This week on The Shiver Show , co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn take you on a journey to the Red Planet—a mission wrapped in nostalgia and dread. Our featured old time radio drama is the 1951 Dimension X adaptation of “Mars Is Heaven!” , an award-winning tale from the golden age of radio drama. Written by Ray Bradbury and published in Planet Stories (1948) , the tale later became part of The Martian Chronicles under the title “The Third Expedition.” It has since earned a place in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1929–1964) for its chilling reminder of the fallibility of man. The Dimension X radio version—adapted for broadcast by scriptwriter Ernest Kinoy —first aired in January 1951. The show features an ensemble cast including Wendell Holmes, Peter Capell, Joseph Julian, Bill Zuckert, Bill Lipton, Bill Griffis, Ethel Everette , and Charme Allen . Set in the year 1986, the story follows a crew of Earth astronauts who land on Mars expecting desolation, and instead find a small Midwestern American town from the 1920's. Stranger still, the inhabitants are their long-dead relatives and friends. Is it heaven, or something more sinister? Join Mary and Greg as they wriggle into their spacesuits, and set out to explore this eerie classic. Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow
