Confederate Money: Gunsmoke (March 13, 1954)

“Confederate Money” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 13, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young drifter named Neil Butler arrives in Dodge City and gets drunk at the saloon, causing trouble. When his employer Fate Render fires him for his drinking, Neil disappears. Later, Fate Render is shot and wounded, and he immediately accuses Neil of the attack, demanding the marshal arrest and execute him.

Dodge City, Kansas Territory in the 1870s; the action centers on the saloon and the marshal's office

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Neil Butler, a young drifter, Fate Render, a rancher, Sam, the barkeep, Chester, Matt's deputy, Dr. Galen Adams

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Neil and Fate Render at the saloon, Matt Dillon's investigation into who shot Fate Render, and the mystery of Neil's whereabouts when the shooting occurs

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.