Hard Virtue: Gunsmoke (January 22, 1961)

“Hard Virtue” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 22, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Andy Cole, a hot-tempered newcomer to Dodge City, takes a job with freight operator Ed Fallon after Fallon pays for damage to Andy's wagon. When Andy suspects that someone has visited his wife Millie while he was working, his jealous rage escalates dangerously as he demands answers and reaches for his gun.

Dodge City, Kansas - a freight company stable and the Cole family shack near the Arkansas River

Characters: Matt Dillon, Andy Cole, Millie Cole, Ed Fallon, Chester

Listen for: A tense domestic drama driven by Andy's volatile temper and unfounded suspicions, culminating in a dangerous confrontation between husband and wife.

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.