The Chaplain: Fort Laramie (August 26, 1956)

“The Chaplain” is an episode of Fort Laramie, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 26, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

An epidemic of illness sweeps through Fort Laramie, with 59 men now reporting to the hospital. Captain Quince investigates whether the sickness is genuine or brought on by boredom and monotonous routine, while Major Trucks works to diagnose the ailment and discovers a troubling discrepancy involving missing food shipments that the post has been billed for but never received.

Fort Laramie military post, including the hospital, garrison grounds, and storage areas

Characters: Captain Quince, Sergeant Garres, Major Trucks, Chaplain, Sergeant Madison, Miller, Shaw, Wright

Listen for: The investigation into what's causing so many soldiers to fall ill and the mystery of the missing food shipments; the chaplain's faith-based perspective on solving the men's troubles through meaningful work.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.