Spring Term: Gunsmoke (January 1, 1961)

“Spring Term” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 1, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A man is shot in an alley in Dodge City, apparently by mistake. Marshal Dillon learns the shooter may have been targeting someone named Stone, and discovers a man named Dane Shaw in town. When Shaw dies unexpectedly the next day, Dillon becomes suspicious and sets a trap on the street.

Dodge City, Kansas - alleys, saloon, and streets

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Dane Shaw

Listen for: The mystery of who shot the wrong man and why Dane Shaw died so suddenly after a minor injury

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.