The Liar from Blackhawk: Gunsmoke (May 21, 1955)

“The Liar from Blackhawk” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 21, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon encounters Hank Shin, a gunfighter with a fearsome reputation from Blackhawk territory, who creates trouble in the Dodge City saloon by harassing Kitty. When Shin boasts of killing three men in a gunfight, Matt warns him that his reputation means nothing in Dodge and that any trouble will result in arrest. Matt leaves town for a week, worried about whether Shin will start a killing spree while he's gone.

Dodge City, Kansas - a saloon and various town locations

Characters: Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, Chester Proudfoot, Kitty, Hank Shin, gunfighter, Sam, bartender, David

Listen for: The tense confrontation between the marshal and the notorious gunfighter, and Kitty's sharp observations about masculine pride and violence.

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.