Tuesday, February 08, 2022

X Minus One - "The Haunted Corpse" (07-25-57)

 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. The series was cancelled after the 126th broadcast on January 9, 1958. However, the early 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia for old-time radio; a new experimental episode, "The Iron Chancellor" by Robert Silverberg, was created in 1973, but it failed to revive the series. NBC also tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following the broadcasts.

 

THIS EPISODE:



July 25, 1957. NBC network. "The Haunted Corpse". Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. Swapped bodies and a plan for immortality. The program closing has been deleted, the story is complete. The script was used subsequently on "X Minus One" on December 12, 1957. Frederick Pohl (author), Leon Janney, Jim Boles, Joseph Bell, Reese Taylor, Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 20:10. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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