The Hunter: Gunsmoke (March 4, 1956)

“The Hunter” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 4, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon encounters Jason Murdock, a legendary buffalo hunter and Indian scout known as 'Long Arm,' who has arrived in Dodge City despite federal orders closing the Indian territory to hunters. Murdock and Dillon share a violent history from years past, and the marshal must determine what brings the dangerous and unpredictable frontiersman to town.

Dodge City and the surrounding frontier territories, including Murdock's camp outside town

Characters: Matt Dillon, Jason Murdock, Kitty, Golden Calf (Murdock's Indian companion)

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Dillon and Murdock in the saloon, and Dillon's investigation of Murdock's true intentions in Dodge City

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.