The Killer: Gunsmoke (February 13, 1954)

“The Killer” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 13, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon investigates the murder of a teamster found shot dead twenty miles east of Dodge City. Back in town, tensions flare when a mysterious stranger named Krigo antagonizes a cowboy in the saloon, forcing the marshal to intervene before violence erupts.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory in the Old West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Krigo, Kitty, Mr. Jonas, Barkey

Listen for: The investigation into the teamster's death and the confrontation between Marshal Dillon and the troublemaker Krigo in the saloon

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.