Burning Wagon: Gunsmoke (November 30, 1958)

“Burning Wagon” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 30, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A burning wagon is discovered on the prairie outside Dodge City with ammunition exploding from the heat. Marshal Dillon and Chester find a dead man and a critically wounded woman near the wreckage. Doc Adams tends to the unconscious woman while Dillon investigates what happened and who she is.

The prairie outside Dodge City and the town itself

Characters: Marshal Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams

Listen for: The discovery of the mysterious wagon fire, clues about the dead man and injured woman, and the investigation into what caused the attack

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.