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The Haunted Corpse

X Minus One · 1957 · 21 min · 3,045 words

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This is Walter O'Keefe, inviting you to listen in on the nightline. Tonight, lived the incredible life of ages yet to come, in a time that might be a million years from now on X minus one.

Now an incredible story of the world beyond. Countdown for Blastoff, X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown, come tales of new dimensions in time and space.

These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Galaxy's Science Fiction Magazine presents X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Tonight, the Haunted Corpse by Frederick Paul. But first here this. Whatever you want things to be just right dock you'd hear they're day or night. You make it paged cause paged makes it perfect Yes, paged makes it perfect Just as we always have ever since 1844.

So next time you make it papped because paps makes it perfect. America's blue ribbon beer from the paps brewing company Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Yes, paps makes it perfect. Oh, X minus one. And the story of the haunted corpse.

We moved in at 0800. That's pretty good time considering that Van Pelt turned up at the Pentagon on Thursday. And it took him till Monday morning to go in and see the general. By Tuesday I had a task force of 135 men bibwack around the old man's place.

Corporal McCabe, my orderly, reported mission accomplished. Well Colonel, there's a whole company dug in down the road right chondering. Winds is all set up right here like you've done ordered. We got a cubby of them recon cars from the Calvary, Roman like the Passolid Junebugs, quarter and a handker chief.

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