X Minus One - "Almost Human" (1955)

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio · Aug 16, 2026 · 24m · transcript

X Minus One presents “Almost Human,” episode 13, originally broadcast on NBC on August 11, 1955. Adapted for radio by George Lefferts from Robert Bloch’s short story—first published under the pseudonym Tarleton Fiske—the drama features Santos Ortega and Jone Allison.

At Professor Blaseman’s secluded laboratory, criminal Duke encounters Junior, an imposing robot whose mind is being educated from a childlike state. As Duke tries to influence the machine’s lessons, the professor’s assistant Lola becomes increasingly concerned about what Junior is learning in this tense early cybernetic thriller…