Tales of Tomorrow - Season 1

1. Verdict from Space

Aired: 8/3/1951

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

2. Blunder

Aired: 8/10/1951

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

Aired: 8/17/1951

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

Aired: 8/24/1951

5. The Last Man on Earth

Aired: 8/31/1951

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

6. Errand Boy

Aired: 9/7/1951

7. The Monsters

Aired: 9/14/1951

8. The Dark Angel

Aired: 9/28/1951

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

9. The Crystal Egg

Aired: 10/12/1951

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

Aired: 10/26/1951

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

Aired: 11/9/1951

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

Aired: 11/23/1951

A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.

13. Sneak Attack

Aired: 12/7/1951

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

Aired: 12/21/1951

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

Aired: 1/4/1952

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

Aired: 1/18/1952

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)

Aired: 1/25/1952

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)

Aired: 2/1/1952

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

Aired: 2/8/1952

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

20. Age of Peril

Aired: 2/15/1952

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

21. Memento

Aired: 2/22/1952

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

Aired: 2/29/1952

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

Aired: 3/7/1952

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

Aired: 3/14/1952

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)

Aired: 3/21/1952

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

26. Flight Overdue

Aired: 3/28/1952

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

Aired: 4/4/1952

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

Aired: 4/11/1952

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

29. Time to Go

Aired: 4/18/1952

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

30. Plague from Space

Aired: 4/25/1952

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

Aired: 5/2/1952

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

Aired: 5/9/1952

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

33. Black Planet

Aired: 5/16/1952

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

Aired: 5/23/1952

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

35. Little Black Bag

Aired: 5/30/1952

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

Aired: 6/6/1952

A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.

37. All the Time in the World

Aired: 6/13/1952

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

Aired: 6/20/1952

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

Aired: 6/27/1952

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

Aired: 7/4/1952

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

Aired: 7/18/1952

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

42. Sudden Darkness

Aired: 8/1/1952

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

Aired: 8/8/1952

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.