Dangerous Bath: Gunsmoke (August 21, 1960)

“Dangerous Bath” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 21, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Matt Dillon encounters two drifters who have been robbed and left stranded on the prairie by bandits who stole their horses and boots. Desperate and exhausted after walking through the night and day, the men stumble into town where Doc Adams tends to their injuries and Dillon begins to investigate the crime.

Dodge City and the surrounding prairie

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, Ollie, Nina, Molly, Mr. Brown

Listen for: The unusual crime of thieves stealing not just horses but the victims' boots, leaving them stranded on foot in the wilderness.

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.