Professor Lute Bone: Gunsmoke (November 14, 1953)

“Professor Lute Bone” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 14, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A slick medicine man named Professor Lute Bone arrives in Dodge City with a wagon and a miracle tonic he claims cures all ailments. As the professor draws crowds with promises of miraculous healing, Marshal Dillon and Doc Adams grow suspicious of the charlatan's operation and his growing influence over the townspeople.

Dodge City, outside the Long Branch Saloon and in the street where Professor Bone's wagon is parked

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Doc Adams, Chester, Professor Lute Bone

Listen for: Professor Bone's grandiose sales pitch claiming his wonder medicine cures everything from rheumatism to liver disease, and Chester's unexpected appearance as one of the professor's testimonial patients.

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.