Sunny Afternoon: Gunsmoke (December 4, 1955)

“Sunny Afternoon” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 4, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A blizzard grips Dodge City, and tensions run high between struggling settlers and wealthy landowners. When Joshua Siderow's employee is found shot dead in the barn, Marshal Dillon must investigate whether desperate farmer Ned Crater, whom Siderow refused to help, is responsible for the murder.

Dodge City during a harsh winter blizzard; the Long Branch saloon and Joshua Siderow's property

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Ned Crater, Joshua Siderow, Doc, Jabel, Justin

Listen for: The tension between poor farmers struggling through an early, brutal winter and wealthy landowners who exploit their desperation; Siderow's cold refusal to help Crater afford hay; the discovery of Jabel's body in the snow-covered barnyard.

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.