Alabam Returns to the Ranch: Red Horse Ranch

“Alabam Returns to the Ranch” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Alabam returns to the Red Horse Ranch with the boys after riding out to recover the herd stolen by rustlers. At the ranch house, Dad Carter and his daughter Rose have begun to doubt they will ever see them again. Steve Bradford, who has been pressing Carter to sell, visits and renews his offer to take over the ranch. Carter, weighing the loss of his cattle and his home, agrees to go to town to settle the deal. Then the riders are spotted coming back over the rise with the Red Horse cattle, and the mood at the ranch changes. The episode ends with the herd returning and the question of whether Carter will still sell left open.

The Red Horse Ranch, Wyoming, and the nearby town of Buckport

Characters: Alabam, Dad Carter, Rose, Steve Bradford, Cookie

Listen for: Rose's hopes for the riders' return, Steve Bradford's renewed offer to buy the ranch, and the moment the riders are sighted bringing back 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.