Going Bad: Gunsmoke (June 19, 1954)

“Going Bad” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 19, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young man named Dave Robbins, still bitter over his father's death at the hands of a corrupt sheriff, attempts to intimidate Marshall Dillon at the barbershop while drunk. When the incident becomes public and townspeople mock him, Dave risks being drawn into a life of crime by the hard case Luke Willard.

Dodge City, Kansas—a barbershop, saloon, and the surrounding town streets

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Jessica, Justin, Quiller, Teeters, Dave Robbins, Kitty

Listen for: A tense confrontation in the barbershop where a young man threatens the marshal while hidden under a barber's sheet, leading to a conversation about revenge, shame, and the danger of becoming an outlaw.

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.