X Minus One aired “The Last Martian” on August 7, 1956 as its 63rd episode. This Fredric Brown (1906-72) short story originally appeared in the October 1950 Galaxy, the magazine’s debut issue. The story opens in a bar, where a reporter is steered to a man sitting at a table drinking. He is bemoaning the …

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Lux Radio Theater (1934-55) aired “Detective Story” on April 26, 1954 as its 878th episode of nearly 1,000. I’ve chosen this radio drama for several reasons: I like detective stories (we’ve run several previously), I like noir detective films, and the subject matter of this one deals with issues most recently in the news with …

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