One for Lee: Gunsmoke (January 26, 1958)

“One for Lee” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 26, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A U.S. Senator arrives in Dodge City to study farming and cattle problems, but is shot and wounded shortly after stepping off the train. Marshal Matt Dillon must investigate the shooting and track down the man seen fleeing the scene, with the town's sheepherder Willie Angel as the only witness to what happened.

Dodge City, Kansas, at the train station and surrounding town

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Senator Hooper, Willie Angel

Listen for: The mystery of who shot the Senator and why, and whether Willie Angel's testimony will help Matt solve the crime.

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.