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This is Relic Radio, sci-fi, old-time radio, science fiction stories from relicradio.com. I'm You You

The The Mutual Broadcasting System presents the mysterious traveler, written, produced and directed by Robert

Day Arthur and David Cogan, and starring tonight two of radio's foremost actors, Mawson

Zerby and Cameron Prudong, in an original radio drama titled Zero Hour.

This is the mysterious traveler,

inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strange and the terrifying.

I hope you'll enjoy the trip,

and it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle

back, get a good grip on your nerves

and be comfortable. If you

can, as you hear the story

I call

Zero Hour.

Our story tonight begins in the large, luxurious office of Dr. William Jackson, the noted psychiatrist.

Dr. Jackson, a tall, intelligent-looking man in his late 50s, is seated in a chair beside a fireplace,

reading a patient's case history.

As he reads, the door to his office is quietly opened, and Keith Roberts, a slender nervous man of 35, peers into the room.

Pardon me, doctor.

Oh, it's you, Mr. Roberts. Come in. Thank you. Is there anything I can do for you? Doctor, I... I just couldn't stay in my room. I must talk to you. I simply must. Well, now, won't tomorrow do? No, no. It'll be too late, then. It's got to be tonight. I see. Well, here, take this chair by the fire, please. Thank you. Doctor, I know you're my final hope. That if you don't find me sane, they'll put me away. This is my last chance. I must make you see that my story is true. Are you sure it can't wait until tomorrow? No, no. Every minute counts. Even now, time is running out.

You sound as though an overwhelming disaster were about to happen. Yes, yes, doctor. That's just it. A disaster such as the world has never known, it's about to happen. It will affect every human being on Earth. Suppose you start from the beginning and tell me everything. From the beginning? Yes. Well, I suppose it all began that day six months ago in Philip Cromwell's office.

Cromwell is a fellow who publishes my books.

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