Cheap Labor: Gunsmoke (June 17, 1956)

“Cheap Labor” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 17, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon encounters Fos Capber, a tired gunfighter seeking peace, who becomes entangled in the troubled situation between Ben Stencil and his sister Carrie. When Capber helps Carrie with her wagon, the jealous and violent Ben attacks him, and Dillon must prevent the situation from escalating into bloodshed.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory, primarily on the streets and at the wagons

Characters: Matt Dillon, Fos Capber, Ben Stencil, Carrie Stencil, Doc

Listen for: The confrontation between Dillon and Capber in the saloon, Ben Stencil's violent jealousy over his sister, and the escalating tension as Capber repeatedly helps Carrie despite the danger

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.