Indian: Gunsmoke (March 23, 1958)

“Indian” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 23, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester discover a brutally murdered Indian man, shot in both knees and left to crawl before being finished off. When the victim's wife appears, Dillon learns of the killing, but a man named Kenny reveals he has spent 16 years systematically killing Indians in revenge for a tragedy that destroyed his family decades ago.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory in Kansas

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Kenny, Indian squaw (wife of the victim)

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Marshal Dillon and Kenny, a man consumed by revenge who confesses to years of killing Native Americans. Dillon's struggle between understanding Kenny's grief and his duty to uphold 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.