Westbound: Gunsmoke (November 1, 1959)

“Westbound” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 1, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Matt Dillon travels to Abilene to arrest young Jack Daggett, a killer wanted in Dodge City, planning to transport him back by train. The local constable and townspeople prove reluctant to help, and Jack's older brothers, the feared Daggett gang, vow to stop the marshal from taking their brother away before the nine o'clock train departure.

Abilene, Kansas; a hotel, saloon, and the streets of town leading to the train station

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Jack Daggett, The Daggett brothers, Constable Roark, Doc, Kitty, Bill Hickock

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Matt and the Daggett brothers in the saloon, Chester's growing anxiety throughout the episode, and the final dangerous escort to the train station through dark streets.

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.