The Lady Killer: Gunsmoke (May 14, 1961)

“The Lady Killer” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 14, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Grant Lucas arrives in Dodge City as a witness for an upcoming trial against the outlaw Cy Welsh. A mysterious and attractive woman at the Long Branch Saloon befriends Grant and arranges a secret meeting with him. When Matt Dillon investigates a break-in at the woman's hotel room, she claims Grant tried to steal her diamond brooch, but the marshal finds her story questionable.

Dodge City, at the Long Branch Saloon and a hotel, with a trial upcoming

Characters: Matt Dillon, Grant Lucas, Kitty, Sam, Cy Welsh

Listen for: A murder case, questions about Grant Lucas's true intentions, and the mysterious woman's real motives behind accusing him of 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.