What happens
Ranger Bill investigates the disappearance of cattle from the Jackson brothers' ranch in Coconino County. Joe and Jack Jackson, twin ranchers, are losing steers without a trace, and no neighbor has seen them. Bill, a forest ranger with a reputation for outdoor skill, joins them on night rides and visits the ranch, where he notices a brand that has been altered and a suspicious light in a distant swale. The Ranger Bill series aired this episode on June 3, 1959. The episode is partly told through a radio drama featuring the cast and characters of the program.
Coconino County, the Old West, a cattle ranch with open range and a nearby swale.
Characters: Ranger Bill, Joe Jackson, Jack Jackson, Ralph, Mr. Dark
Listen for: The brand the cattle carry and how it was altered, and the light Bill sees in the swale.
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.