Revenge At Harness Creek: The Six Shooter (April 29, 1954)

“Revenge At Harness Creek” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 29, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

The Six Shooter arrives in town early for a cattle drive and stays with the Hardcourt family. Young Lex Hardcourt, eager to prove himself grown, quarrels with his older brother Cash about joining the Silver Spur drive. That night, someone is shot at Luke's gambling hall, and Cash emerges grim-faced from the scene.

A Western town with the Hardcourt family home and Luke's gambling hall, during the preparation for a cattle drive to New Mexico.

Characters: The Six Shooter (Britt), Cash Hardcourt, Lex Hardcourt, Mrs. Patriot, Hannah Joseph, Luke

Listen for: The tension between brothers as Lex defies Cash's authority, and the mystery of who was shot at Luke's gambling hall.

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.