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Death Plant

Tales of the Texas Rangers · December 9, 1951 · 29 min · 4,717 words

The transcript of “Death Plant”, an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers first broadcast December 9, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Tales of the Texas Rangers plays Tales of the Texas Rangers free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McCray in Tales of the Texas Rangers. From Hollywood, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers. The tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray is Ranger Jason Pearson.

Texas more than 260,000 square miles. And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. From the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact.

Only names, dates and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of records. Case for tonight? Death plant. It is 11 o'clock on the night of September 18th, 1946. 14 miles east of Pembroke, Texas on State Route 70 stands the first community church.

Each Wednesday night, members of the congregation have been donating their services to the construction of a recreation hall. recreation hall. The evening's work is just over and Tom Peters, a farmer, stands in the parking area waiting for his wife to catch up to him.

Shelby! All right. And don't forget, Mrs. I'll call you tomorrow. What makes you always in such a hurry? Somebody in this family's gonna be in a hurry. Even to you, we'll never get anywhere. Oh, now, Tom. You know you don't.

Tom, you met the motor running. You sure left it running? Told you I was going to. Battery's almost dead. Oh, yes, and the dog. That no good will, Fenton. Sell me a heap like this and call it a pick-up truck.

Ah, it's getting soothere. a man can't trust nobody nowadays. You know what I'm gonna do, Shelby? I'm gonna take him to law, just like I told him to name. You do know such things, Tom Peters.

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