The Secret of Dr Borodeck: Space Patrol (March 20, 1954)

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“The Secret of Dr Borodeck” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 20, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy of the Space Patrol investigate Dr. Clement Borodek, a suave figure in Venus City who seems to have a secret of long life. Wealthy retired financier Andrew Means keeps visiting the doctor and begs to learn his secret, offering large sums of money. Corry and Happy go to question Borodek about Emil Gargoth, leader of the Cobra Gang, but find themselves in trouble. This is the Space Patrol series, first aired on 1954-03-20.

Venus City and a mansion on the outskirts of Venus City, Venus, in the future

Characters: Buzz Corry, Cadet Happy, Dr. Clement Borodek, Andrew Means, Emil Gargoth

Listen for: Borodek's claims of an extraordinary secret of long life, and Andrew Means's growing desperation to buy it.

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.