Sheriff Billy: The Six Shooter (November 29, 1953)

“Sheriff Billy” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 29, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Ponset rides into the drought-stricken town of Dawson to take a job at Dave Engleman's ranch. He finds the jail has been newly renovated by the town's young new sheriff, Billy Riddle, who took the position after the previous sheriff Saul Gordon was killed. Billy asks Britt to join him for dinner and reveals he is searching for his estranged father, Blake Riddle, whom he has never met.

The town of Dawson in the western territories, including the jail and a local café, on a Sunday afternoon during a drought.

Characters: Britt Ponset, Sheriff Billy Riddle, Milt, Dave Engleman

Listen for: The mystery of Sheriff Billy's missing father and Britt's reaction to the young lawman's personal quest.

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.