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Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Volume 1
- The Classic Radio Sci-Fi Series
- Narrated by: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Joseph Cotten, Hans Conried, Paul Frees, John Dehner, Peggy Webber
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Show List
1 Dimension X - The Outer Limit by Graham Doar & Ernest Kinoy 4-8-50
2 Dimension X - The Parade by George Lefferts 8-25-50
3 Suspense - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley & Antony Ellis 6-7-55
4 Suspense - The Black Door by Robert Arthur 11-19-61
5 Suspense - The Second Door by Robert Readick 5-6-62
6 CBS Radio Workshop - Brave New World (Part One) by Aldous Huxley & William Froug 1-27-56
7 CBS Radio Workshop - Brave New World (Part Two) by Aldous Huxley & William Froug 2-3-56
8 X Minus One - The Martian Death March by Ernest Kinoy 9-8-55
9 X Minus One - The Old Die Rich by H.L. Gold & Ernest Kinoy 7-17-56
10 Hollywood Star Playhouse - The Tenth Planet by Charlie Smith & Ralph Rose 9-7-52
11 Escape - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells & Irving Ravetch 5-9-48
12 Escape - Earth Abides (Part 1) by George Stewart & David Ellis 11-5-50
13 Escape - Earth Abides (Part 2) by George Stewart & David Ellis 11-12-50
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