Rink Larkin: The Six Shooter (October 18, 1953)

“Rink Larkin” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 18, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Rip Ponset, the Six Shooter, encounters a hungry eleven-year-old boy named Rink Larkin trying to steal from his camp. Learning that Rink has run away from his aunt to find his father in Peters Hill, Rip agrees to travel with the boy. After riding together through the night, they arrive in Peters Hill seeking information about Rink's father from the local sheriff.

The western frontier, including a desert camp along a creek and the town of Peters Hill

Characters: Rip Ponset (the Six Shooter), Rink Larkin, Sheriff

Listen for: A young runaway boy's determination to find his estranged father, and Rip's willingness to help him despite his own wariness of authority figures.

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.