Post Martin: Gunsmoke (December 13, 1952)

“Post Martin” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 13, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Catherine Blair arrives in Dodge City by train from Boston searching for her brother Martin, whom she hasn't seen in two years. Marshal Dillon knows Martin is in jail awaiting trial for cattle rustling, murder, and horse stealing, and must decide whether to tell her the truth before the trial exposes his crimes.

Dodge City, Kansas - the Marshal's office, the jail, and Mrs. Markham's boarding house

Characters: Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, Chester Proffit, Deputy Marshal, Catherine Blair, Martin Blair, also known as Boston Jack, Old Man Hawk, Red Pulley

Listen for: The tension between Dillon's duty to justice and his sympathy for an innocent sister; Martin's desperation to protect his family from the truth about his crimes.

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.