Wind: Gunsmoke (June 20, 1953)

“Wind” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 20, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Dillon returns to Dodge City to find a man has been killed in a shooting on the Texas Trail. A new woman named Dolly Varden has arrived in town, claiming to bring luck to any man who pays her, and a gambler named Frank Paris has appeared around the same time. Dillon investigates whether Dolly and Paris are working together to fleece the town's men, leading to potential violence.

Dodge City, Kansas - a frontier town with saloons and gambling establishments

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Kitty, Dolly Varden, Frank Paris, Doc, Mr. Witherspoon

Listen for: Dillon's investigation into whether a mysterious woman and a gambler are conspiring to cause trouble; the moral questions about luck, responsibility, and frontier justice

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.