The End Of The Rope: Ranger Bill (August 4, 1954)

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“The End Of The Rope” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 4, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Ranger Bill Jefferson hosts Bart Norton and Jeff Murdock, two young visitors sent west by Bart's father for a vacation. Bill warns them against mountain climbing, but while Henry Scott is busy at headquarters, the pair decide to climb anyway. Jeff is injured and the two are stranded on a ledge high on the mountain, with a rising wind and no way down. Bill and the rangers begin working out how to reach them. This is a Ranger Bill episode from the series, first broadcast on August 4, 1954.

Ranger station near Pine town and a steep mountain ledge in the wilderness

Characters: Ranger Bill Jefferson, Bart Norton, Jeff Murdock, Henry Scott, Gray Wolf, Stumpy, Sonny

Listen for: How the rangers plan to reach the stranded boys on the ledge

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.