Change of Heart: Gunsmoke (September 3, 1955)

“Change of Heart” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 3, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a stranger named Briscoe arrives in Dodge City and assaults young Jerry Cass over his interest in Bella, a saloon girl, Marshal Dillon jails him. But Briscoe turns out to be Jerry's older brother, recently returned from St. Louis to look after the family ranch. Now the brothers are at odds over Jerry's romance with Bella, and Briscoe is determined to stop it.

Dodge City, Kansas - a saloon and the marshal's office

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Jerry Cass, Bella Grant, Briscoe Cass, Chester, Sam

Listen for: The conflict between brothers over family expectations and love, and how Marshal Dillon must keep the peace without interfering in their personal affairs.

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.