Space Patrol

Space Patrol was a juvenile space adventure series broadcast on ABC Radio from October 1952 to March 1955. A spin-off from the popular television series of the same name, the show followed the 30th Century adventures of Commander Buzz Corry of the United Planets Space Patrol and his young sidekick Cadet Happy. The series was created by Mike Moser and written by Lou Huston, with the radio series utilising the same cast and scripts as the TV series. It is thought there were 129 radio episodes, with around 110-120 surviving.​

​Please note that the episode numbers given below are merely the order in which the episodes are thought to have been broadcast — they are not the actual episode numbers. Some episodes have been omitted due to poor audio quality.
Episode 1: The Hole In Empty Space

​A rogue cycloplex (what we would now term a black hole) threatens the Solar System.

​First broadcast: 25 October 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Dick Beals, Norman Jolley.

Episode 2: The City of The Sun

​Whilst searching for a missing scientist on the dark side of Mercury, Commander Corry and Cadet Happy are diverted to an emergency on the sunward side of the planet, where the water supply to the city of Solaria has been sabotaged.

First broadcast: 8 November 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Norman Jolley.

Episode 3: The Queen of Space

Commander Corry, Cadet Happy and Assistant Security Chief Tonga investigate a series of suspicious accidents befalling freight and passenger ships operating amongst the outer planets of the Solar System.

First broadcast: 15 November 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Nina Bara, Virginia Hewitt, Norman Jolley.

Episode 4: The Giant Bubble

A disgruntled former investor tries to sabotage the deployment of inflatable ‘atmosphere shells’ in space, made from the new wonder material Electroplast.
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​First broadcast: 22 November 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Norman Jolley.

Episode 5: The Electronic Burglar

Whilst investigating a theft from an electronics company, Corry and Happy find themselves stranded in the Martian desert.

​First broadcast: 29 November 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Norman Jolley.

Episode 6: The Space Shark

​Corry, Happy and Tonga investigate a pair of racketeers poisoning hydroponics farms on Venus.

​First broadcast: 6 December 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Nina Bara, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer.

Episode 7: The Search For Asteroid X

Corry and Happy enlist the help of a wily old Martian to track down stolen evidence, which could help convict mobsters The Saturn Syndicate.

​First broadcast: 13 December 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Norman Jolley, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer.

Episode 8: The Lady From Venus

An atomic power plant owner is blackmailed by a former employee into illegally supplying plutonium.
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​First broadcast: 20 December 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, David DuVal.

Episode 9: The Last Voyage of The Lonesome Lena

Whilst investigating criminal activity on Titan, Corry, Happy and Tonga find themselves in the middle of a feud between a grizzled old space trader and a spaceport official.

​First broadcast: 27 December 1952.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Marvin Miller, Nina Bara, Norman Jolley.

Episode 10: The Brain Bank And The Space Binoculars

A ruthless industrialist forces an ailing scientist into suspended animation against his will in order to safeguard an important project.

​First broadcast: 3 January 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast:  Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, David DuVal.

Episode 11: The Sleepwalker

The daughter of the United Planets Secretary General is caught up in a robbery aboard a space liner.

​First broadcast: 10 January 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt.

Episode 12: The Top Secret D-Ray

Microfilm plans for a top secret weapon are stolen from a base on the Moon.

​First broadcast: 31 January 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Nina Bara, Norman Jolley, Steven Robertson.

Episode 13: Crash Landing

Vital evidence in a fraud case is stolen when Corry and Happy are carjacked on Venus. The thieves flee to Mars in Corry’s ship, but find an unexpected passenger onboard.

​First broadcast: 7 February 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Steven Robertson, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt.

Episode 14: The Mysterious Meteor

A cargo ship transporting an anti-matter meteorite to Venus crashes in a canyon. Corry and Happy attempt to rescue the ship’s pilot, but are threatened by a flash flood.

​First broadcast: 14 February 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Norman Jolley, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer.

Episode 15: The Moon Beetles

A plague of plastic-eating insects threatens atmosphere domes on Jupiter and its moons.

​First broadcast: 21 February 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast:  Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer.

Episode 16: The Strange Gift of The New Star

A unsolved murder case is re-opened when a derelict spaceship is found beyond the orbit of Pluto.

​First broadcast: 28 February 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer.

Episode 17: The Seed Crystals of Zeldabran

The crew of a communications relay station, orbiting Saturn, fall under the mental influence of strange, alien crystals.

​First broadcast: 7 March 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Norman Jolley.

Episode 18: The Magic Space Pictures

A thief steals a top-secret ‘image reactor unit’, which allows equipment to be operated by mind control.

​First broadcast: 13 March 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Norman Jolley.

Episode 19: The Caverns of Venus

Corry, Happy and Tonga are held captive in an old mine complex on Venus whilst investigating the theft of electronic equipment.

​First broadcast: 21 March 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Nina Bara, Steven Robertson.

Episode 20: The Forgotten City

Whilst searching for a missing scientist on Saturn, Corry and Happy stumble upon a deserted city, being used as a hideout by jewel thieves.

​First broadcast: 28 March 1953.
Original Story by Lou Huston.
​Cast: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Bela Kovacs, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, Steven Robertson.