Peril over Jupiter: Space Patrol (August 15, 1953)

“Peril over Jupiter” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 15, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corey and cadet Happy investigate a threat to Carla Markham, who runs a metal processing plant in orbit around Jupiter's second moon. Carla reports that two men, Nelson Sprague and George Dort, are pressing her with forged documents claiming her late father owed them money. When Corey arrives to speak with her, Sprague and Dort take Carla as a hostage and force her to take them toward the plant. The episode is part of the Space Patrol series, first aired on August 15, 1953.

Terra, then the metal processing plant in orbit around Jupiter's second moon

Characters: Commander Buzz Corey, Happy, Carla Markham, Nelson Sprague, George Dort

Listen for: The forged documents, the threat to Carla Markham, and the magnetic force field trap in the plant's cargo hold

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.