Chester's Choice: Gunsmoke (July 6, 1958)

“Chester's Choice” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 6, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Chester discovers two men planning to rob the Dodge City bank in broad daylight and overhears their scheme. When they realize he's heard everything, they force Chester into an impossible situation: he must get Marshal Dillon out of town by three o'clock, or they will shoot Doc or Miss Kitty.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory, during a hot summer day in 1958.

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Lute, Lou, Miss Kitty, Doc

Listen for: Chester's internal struggle as he's blackmailed into betraying the marshal's trust to save his friends' lives.

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.