Big Hands: Gunsmoke (August 4, 1957)

“Big Hands” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 4, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A stranger with unusually large shoulders stops at a homestead outside Dodge City. When the homesteader Hank is shot dead that night, Marshal Dillon investigates the mysterious visitor. With only vague descriptions and few clues, Dillon must track down the killer before he escapes the territory.

Dodge City and the surrounding homesteads in Kansas Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Doc, Chester, Miss Rucker, Kitty

Listen for: The description of the stranger's most distinctive feature—his remarkably large shoulders—as Dillon searches for clues among the townspeople and homesteaders.

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.