ep058 The Gospel Goes To Reform School: Ranger Bill

“ep058 The Gospel Goes To Reform School” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Ranger Bill and his rangers try to bring the gospel into the State Reform School for boys on the edge of Nadi Pine. Warden Dawson refuses their offers of sports activities and Bible classes, insisting on a strict approach to discipline. Bill and his friends turn to prayer, and tensions rise when the boys riot. Bill walks unarmed into the auditorium to calm the lads, and he later speaks with Joe Matzen, a tough and bitter inmate. Joe's influence on the other boys becomes a problem, and the story follows how the situation develops inside the school.

The State Reform School for boys on the outskirts of Nadi Pine

Characters: Ranger Bill, Warden Dawson, Wayne, Henry, Joe Matzen, Jerry, Ned, Stumpy

Listen for: Warden Dawson's disagreement with Bill over bringing sports and Bible classes into the school, and Bill's walk into the rioting auditorium

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.