Medicine Man: Gunsmoke (April 28, 1957)

“Medicine Man” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 28, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Medicine man Hart Fennie sells a patent tonic from a wagon on vacant ground in Dodge City, Kansas, a plot claimed by Grant Medford. Marshal Matt Dillon is called in to remove the trespassers, but Fennie insists he will stay and tries to win over the town. Matt Dillon, Chester, Kitty and Doc face the dispute over the land and the claim behind it. This is an episode of the CBS Radio series Gunsmoke, first broadcast on April 28, 1957. William Conrad plays Matt Dillon, with Parley Baer as Chester and Howard McNear as Doc.

Dodge City, Kansas, in the American West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Hart Fennie, Meg Fennie, Grant Medford, Chester, Doc, Kitty, Judge Bent

Listen for: The land dispute over Medford's claim and the judge's injunction

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.