Dimension X: Old-Time Radio Science Fiction

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Old-time radio science fiction from 1950–1951: Dimension X. Free, complete episodes, restored audio, no modern ads. Dimension X: 50 episodes, in the order they first aired. A new episode every week. From Stupid Potato: 60 free 24/7 channels of classic radio and vintage TV, and 189 podcasts, at stupidpotato.com.

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  1. 6d ago

    Dimension X: No Contact (1950)

    Captain Thorson commands the Star Cloud, the sixth ship sent to breach the Galactic Barrier, an invisible wall that has destroyed five earlier expeditions bound for the planet Volker. Stowaway Charlie Matt, a veteran radio operator, is discovered aboard before takeoff and is kept on the ground, while navigator Lieutenant Collier takes charge of plotting the course. As the ship nears the barrier, crew members show signs of illness known as space blues, and a radiation source is traced to a hidden device. The Dimension X episode No Contact aired on April 29, 1950, and features Wendell Holmes as Captain Thorson and Lawson Harvey as Lieutenant Collier. With Captain Thorson, Lieutenant Collier, Charlie Matt, Dr. Smithson, Lewis, Paulson, Matt. Listen for: Listen for the sudden discovery of radiation aboard the ship and the tension that follows as Captain Thorson confronts Lieutenant Collier. First aired on April 29, 1950. Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every week: Dimension X on Stupid Potato, every episode so far and the episode guide. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  2. Oct 21

    Dimension X: Report On Barnhouse Effect (1950)

    Professor Arthur Barnhouse, a psychologist at Wilton College, discovers that his mind can move objects, a force he calls dynamo-psychism. His assistant George Clinton becomes his confidant as the professor's powers grow alarmingly strong. Military officials take the professor into custody and plan a demonstration test, and the professor grows increasingly unhappy about being used. The story is part of the Dimension X series, first broadcast on 1950-04-22, with the episode's cast including Bill Quinn as Clinton, Ed Jerome as Professor Barnhouse and Carl Weber as Major Cutthroat. With George Clinton, Professor Arthur Barnhouse, Major Cutthroat, General Potts. Listen for: Listen for the professor's dice rolls and the growing unease he expresses about his power being used by the military. First aired on April 22, 1950. Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every week: Dimension X on Stupid Potato, every episode so far and the episode guide. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  3. Oct 21

    Dimension X: With Folded Hands (1950)

    Harry Underhill, president of Modern Mechanicals, watches his robot business collapse as customers cancel orders. His wife Aurora takes in a lodger, an elderly inventor named Professor Sledge, who claims to have applied for patents on a new field theory. Meanwhile, humanoid machines arrive from Wing 4 offering a free service that takes over household tasks, and Underhill is pressured to sign his property over to them. The first part of the story sets up this conflict between Underhill's household and the spreading humanoid service. Dimension X, original air date April 15, 1950. With Harry Underhill, Aurora Underhill, Frank Underhill, Professor Sledge, Clara, Mr. Jarvis, Lucy, Humanoid. Listen for: The humanoid's polite, insistent voice offering its complete service, and the Underhill family's reactions as their household is taken over. First aired on April 15, 1950. Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every week: Dimension X on Stupid Potato, every episode so far and the episode guide. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  4. Oct 21

    Dimension X: Outer Limit (1950)

    Dimension X presents a story set in 1965 at San Marco Air Base in the southwest desert. Test pilot Steve Weston climbs in the experimental rocket ship Bishop toward the outer limit of space, while his friend Hank Hanson directs the flight from ground control. Weston reports an unexplained shining object, then goes silent, and the base searches for him as the hours pass. The episode is an adventure in time and space told in future tense, first broadcast on April 8, 1950. With Steve Weston, Hank Hanson, Charlie, Major Donaldson, Mary Weston, Herbert Ames. Listen for: Weston's account of the shining object he chases beyond the outer limit, and the strange story he tells afterward First aired on April 8, 1950. Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every week: Dimension X on Stupid Potato, every episode so far and the episode guide. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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Old-time radio science fiction from 1950–1951: Dimension X. Free, complete episodes, restored audio, no modern ads. Dimension X: 50 episodes, in the order they first aired. A new episode every week. From Stupid Potato: 60 free 24/7 channels of classic radio and vintage TV, and 189 podcasts, at stupidpotato.com.

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