Trigger Dawson Hid His Loot: Red Horse Ranch

“Trigger Dawson Hid His Loot” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

The Red Horse Ranch riders, Alabama, Bob, Cheyenne, Arizona, Doy and Idaho, follow part of a map found in Dewey Dawson's locket toward Roaring River, where they believe the outlaw Trigger Dawson hid his loot. They leave the horses at a spring and make their way down a steep canyon toward the river, singing and riding in a careful line. At the river they find a roaring waterfall, and a marked X on the map appears to show its location. Then Alabama spots a rider on the far side of the canyon, and the group hides among the trees. They conclude that someone else is following a different trail toward the same spot, and they prepare to move quickly.

Roaring River and a steep canyon near the Red Horse Ranch, in the mountains

Characters: Alabama, Bob, Cheyenne, Arizona, Doy, Idaho, Dewey Dawson, Trigger Dawson

Listen for: Alabama's sudden sighting of a rider across the canyon, and the group's decision to hide among the trees

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.