Last Fling: Gunsmoke (February 20, 1954)

“Last Fling” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 20, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Two old farmers, P.V. and Rives Milligan, arrive in Dodge City looking for a final fling before settling down. When P.V. is shot through the window of his room, Marshal Dillon investigates and discovers the shooting may be connected to a woman. After another attempt on Kitty's life, Dillon realizes someone is trying to kill both men and must find them before more blood is spilled.

Dodge City and surrounding territory in the American West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Chester, Doc, P.V., Rives Milligan, John Peavey

Listen for: A tense mystery unfolds as Marshal Dillon pieces together the connection between the shootings and a mysterious woman, while trying to protect Kitty from danger.

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.