Tales of Tomorrow

1. Verdict from Space

Air Date: 1951-08-03

A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.

2. Blunder

Air Date: 1951-08-10

A scientist is on the verge of developing a new source of incredible power but after his colleagues discover an error in his calculations they find out there's no way to communicate this error to the scientist.

3. A Child is Crying

Air Date: 1951-08-17

The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.

4. The Woman at Land's End

Air Date: 1951-08-24

5. The Last Man on Earth

Air Date: 1951-08-31

Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.

6. Errand Boy

Air Date: 1951-09-07

7. The Monsters

Air Date: 1951-09-14

8. The Dark Angel

Air Date: 1951-09-28

A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.

9. The Crystal Egg

Air Date: 1951-10-12

The owner of a London curiosity shop delivers a mysterious crystal egg to a university professor for the scientist's opinion on its worth and its properties. The 'egg' proves to be a window to Mars. When the professor loses the egg, he tries to convince people that he is not crazy.

10. Test Flight

Air Date: 1951-10-26

The CEO of an aerospace company is determined to build a spaceship for interplanetary travel and a young scientist convinces him that he can perform the task--but only if he's the first person to travel on the spaceship.

11. The Search for the Flying Saucer

Air Date: 1951-11-09

A reporter arrives in a New Mexico town to investigate sightings of flying saucers. But neither he nor some of the town's residents are actually who they appear to be.

12. Enemy Unknown

Air Date: 1951-11-23

A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.

13. Sneak Attack

Air Date: 1951-12-07

During the Cold War, a captured American spy is his country's only hope to avert an attack by a new type of bomb.

14. The Invader

Air Date: 1951-12-21

A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.

15. The Dune Roller

Air Date: 1952-01-04

On an island a strange rock begins to grow and move. Scientists that observe the phenomena speculate that an ancient meteor that once hit the island is attempting to reassemble itself.

16. Frankenstein

Air Date: 1952-01-18

In an adaptation of Mary Shelley's tale, Dr. Frankenstein brings to life a lumbering undead monster who he must then find someway to destroy.

17. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)

Air Date: 1952-01-25

A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)

Air Date: 1952-02-01

A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.

19. What You Need

Air Date: 1952-02-08

A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.

20. Age of Peril

Air Date: 1952-02-15

A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.

21. Memento

Air Date: 1952-02-22

A scientist who's spent his entire life building a spaceship that can travel to Mars discovers that he cannot make the trip.

22. The Children's Room

Air Date: 1952-02-29

A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. One of them, Walt, is the son of a professor at the university. The professor uncovers that his son and other children are 'mutants' being groomed to assist an alien race in a distant part of the galaxy.

23. Bound Together

Air Date: 1952-03-07

A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?

24. The Diamond Lens

Air Date: 1952-03-14

Shortly before he is scheduled to go to the guillotine, a scientist confesses to a priest the fantastic reason why he committed murder to obtain the perfect diamond for use in a microscope.

25. The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)

Air Date: 1952-03-21

Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.

26. Flight Overdue

Air Date: 1952-03-28

The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.

27. And a Little Child

Air Date: 1952-04-04

A young hillbilly girl has the power to read minds and this power is called upon when a scientist suffers a paralyzing stroke.

28. Sleep No More

Air Date: 1952-04-11

A young man begs to be kept awake due to the fact that his dreams are turning into horrifying realities.

29. Time to Go

Air Date: 1952-04-18

A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.

30. Plague from Space

Air Date: 1952-04-25

A military base commander is forced to make a terrible decision when he learns that Martians have invaded Earth using a deadly combination of bacteria and brainwaves.

31. Red Dust

Air Date: 1952-05-02

Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.

32. The Golden Ingot

Air Date: 1952-05-09

A doctor's unsuccessful experiments cause him to fall into a state of depression which has his daughter worried.

33. Black Planet

Air Date: 1952-05-16

Two astronomers working together, seek a tenth planet. The senior fears the junior might have found it and is jealous. They are also both interested in Norma, who works with them. When, in the course of a fight between the two men, the senior scientist falls dead - the question is was he killed by the other or not. Norma's brother, a police detective has to solve the case! Leslie Nielsen, Frank Albertson amd Horace MacMahon star.

34. World of Water

Air Date: 1952-05-23

A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.

35. Little Black Bag

Air Date: 1952-05-30

A struggling doctor takes his instruments to a pawnshop because his wife complains about their lack of money. Once in the shop, he makes a deal with the pawnbroker for $20.00 and a mysterious medical bag. Later, it is discovered that the instruments in the bag can perform "miracle cures". Upon close inspection of the instruments, a patent date of July 18, 2450 is revealed.

36. The Exile

Air Date: 1952-06-06

A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.

37. All the Time in the World

Air Date: 1952-06-13

A man must decide whether or not he wants to survive a hydrogen bomb blast. If he does he'll be the only person remaining on earth--not a pleasant predicament.

38. The Miraculous Serum

Air Date: 1952-06-20

A miracle life-saving serum has unintended consequences when it's tested on a female patient. Not only does it make the woman immune to diseases but to moral issues as well.

39. Appointment on Mars

Air Date: 1952-06-27

Three astronauts arrive on Mars, sponsored by a mining company who will share the profits with them. Illness, paranoia and other problems develop until all three are dead - but what caused it?

40. The Duplicates

Air Date: 1952-07-04

A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.

41. Ahead of His Time

Air Date: 1952-07-18

A lab technician invents a time machine and uses it to travel forward to the year 2052.

42. Sudden Darkness

Air Date: 1952-08-01

A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical power with one flick of the switch.

43. Ice from Space

Air Date: 1952-08-08

A rocket returns from space with a huge block of ice inside its compartment. An Air Force officer realizes that this block of ice is a form of alien invasion.

1. A Bird in Hand

Air Date: 1952-08-22

Two youngsters discover a talking bird in a zoo and come to the realization that the bird is part of a plot by the animal kingdom to reclaim the world from humans.

2. Thanks

Air Date: 1952-08-29

A scientific invention brings glory to a struggling violinist but it also causes him to commit murder.

3. The Seeing Eye Surgeon

Air Date: 1952-09-05

When a prominent physician dons a pair of eyeglasses he discovers that he can see into the future.

4. The Cocoon

Air Date: 1952-09-12

A group of scientists are trapped inside a house in a remote jungle by hideous invisible creatures.

5. The Chase

Air Date: 1952-09-19

A man arrives at a sea lodge and confesses to a murder but it's later revealed that he's from the future.

6. Youth on Tap (aka: Young Blood)

Air Date: 1952-09-26

A 26 year old man gives a doctor a blood transfusion in return for $1,000 but the process causes the young man to age.

7. Substance X

Air Date: 1952-10-03

A young woman goes to her hometown at the behest of a food conglomerate. Her assignment is to discover what the people of the community are using for food after their only food outlet closes. She discovers a scientist who has developed a food substitute called 'Substance X'. Anyone who diets on Substance X is unable to eat normal food from that time on.

8. The Horn

Air Date: 1952-10-10

A scientist invents a machine that has the power to control human emotions.

9. Double Trouble

Air Date: 1952-10-17

A writer pens a story about a death ray machine only to discover later that the government actually has such a device.

10. Many Happy Returns (aka: Invaders at Ground Zero)

Air Date: 1952-10-24

A father discovers that his son and other neighborhood children are being controlled telepathically by an alien.

11. The Tomb of King Tarus

Air Date: 1952-10-31

An archeologist discovers that an ancient king has been able to stay alive for centuries in a tomb deep beneath the Egyptian desert.

12. The Window

Air Date: 1952-11-07

A live television program is interrupted by a mysterious signal that shows a murder about to take place.

13. The Camera

Air Date: 1952-11-14

A blackmailer discovers a camera that will take pictures 25 years into the future.

14. The Quiet Lady

Air Date: 1952-11-21

A deadly disease covers the earth and its only hope is a little girl.

15. The Invigorating Air

Air Date: 1952-11-28

A young scientist produces a new kind of air which proves to be "invigorating."

16. The Glacier Giant

Air Date: 1952-12-05

A reporter and his damsel sidekick search for a giant reportedly encased in the ice of the Himalayas.

17. The Fatal Flower

Air Date: 1952-12-12

Doing research in the Brazilian jungle, two biochemists develop a mysterious plant.

18. The Machine

Air Date: 1952-12-19

A machine that can foretell the future says that one of a doctor's infant patients will grow up to be a murderer.

19. The Bitter Storm

Air Date: 1952-12-26

A man brings back voices and sounds from the Garden of Eden.

20. The Mask of Medusa

Air Date: 1953-01-02

Perry Mason won't be able to help a killer who takes refuge in a museum where the statues come to life.

21. Conqueror's Isle

Air Date: 1953-01-09

22. Discovered Heart

Air Date: 1953-01-16

An alien who's an advance scout for an invasion force arrives at a lighthouse hoping to use its beacon as a signal. A precocious little girl win's the alien's heart and moves the extraterrestrial to surrender his life to prevent invasion.

23. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Air Date: 1953-01-23

Handsome Dorian Gray never seems to age but the same cannot be said about his portrait.

24. Two Faced

Air Date: 1953-01-30

To win the love of a woman, a man arranges to have the head of her former lover transplanted onto his body.

25. The Build Box

Air Date: 1953-02-06

A little boy is the recipient of a strange box from the owner of a gift shop.

26. Another Chance

Air Date: 1953-02-13

A man is given the chance to live the past seven years of his life over but he makes the same mistakes.

27. The Great Silence

Air Date: 1953-02-20

The nation is hit with an epidemic in which vocal chords are paralyzed but it's actually an alien plot to control the people of the United States.

28. Lonesome Village

Air Date: 1953-02-27

29. The Fury of the Cocoon

Air Date: 1953-03-06

Members of an expedition into the jungle are attacked by invisible blood sucking leaches from outer space.

30. The Squeeze Play

Air Date: 1953-03-13

A magician hates a reporter so he hypnotizes all the people with whom the newsie comes into contact into forgetting him.

31. Read to Me Herr Doktor

Air Date: 1953-03-20

An old professor with failing eyesight builds a robot named Herr Doktor to read him books that he had never had a chance to read when he was younger. The relationship between the professor and the robot is very close. The books that the robot reads give it the desire to be a complete person. Their roles become reversed. The robot begins to demand that the professor read aloud to him. Later, the robot falls in love with the professor's daughter. When she spurns the robot, it learns that the books it has been reading were wrong and it dies of a broken heart.

32. Ghost Writer

Air Date: 1953-03-27

A writer discovers to his horror that the events in his short stories are coming true.

33. Past Tense

Air Date: 1953-04-03

A doctor travels back in time in order to extol the virtues of penicillin and save lives but ends up being committed to an insane asylum where he falls ill and dies from a disease which could have been prevented by penicillin.

34. Homecoming

Air Date: 1953-04-10

A pilot returns home after being stranded in the Arctic for five years and discovers that he can only live in cold temperatures.

35. The Rivals

Air Date: 1953-04-17

A new wife finds herself a rival for her husband's affections--his cat.

36. Please Omit Flowers

Air Date: 1953-04-24

A mortician discovers a serum that induces a death-like sleep.

37. The Evil Within

Air Date: 1953-05-01

A scientist creates a formula that unlocks evil. Then his wife unknowingly ingests some of the formula.

38. The Vault

Air Date: 1953-05-08

While making scientific tests, four people get trapped inside a vault.

39. Ink

Air Date: 1953-05-15

A chemist comes into possession of an ink which has the power to hypnotize all who look at anything written with the substance.

40. The Spider's Web

Air Date: 1953-05-22

Inhabitants of an island find themselves affected by atomic radiation.

41. Lazarus Walks

Air Date: 1953-05-29

A man gets revived after being declared clinically dead for a short period of time. Then he discovers that he has the ability to detect lies.

42. What Dreams May Come

Air Date: 1953-06-12

A woman receives telepathic waves that she is about to be murdered.