Grebb Hassle: Gunsmoke (March 10, 1957)

“Grebb Hassle” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 10, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshall Dillon arrives at the Grebb homestead to find the family in turmoil. Elvin Grebb, the prodigal son with a criminal past, has returned and then turned up dead. His younger brother Billy reveals that Elvin's outlaw partners, Chuck Fowler and Curly Talman, tricked Billy into revealing where their mother kept money, then killed Elvin when he wouldn't cooperate with their plans.

The Grebb family home and surrounding territory, including an old sod house hideout west of Branch Fort Cross.

Characters: Marshall Dillon, Chester, Miss Grebb, Billy Grebb, Elvin Grebb, Chuck Fowler, Curly Talman, Doc

Listen for: A mother's anguish over her wayward son, a younger brother's moral struggle between loyalty and justice, and the Marshall's quiet determination to track down the killers.

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.