Tried It - Didn't Like It: Gunsmoke (September 7, 1958)

“Tried It - Didn't Like It” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 7, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a young boy named Eddie is accused of shooting Hank Jurgen's prize turkeys, Marshal Dillon brings him in for questioning. Eddie denies the charges, but as the marshal investigates, he uncovers a tangle of personal relationships that may hold the real motive for the false accusation.

Dodge City and the surrounding ranch territory in the American West

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Grover Cates, Eddie Cates, Alma Cates, Hank Jurgen, Doc, Kitty

Listen for: The marshal's investigation into who really shot the turkeys and the secrets that emerge about Alma's past relationship with Hank Jurgen

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.