Thursday, August 23, 2007

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - X Minus One "The Haunted Corpse" (7-25-57)


The Haunted Corpse (Aired July 25, 1957)


X MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are remembered for bringing really first rate science fiction to the air. The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. A total of 125 programs were broadcast, some repeats or remakes, until the last show of Jan. 9, 1958. There was a one-program revival attempt in 1973, shown at the end of the log.
This Episode X Minus One. July 25, 1957. Program #100. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Haunted Corpse". Swapped bodies and a plan for immortality. See cat. #39844 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. The script was used subsequently on "X Minus One" on December 12, 1957 (see cat. #39658). Frederick Pohl (author), Leon Janney, Joseph Bell, Jim Boles, Reese Taylor, Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 20 minutes.
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