Blue Horse: Gunsmoke (May 25, 1958)

“Blue Horse” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 25, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon encounters Lieutenant Elridge of the 6th Cavalry searching for Blue Horse, a sub-chief who has escaped from a reservation and is heading home to the Brass Can. After helping the young officer with directions, Dillon continues on his way but suffers a serious accident when his horse steps in a hole and falls, breaking its neck and injuring Dillon badly.

The Kansas territory between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Lyon, near the Arkansas and Kansas Rivers, with scenes of open plains and a grove of trees.

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Lieutenant Elridge, 6th Cavalry, Blue Horse, escaped sub-chief, Cannon, Chester

Listen for: A discussion of an escaped Indian and the importance of keeping runaways from the reservation in check; Dillon's serious riding accident that leaves him injured and stranded.

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.