The Girls From Earth

Description

Con men on Mars promise mail‑order brides to lonely miners.

The program is preceded by five minutes of news. Two drifters on Mars get an idea to sell girls from back on Earth to the local uranium miners.

Swindlers on Mars trick lonely miners by offering wives through the mail.

X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and one of the best science fiction series in any medium.

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