No Indians: Gunsmoke (August 2, 1954)

“No Indians” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon investigates a series of brutal attacks on settler families near Dodge City. After hearing reports of multiple massacres attributed to Indians, Dillon joins Captain Star and his cavalry troop to examine the burned cabins and scattered bodies, searching for answers about who is responsible for the killings.

Dodge City and the surrounding prairie near the Smoky Hill River in Kansas territory, 1954

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Doc, Sam Butler, Captain Star, Chester

Listen for: The mystery of the Indian attacks and what Dillon discovers that troubles Captain Star about the pattern of killings

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.