Powder River Kid: Frontier Gentleman (April 6, 1958)

“Powder River Kid” is an episode of Frontier Gentleman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 6, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

J.B. Kendall, a frontier gentleman traveling through Montana territory with an old prospector named Scales and his sleeping brother Paul, encounters three riders. One of them, a wounded man named Bill, is suffering from a gangrenous gunshot wound and refuses to seek proper medical help. Kendall recognizes the danger of the man's condition, but Scales makes a shocking discovery about the stranger's true identity.

Montana territory and the road to Fort Benton, Montana, during the 1950s era of the Old West

Characters: J.B. Kendall, Scales, Paul Scales, Bill Logan, Jack, Bill's wife

Listen for: Kendall's conversation with old Scales about frontier life, the arrival of the three mysterious riders, and Scales' revelation about the wounded man's identity as a notorious outlaw

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.