Another Man's Poison: Gunsmoke (September 29, 1957)

“Another Man's Poison” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 29, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sally Bowdoin flees in fear when she spots a man on Dodge City's boardwalk—a man who looks exactly like her first husband, a sailor she believed drowned at sea four years ago. The stranger, claiming to be Jeff Dello, insists on rekindling their relationship, but Sally is now married to Ben Bogin. As the mystery man presses his claims, Sally must confront a troubling question: is this really her lost husband returned, and if so, what becomes of her current marriage?

Dodge City, Kansas and the surrounding territory in the Old West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Sally Bowdoin, Jeff Dello, Ben Bogin, Dr. Adams

Listen for: The tension between Sally's two marriages and the shocking return of a man presumed dead; the confrontation between Jeff and Ben over Sally's affections

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.