The Scavenger of Space: Space Patrol (January 24, 1953)

Space Patrol, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“The Scavenger of Space” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 24, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Space Patrol follows Commander Buzz Corey and cadet Happy as they hunt for Larry McCray, a Mars purchasing-commission employee suspected of stealing secret documents from his office. Corey questions Larry about a file drawer of papers destroyed by acid, but Larry resists arrest, and a masked man frees him by releasing a poisonous gas that overcomes Happy. The story follows the search and the tangled relations among the McCray brothers and the office staff as the pursuit of Larry moves to a remote mountain lodge.

Lowell City on the planet Mars, the surrounding roads, and a mountain lodge near Lake Nazareth on Venus

Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Larry McCray, Carlisle McCray, Donald Hall, Commander Torrey

Listen for: Corey's questioning of Larry McCray and the masked man's escape with the gas attack on Happy

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.