Thicker Than Water: The Six Shooter (March 14, 1954)

“Thicker Than Water” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 14, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A drifter named Gus Proctor arrives in Clover Fork after years of wandering, hoping to reunite with his wife Janet and young son Ted. A stranger tells him that Janet died of pneumonia over a year ago and that Ted now lives with Janet's sister Amy, who has taken over Janet's dressmaking business. Gus decides to visit the boy he hasn't seen in years.

A cabin near Clover Fork and the town of Clover Fork, in the western territories

Characters: Gus Proctor, Amy, Ted Proctor, Fred Baker, Mrs. Peters, Brit

Listen for: The reunion between Gus and his family, and how young Ted reacts to discovering his father is alive after being told he was dead.

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.