Sky: Gunsmoke (August 8, 1953)

“Sky” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 8, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When the drunk and troublesome Frogmouth Kate is shot dead in her rooming house, all evidence points to young Billy Daunt, who had been pestering him for marriage and money. Marshal Dillon and Chester pursue Billy across the prairie, but during the chase they uncover a darker mystery that challenges their assumptions about who pulled the trigger.

Dodge City and the surrounding Kansas prairie in the Old West

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Chester, Billy Daunt, Frogmouth Kate, Doc, Luke Atkins, Clay, Clay's wife

Listen for: The intense chase across the prairie with clever detective work revealing that appearances can be deceiving; the moral complexity of a man in panic; the discovery that changes everything about the investigation.

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.