Alarm at Pleasant Valley: Gunsmoke (September 10, 1955)

“Alarm at Pleasant Valley” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 10, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester discover a burned-out ranch in Pleasant Valley that shows signs of deliberate destruction. When they investigate, they find the settlers dead and realize renegade Indians are on the loose in the territory. A cavalry patrol arrives with news that about eight or ten renegades have jumped the reservation, and together they begin pursuing the raiders through the valley.

Pleasant Valley and the surrounding Kansas prairie, including a settler's ranch and the frontier near Dodge City

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Lieutenant (cavalry officer), settlers in Pleasant Valley

Listen for: The investigation of the burned ranch, the discovery of the dead settlers, and the arrival of the cavalry patrol with details about the renegade Indians on the loose.

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.