Crowbait Bob: Gunsmoke (November 10, 1956)

“Crowbait Bob” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 10, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A dying drifter named Crowbait Bob, living in the hayloft of the Dodge City livery stable, asks Marshal Matt Dillon to care for a leather box containing his will. Bob has decided to leave his meager possessions to Kitty Russell, the owner of the Long Branch Saloon, before he passes away. Matt must discover why Bob is so determined to make this bequest and what secrets lie within the leather box.

Dodge City, Kansas - the Marshal's office, the livery stable, and the Long Branch Saloon

Characters: Matt Dillon, Crowbait Bob, Chester, Doc, Kitty Russell, Justin, Moss Grimace, Ruth Guttler

Listen for: The mystery of why a homeless drifter would leave his possessions to Kitty Russell and what revelation Doc has been hinting at about how Crowbait Bob has been surviving.

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.