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X Minus One: The Merchants of Venus
One of my favorite episodes of X Minus One was The Merchants Of Venus, so when I was looking for stories to share on Auditory Anthology, it was one of the first ones I looked for.
We released our version of the story on April fourth of twenty twenty-four: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Y7AjqxR4KTNvtGHSnpKeT?si=26632dbb02104263
Here is the episode of X Minus One originally aired on July eighteenth of nineteen fifty seven. We hope you enjoy it.
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Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead
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