ep63 First Song - Turkey In The Straw: Red Horse Ranch

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“ep63 First Song - Turkey In The Straw” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

The Red Horse outfit tracks a map toward a hidden cache of loot left by the outlaw Trigger Dawson. Alabama and his party ride down into the canyon of Roaring River while the rest of the boys wait at the top of the cliff. As the time drags on, the waiting men pass it with songs and banter, and Cookie and Arizona worry about their friends. Bob and Dewey find a cave entrance behind the falls, and Alabama spots Steve Bradford leading a rival group toward the same spot, carrying a second half of the map. Both groups head for the cavern, and the story stops with them still racing to get inside.

Roaring River canyon, near the Red Horse Ranch, where a waterfall hides a cavern

Characters: Alabama, Cookie, Arizona, Bob, Dewey, Steve Bradford

Listen for: The boys' songs at the cliff top, and the sighting of Steve Bradford's party crossing the river with a map

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.