Jailbait Janet: Gunsmoke (June 28, 1959)

“Jailbait Janet” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 28, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon investigates a train robbery where bandits made off with $50,000 in gold. Tracking the outlaws to a remote homestead, Dillon discovers the thieves are not hardened criminals but a father and his two children, including an eighteen-year-old daughter named Janet.

Dodge City and the Kansas Territory, following a train robbery near milepost 314

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Eberle, Dan, Gary, Janet

Listen for: The revelation that the train robbers are actually a struggling family, with Marshal Dillon confronting a father who involved his children in the crime.

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.