Aunt Emma: The Six Shooter (April 1, 1954)

“Aunt Emma” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 1, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Ponce returns to Powder Creek after three months working cattle and finds a letter waiting from his aunt Emma, who has decided to move to town and settle down to keep house for him. When Britt visits the general store, Ethan Green River informs him that Emma has already arrived and is preparing a room for him in her new house, expecting him to live with her.

Powder Creek, a town in the Western territories, including Ethan Green River's general store and Emma's new house

Characters: Britt Ponce, Ethan Green River, Aunt Emma

Listen for: Britt's reaction to his aunt's unexpected arrival and her plans for him to settle down, and how he navigates this challenge to his wandering lifestyle.

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.