martians on their last trek from the Earth-imposed reservations, back to their mountain homes. Original story by Ernest Kinoy. Download this Episode
Episode 35: "THE LAST OBJECTIVE" Originally Aired on June 3rd, 1951 The story about an underground war-ship. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Lawson Zerbe, Ralph Bell, Wendell Holmes and Jack Grimes. Download this Episode
Episode 36: "NIGHTMARE" Originally Aired on June 10th, 1951 Tale of a computer operator's discovery of an alarmingly increasing rate of accidents. Original story by George Lefferts with John Gibson and Rita Lynne in the broadcast. Download this Episode
Episode 37: "A PEBBLE IN THE SKY" Originally Aired on June 17th, 1951 Future when Earth is a backward radioactive planet peopled by inferiors while it's former colonies rule the universe unaware of their origins. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast includes Santos Ortega & Susan Douglas. Download this Episode
Episode 38: "CHILD'S PLAY" Originally Aired on June 24th, 1951 Humorous tale of a man who accidentally receives delivery of a toy from the future, a " build-a-man kit." George Lefferts adapted the story and Leon Janney, Karl Weber and Patsy Cambell were cast members. Download this Episode
Episode 39: "TIME AND TIME AGAIN" Originally Aired on July 12th, 1951 Story takes place in the near future. A soldier fighting on American soil is wounded and transported back to 1945 where he is a thirteen year-old again with his memory of the future intact. Script adapted by Ernest Kinoy and the cast included David Anderson and Joseph Cotten. Download this Episode
Episode 40: "DWELLERS IN SILENCE" Originally Aired on July 19th, 1951 Tale of Earth men returning to Earth from colonies on Mars after nuclear war wasted Earth. They come upon an old scientist that has a young family. George Lefferts did the script and the cast members included Peter Kapell, Bill Griffis and Gertrude Warner. Download this Episode
Episode 41: "COURTESY" Originally Aired on July 26th, 1951 Story about Earth explorers on the planet Landro. They need a plague serum they don't have and must get it from the natives. Download this Episode
Episode 42: "UNIVERSE" Originally Aired on August 2nd, 1951 Drama about inhabitants of a giant spaceship that have been traveling so many generations that they think the ship is the universe. George Lefferts scripted the tale and the large cast included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell. Rebroadcast of 11/26/1950 program. Download this Episode
Episode 43: "THE VELDT" Originally Aired on August 9th, 1951 Futuristic house has a nursery and the walls can be changed by the children to any locale or give the illusion of it. Script by Ernest Kinoy and the cast included Leslie Wood, Bill Quinn, Joan Alexander and Byat Alexander. Download this Episode
Episode 44: "THE VITAL FACTOR" Originally Aired on August 16th, 1951 A ruthless tycoon desires space travel at all costs. Lastly he finds a scientist that has an anti-gravity device. Cast members include Raymond Edward Johnson, Luis Van Rooten and John McGovern. Download this Episode
Episode 45: "UNTITLED STORY" Originally Aired on August 23rd, 1951 A politician who purchased an elixir of life hires a detective to investigate the seller. George Lefferts did the script and it included George Petrie, Ann Sargeant and Bernard Lenrawl in the cast. Download this Episode
Episode 46: "MARIONETTES INC." Originally Aired on August 30th, 1951 Husbands that want the night out have androids that can replace them when they are away. Scripted by George Lefferts. The cast included Kermit Murdock, Martin Rudy and Ross Martin. Download this Episode
Episode 47: "FIRST CONTACT" Originally Aired on September 8th, 1951 Two ships meet in a remote galaxy which is the home of neither. Both want to follow each other home to see where the other lives, but don't want the other to know where they live. Script by Howard Rodman. Download this Episode
Episode 48: "KALEIDOSCOPE" Originally Aired on September 15th, 1951 Story of two men floating in space and the woman on Earth awaiting the return of one of them. George Lefferts adapted the script. The cast included Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis and Leon Janney. Download this Episode
Episode 49: "REQUIEM" Originally Aired on September 22nd, 1951 Tale of a millionaire that wants to die on the Moon. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast included Bill Quinn, Rod Hendrickson and Own Jordan. Download this Episode
Episode 50: "NIGHTFALL" Originally Aired on September 29th, 1951 Story of a world where night only takes place once in 2500 years due to multiple suns. Night is approaching and scientists are worried about what takes place as records of the last night don't exist. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast included Cameron Prud Homme and John McGovern. Last show of the series. Download this Episode
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