Harriet: Gunsmoke (January 29, 1961)

“Harriet” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 29, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young woman named Harriet Horn arrives in Dodge City on foot, exhausted and traumatized after witnessing her father's murder by two drifters, Dan Scorp and Webb Holder. She takes a job at the Long Branch Saloon and sets out to manipulate the two killers into destroying each other, determined to be their judge and executioner rather than let the law handle justice.

Dodge City, Kansas, primarily the Long Branch Saloon and surrounding territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Harriet Horn, Chester, Doc, Kitty Russell, Dan Scorp, Webb Holder

Listen for: Harriet's quiet manipulation of two dangerous men as she attempts to provoke them into conflict, and Matt Dillon's efforts to uncover the truth behind her mysterious arrival and strange behavior.

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.