Annie Oakley: Gunsmoke (August 19, 1956)

“Annie Oakley” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 19, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When rancher Jeff Kinsman is found shot dead on the prairie, his widow Kate accuses Ed Dalliver of the murder. Marshal Dillon must determine whether Dalliver, who recently acquired a powerful new rifle and had publicly quarreled with Kinsman over his flirtations with Kate, is truly guilty of the crime.

Dodge City and the surrounding prairie in Kansas Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Kate Kinsman, Jeff Kinsman, Ed Dalliver, Kitty

Listen for: The investigation into Jeff Kinsman's death, with clues about the rifle and the distance from which the shot was fired.

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.