Sweet and Sour: Gunsmoke (March 12, 1961)

“Sweet and Sour” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 12, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon encounters a young woman named Rena Decker on a train heading to Dodge City. A rowdy man named Lester attempts to force himself on her, prompting Dillon to intervene. Now in town, Rena's arrival brings tension as two men—Lester and his partner Joe Garrett—arrive with apparent intentions toward her.

Dodge City and on a train traveling to Dodge City, Kansas Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Rena Decker, Lester, Joe Garrett, Kitty Russell, Doc

Listen for: Conflict develops over a young woman's safety and the motivations of dangerous men who pursue her into town.

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.