Johnny Red: Gunsmoke (August 13, 1955)

“Johnny Red” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 13, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young man named Billy Crayle arrives in Dodge City looking for his mother, whom he hasn't seen in seventeen years after running away as a child. Marshal Dillon recognizes him from a wanted poster connected to a bank robbery, creating a dangerous situation as Billy plans to reunite with his mother at her ranch.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory, including the Long Branch Saloon and a ranch five miles east of town

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Billy Crayle, Chester, Miss Crayle

Listen for: The tension between Billy's homecoming and the revelation that he's wanted for questioning in a bank robbery, and how Marshal Dillon will handle the situation involving Billy's unsuspecting mother.

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.