Baccaratis Secret Weapon: Space Patrol (December 5, 1953)

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“Baccaratis Secret Weapon” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 5, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy of the Space Patrol pursue Prince Baccaratti, who holds Professor Crockenite captive and has built deadly bombs hidden in cities across the planets. Corey and Happy first investigate a lead on Jupiter, where Governor Blake's secretary, Eric Temple, offers to reveal the names of Baccaratti's agents. The episode is part of the Space Patrol radio series, and its cast is not named in the transcript. The transcript breaks off before the story's resolution.

Planet X, Jupiter, and outer space in the solar system

Characters: Buzz Corey, Cadet Happy, Prince Baccaratti, Dr. Malingro, Professor Crockenite, Eric Temple, Governor Blake

Listen for: Baccaratti's plan to destroy cities with Crockenite bombs, and Eric Temple's double role as Baccaratti's secret agent.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.