Trapper's Revenge: Gunsmoke (April 5, 1959)

“Trapper's Revenge” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 5, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Old Todd Marsh, a trapper, is found near death by the river with severe wounds from a grizzly bear attack. As he recovers in Doc's care, he reveals that his partner abandoned him in the wilderness after the attack, taking all their supplies and leaving him to die. Todd is determined to survive and track down his treacherous partner.

Dodge City, Kansas, and the surrounding frontier territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Kitty, Tom Carl, Todd Marsh

Listen for: Todd Marsh's account of his grizzly bear attack and his partner's betrayal in the wilderness

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.