Innocent Broad: Gunsmoke (August 6, 1955)

“Innocent Broad” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A 17-year-old girl named Linda Bell boards a stagecoach to Dodge City to meet her fiancé Lou Paxson, whom she met briefly in St. Louis. She has run away from home against her parents' wishes, and Marshall Dillon joins her on the journey. A drunk and troublesome passenger named Bassett attempts to harass Linda until Dillon intervenes.

A stagecoach traveling to Dodge City, departing from Pawnee.

Characters: Marshall Dillon, Linda Bell, Jim Buck, Joe Bassett

Listen for: A young woman's dangerous journey to meet a man she barely knows, and Marshall Dillon's protective presence on the stage.

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.