The Buffalo Hunter: Gunsmoke (May 9, 1953)

“The Buffalo Hunter” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A buffalo hunter's skinning crew brings an injured worker into Dodge City, but the man dies from severe burns. Marshal Dillon questions the story that the worker accidentally fell into a pan of molten lead, suspecting foul play when the facts don't add up.

Dodge City and a buffalo hunting camp on the prairie

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Kitty, Doc Adams, Gatlin, Toby, Sam

Listen for: The marshal's investigation into whether a worker's death was truly an accident, and his conversation with crew members about their boss Gatlin's character and the suspicious circumstances.

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.