The Search for Asteroid X: Space Patrol (December 13, 1952)

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“The Search for Asteroid X” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 13, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Buzz Corey and Happy travel to a tiny asteroid to confront Chura, a criminal who has stolen evidence needed to convict a crime syndicate. Earlier, agent Fraser was attacked and the evidence was taken from him. Corey sends Happy to recover a roll of microfilm left behind by two men at the isolated home of Marty Noonan on the Martian plain. Noonan is knocked unconscious, and Happy is taken captive. Corey and Noonan work out the likely destination, and the story moves toward a confrontation in the asteroid belt.

Outer space, the asteroid belt, and Mars, including Lowell City and Noonan's home on the Martian plain

Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Chura, Hunley, Marty Noonan, Fraser, Lieutenant Barton

Listen for: Corey's confrontation with Chura on the asteroid and the search for the asteroid's location

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.