Mavis Mc Cloud: Gunsmoke (August 16, 1954)

“Mavis Mc Cloud” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 16, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young woman named Mavis McCloud arrives in Dodge City after sending Marshal Dillon a cryptic telegram, claiming she has come to get married but offering no clear explanation. When Dillon learns she didn't send the telegram to marry him specifically, he struggles to understand her true purpose, though Kitty offers to help her settle in.

Dodge City, Kansas in the Old West

Characters: Marshal Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Doc, Kitty, Mavis McCloud, Barney Wales

Listen for: A mysterious young woman's unexpected arrival and her cryptic reasons for coming to town seeking marriage

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.