Red Lawson's Revenge: The Six Shooter (October 25, 1953)

“Red Lawson's Revenge” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 25, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Ponson, a wandering plainsman known as the six-shooter, encounters a man named Red Lawson at a campfire who vows to kill Dan Mailer in revenge for his brother's death in Laredo four years ago. Britt realizes Dan is his old friend who has settled into a peaceful life with his wife Mary and newborn son. Britt must now decide whether to face Lawson himself or let Dan confront his past.

The western territories, including prairie, a campfire on the trail, and a cotton farm where Dan and Mary live with their infant son.

Characters: Britt Ponson (the six-shooter), Red Lawson, Dan Mailer, Mary Mailer

Listen for: The tension between Britt's wandering life and Dan's hard-won peace; Red Lawson's determined pursuit of revenge; Britt's dilemma over whether to intervene in his friend's danger.

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.