A chemist has been working hard and getting ridicule for trying to turn lead into gold. He fails at every attempt, until it looks like he finally succeeds.
Tales of Tomorrow 30 – Plague From Space - 1952
An alien spacecraft unexpectedly touches down in the middle of an US Army base. After waiting a long time, the personnel of the base finally pry the craft open and pull out a single, glittery martian. At least they thought it was a single martian. A little while after opening the craft, some of the people start […]
Tales of Tomorrow 29 – Time to Go - 1952
An alien race is dying so it sets up a deal with humans. If humans deposit their time into the alien bank, they can earn interest on that time and the aliens use it in the meantime to repair their civilization. Although, as one woman finds out, the deal isn’t all it’s cracked up to […]
Tales of Tomorrow 26 – Flight Overdue - 1952
Even though her husband has a bad feeling about the trip, a well-known pilot takes on a flight over the Pacific. She disappears and finally after several years, her husband finds out what really happened.
Tales of Tomorrow 22 – The Children’s Room - 1952
Walt Rose, a seemingly normal kid, starts showing he has been learning some incredible knowledge. He says he’s been getting it from a ‘children’s room’ that no one has seen before. The book is in a strange language. From where and why is Walt learning these incredible things?
Tales of Tomorrow 20 – Age of Peril - 1952
It’s the future, 1965. National secrets are being stolen from a high security plant, and Security Agent Larry Calhoun is assigned to find out how. He is helped by a scientist and the scientist’s daughter using their special and seemingly perfect lie detector test. Except it appears it’s not as perfect as they thought.
Tales of Tomorrow 19 – What You Need - 1952
An amoral and unethical free-lance writer hard up for money can’t help but notice wealthy and well-to-do people often spend large sums of money for seemingly mundane items at a local second-hand store. He goes and buys from the shop owner what the shop owner says “he needs”, later finding out they were, in fact, exactly […]
Tales of Tomorrow 16 – Frankenstein - 1952
The classic tale of a scientist trying to bring to life a new person made from parts of other people and, most importantly, the brain from a formerly well-rounded individual. You may notice John Newland, host and actor of One Step Beyond, playing the part of Dr. Frankenstein
Tales of Tomorrow 15 – The Dune Roller - 1952
Mysterious rocks are forming together and doing strange things seemingly by themselves. Scientists find the rocks there have an unknown mineral in them.