Widow's Mite: Gunsmoke (April 8, 1956)

“Widow's Mite” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 8, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon brings word to Ada Morton that her outlaw husband Zack has been killed in Dodge City after robbing an express office. A well-dressed stranger named Leech Fields arrives in town claiming to be an old friend of Ada's from St. Joe, and he quickly wins her heart with talk of marriage and fresh starts.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory, 1956

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Ada Morton, Zack Morton, Leech Fields

Listen for: A mysterious gentleman appears just as the marshal suspects Ada knows the location of stolen express office money. Fields's sudden courtship and promises of a new life raise questions about his true intentions.

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.