Little Bird: Gunsmoke (May 11, 1958)

“Little Bird” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 11, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a Mexican gentleman named Don Marco arrives in Dodge City searching for his missing wife Maria, he discovers she has been abducted by a brutal drifter named Bull Taggart. Matt Dillon arrests Taggart, but Don Marco's sense of honor complicates matters when he refuses to file charges, preferring to settle the affair himself.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory in Kansas, including the Long Branch Saloon, Doc's office, and the town jail

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Kitty, Bull Taggart, Don Marco Velasquez, Maria Velasquez

Listen for: The clash between Mexican codes of honor and American law, as Don Marco pursues his own justice; the revelation of Taggart's true nature and his violent temperament; the tense confrontation in the saloon.

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.