How to Kill a Friend: Gunsmoke (October 3, 1953)

“How to Kill a Friend” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 3, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon confronts two gamblers, Ben Carter and Harry Duggan, who arrive in Dodge City. After warning them against running crooked games, Dillon is shot at from an alley. He forces both men onto a northbound stage, but weeks later discovers his calculations about their departure were wrong.

Dodge City, a frontier town with a saloon, marshal's office, and hotel

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Ben Carter, Harry Duggan, Kitty

Listen for: A tense confrontation between a marshal determined to keep his town clean and two shrewd gamblers who believe they can manipulate the law

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.