Target: Gunsmoke (June 22, 1958)

“Target” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 22, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Young Danny, a farm boy, has left his father Carl's property and taken up with a band of gypsies camped on the lower section of the farm. Marshal Dillon investigates after Carl sends word, discovering that Danny has become sweet on Naomi, a gypsy girl, while his stern father demands the travelers be removed and accuses them of theft.

Dodge City and a nearby farm in Kansas Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Danny, Naomi, Carl

Listen for: The tension between Danny's desire for independence and his father's harsh demands; the prejudice against the gypsy travelers; the mystery of missing livestock and theft.

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.