Gunsmoke: Gunsmoke (July 16, 1955)

“Gunsmoke” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 16, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Troy Carver, an old friend of Matt Dillon's from Arizona and now a deputy sheriff from Tucson, arrives in Dodge City hunting for a wanted murderer named Lee Poland. When Carver and Dillon encounter each other at the stage, Carver nearly shoots the marshal before recognizing him. Dillon offers to help capture Poland, but Carver, acting strangely irritable and defensive, refuses the assistance and insists on handling the job alone.

Dodge City, Kansas in the Old West; Front Street, the saloon, and various locations around town.

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Chester, Troy Carver, deputy sheriff from Tucson, Justin, Kitty, Lee Poland, wanted man

Listen for: The tense reunion between Matt Dillon and his old friend Troy Carver, and the mystery of what is troubling Carver beyond his hunt for Lee Poland.

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.