Lynching Man: Gunsmoke (July 22, 1956)

“Lynching Man” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 22, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Matt Dillon discovers a man named Hank Blenice hanged in a grove of trees near Dodge City, apparently lynched for horse theft. A cattle rancher named Charlie Green arrives in town and accuses Gil Mather of the lynching, demanding that Dillon arrest Mather or Green will take justice into his own hands.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory, including a grove of trees and various ranches

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Kitty, Charlie Green, Gil Mather, Hank Blenice

Listen for: The discovery of the lynched man in the grove, Charlie Green's confrontation with Matt Dillon about his vendetta, and Dillon's warning to Green about the consequences of taking the law into his own hands.

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.