The Prisoners of Pluto: Space Patrol (April 25, 1953)

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“The Prisoners of Pluto” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 25, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy search the frozen surface of Pluto for Professor Malcolm Walker, whose lab ship has crashed. They find the professor unconscious near a cave, and he is taken inside by two men, Hagel and Roman, who say they have never seen him. Buzz recognizes the professor's projector scope, and the situation turns tense as the two men reveal their intentions. The episode is part of the Space Patrol radio series, first aired on April 25, 1953, and this installment is a sequence of confrontations and escapes set in the cave.

The frozen surface and a secret cave on the planet Pluto, with a spaceship nearby.

Characters: Commander Buzz Corry, Cadet Happy, Professor Malcolm Walker, Hagel, Roman

Listen for: The moment Buzz spots Professor Walker's projector scope, which exposes the two men's lie.

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.