Mighty Tired: Frontier Gentleman (July 27, 1958)

“Mighty Tired” is an episode of Frontier Gentleman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 27, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

J.B. Kendall and fellow miner Thaddeus Clark board a train to Cheyenne, both having been robbed by the Jesse James gang outside Laramie. When they spot two gang members, CD and Billy, sneaking onto the train, Clark and Kendall decide to turn the tables and recover their stolen gold.

A train departing from a Wyoming station, heading toward Cheyenne in 1958.

Characters: J.B. Kendall, Thaddeus Clark, CD, Billy, Jesse James, the conductor

Listen for: The tense confrontation as Kendall and Clark sneak up on the outlaws with guns drawn, demanding their stolen gold back.

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.