The Wistful Wizard of Neptunes Moon: Space Patrol (January 2, 1954)

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“The Wistful Wizard of Neptunes Moon” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Corey and Buzz Happy inspect a spaceship emergency repair base on Neptune's second moon, where a crew member known as the Wistful Wizard performs a magic show. A machinist named Wilbur Crawford is later persuaded to use his apparent telekinetic power to steal a microfilm formula from industrialist Lauren Wilson. Anson Rinker and his partner Betts plan the theft, and their scheme draws the Space Patrol into a chase through the outer planets. The episode is part of the Space Patrol radio series and was first broadcast on January 2, 1954.

A repair base on Neptune's second moon, a city on Terra, and Mars, in the future

Characters: Commander Corey, Buzz Happy, Wilbur Crawford, Anson Rinker, Betts, Lauren Wilson

Listen for: Wilbur Crawford's demonstration of his telekinetic power and Rinker's plan to use it against Wilson

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.