Address Unknown: Tales of the Texas Rangers (April 27, 1952)

“Address Unknown” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 27, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A poorly dressed woman and her four-year-old son Tommy are traveling to visit relatives near the Mexican border. When the boy returns from fetching water at a nearby ranch, his mother has vanished, leaving behind only a suitcase and lunch spread. Texas Rangers Jason Pearson and Clay Morgan arrive to investigate the mysterious disappearance.

A dirt road in rural Texas, 40 miles northeast of the Mexican border, in August 1940

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Ranger Clay Morgan, Tommy, Tommy's mother, The rancher

Listen for: The Rangers examine the woman's abandoned belongings and follow mysterious tracks into the brush as they begin their investigation into her disappearance.

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.