Billy the Kid: Gunsmoke (April 26, 1952)

“Billy the Kid” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 26, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a murdered man is found dead by the river with a gunshot wound, Marshal Matt Dillon must investigate. A struggling farmer named Zegor is the prime suspect, but the evidence remains unclear and the true circumstances of the death are uncertain.

Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s. The story involves the marshal's office, jail cells, a saloon, the river, and the town doctor's office.

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Zegor, Clay Richards, Mr. Hightower, Doc

Listen for: A tense investigation as Matt Dillon questions a farmer with financial troubles about a murder. Listen for details about Clay Richards's death, the missing gun, and Zegor's possible involvement.

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.