Bloody Hands: Gunsmoke (July 14, 1957)

“Bloody Hands” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 14, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon returns to Dodge City after a gunfight with Jack Brand and three of his men, having killed all three outlaws and brought Brand in alive. As Dillon tries to rest after two days without sleep, he's troubled by the weight of the killing, and that night he's plagued by nightmares of violence.

Dodge City, Kansas - the marshal's office and jail

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Jack Brand

Listen for: The moral toll of frontier justice as Dillon grapples with having killed three men in the line of duty, and a mysterious late-night visitor brings urgent news to the marshal's office.

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.