The Red Demon of Venus: Space Patrol (May 29, 1954)

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“The Red Demon of Venus” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 29, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corry and Happy investigate on Venus after secret agent Nelson Tanigru is bitten by a poisonous red demon spider. Tanigru has been searching for a smuggling gang, and the pair find him in a small shack on a Venus island. Space Patrol, the Space Patrol series, first aired May 29, 1954. Corry learns that Tanigru needs a blood donation from a past victim of the spider, and the search for that man, Theodore Rorschott, begins against a short deadline.

Venus and the space near Neptune, including an island in the Venus marshes, Venus City Hospital, and Neptune's third moon

Characters: Buzz Corry, Happy, Nelson Tanigru, Dr. Bryce, Theodore Rorschott

Listen for: Listen for Commander Corry's announcement that Theodore Rorschott is being asked to save a life, and for the timing of the deadline set by Dr. Bryce

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.