Blood Relations: The Six Shooter (May 27, 1954)

“Blood Relations” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 27, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Ponsett arrives at the Wilcox Ranch to help drive cattle to Abilene, but finds tension brewing. George Wilcox fears that Hank Wallace, a young man courting George's eighteen-year-old sister Viola, is actually the younger brother of Judd Coffin, an outlaw who was hanged years ago. George believes bad blood will inevitably show itself, while Britt urges caution about judging a man by his family ties.

The Wilcox Ranch near Adobe Junction, Texas, in the evening and night

Characters: Britt Ponsett, George Wilcox, Viola Wilcox, Hank Wallace

Listen for: The mystery of Hank Wallace's true identity and George's growing determination to keep him away from Viola, culminating in a heated argument late at night

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.