The Fur Thieves: Ranger Bill (June 25, 1958)

“The Fur Thieves” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 25, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Ranger Bill and his rangers investigate a series of thefts from the trap lines of Moose McBain, a trapper who lives in the woods with his adopted sons, Kim and Perry. Someone is robbing the traps, and the thief covers his tracks with pine boughs as he heads for the logging road. The rangers examine the trail, question the lumberjacks at a nearby camp, and begin to look more closely at the people who know Moose's movements. The Ranger Bill series aired on June 25, 1958.

The forest and logging roads near Moose McBain's cabin, and a nearby lumber camp

Characters: Ranger Bill, Moose McBain, Kim, Perry, Stumpy, Gray Wolf, Henry, Murphy

Listen for: How the rangers reason out who is behind the trap robberies from the tracks and from what the thieves know

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.