Indian Baby: Gunsmoke (March 27, 1960)

“Indian Baby” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 27, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon and Doc discover a white woman collapsed on the prairie with an Indian baby. The delirious woman insists the baby is hers, but Doc believes she has kidnapped it to replace her own child, who she claims was killed by an Indian named Joe.

Dodge City and the surrounding prairie in Kansas Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Doc, Kitty, Molly, The woman

Listen for: The mystery of the Indian baby's true parentage and what happened to the woman's own child

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.