The Tattooed Atom: Space Patrol (June 12, 1954)

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“The Tattooed Atom” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 12, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Buzz Corey and Happy investigate a security leak at the Arthaven Research Laboratory on Mercury, the most closely guarded scientific center in the solar system. They suspect scientist Jean Satterley, who is smuggling classified information out of the lab. When Satterley vanishes after an interview with Buzz, the Space Patrol tracks his family and friends across Jupiter City. The trail leads to a fatigue ray, a stolen container of mercury, and a sinister master criminal called Polador. This Space Patrol episode first aired on June 12, 1954.

Mercury and Jupiter in the solar system, including the Arthaven Research Laboratory, Mercury City, and Jupiter City

Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Jean Satterley, Joseph Satterley, Karen Lorimer, Polador, Logan

Listen for: Listen for the fatigue ray attack on Happy and Buzz at Karen Lorimer's apartment, and for Jean Satterley's phone call to his father.

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.