Dirt: Gunsmoke (November 27, 1960)

“Dirt” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 27, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Nate Siberts, a wealthy rancher, plans to marry Polly Cyberton in two days, but tensions simmer when her brother Henry objects to postponing the wedding. When an anonymous printed threat arrives at Marshal Dillon's office warning that someone will shoot Siberts if he marries Polly, the Marshal must investigate who wants to prevent the wedding and why.

Dodge City and surrounding territory in the West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Nate Siberts, Henry Cyberton, Polly Cyberton, Kitty, Doc, Chester

Listen for: A mysterious threat against the wedding, tensions between the Cyberton family and Siberts, and hints of enemies with their own reasons to stop the marriage.

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.