Stage Holdup: Gunsmoke (January 2, 1954)

“Stage Holdup” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon is robbed on a stagecoach when bandits stop the coach and steal the strongbox. One of the robbers kills a passenger who tries to resist, and the bandits escape. When a suspicious stranger arrives in Dodge with an infected arm wound, Dillon begins to suspect he may be one of the stage robbers.

Dodge City and the road from Hayes City, Kansas in 1954

Characters: Marshal Matt Dillon, Kitty, Chester, Doc, Charlie, Hank

Listen for: The tense stagecoach robbery and the mystery of the wounded stranger's true identity

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.