Alabam Is Knocked Out at the Saloon: Red Horse Ranch

“Alabam Is Knocked Out at the Saloon” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Alabama, a ranch hand on the Red Horse Ranch, is found knocked out in the back of a Danville saloon, and rustlers drive off the entire Red Horse herd. Steve Bradford tells rancher Sam Carter that he saw Alabama drunk in the saloon, and Carter orders the men to stay at the ranch. The cowhands, including Arizona, Idaho and Tenderfoot, feel Alabama needs help and grow restless while they wait. Tenderfoot knows of a letter Alabama received in Danville, and the men begin to suspect Bradford of more than he admits. Eventually the men decide to ride out on their own to look for Alabama.

The Red Horse Ranch and the town of Danville

Characters: Alabama, Sam Carter, Steve Bradford, Rose, Arizona, Idaho, Tenderfoot, Slim

Listen for: Alabama's account of what happened in the Danville saloon and the rustlers' theft of the herd

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.