Cholera: Gunsmoke (December 4, 1954)

“Cholera” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 4, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon discovers that young Billy McCready has sabotaged the wagon of a family named Gabriel who have recently arrived from back east. When Dillon rides out to the Gabriel place, he finds the McCreadys—father and son—have invaded the home with armed men, apparently intent on driving the newcomers away from the territory.

Dodge City and the surrounding prairie frontier

Characters: Marshal Matt Dillon, Chester, Billy McCready, Jim McCready, Gabriel, Mrs. Gabriel

Listen for: The confrontation between Marshal Dillon and the McCreadys as he attempts to enforce the law and protect the Gabriel family from intimidation.

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.