Bad Blood: Tales of the Texas Rangers (April 8, 1951)

“Bad Blood” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 8, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Aircraft worker Joe Prager is found dead in his trailer outside Cheney, Texas, struck with a cast iron frying pan. He was planning to rejoin the Army, and Texas Ranger Jason Pearson must discover who killed him and why, using evidence like mysterious tire tracks found at the scene.

An isolated house trailer on the outskirts of Cheney, Texas, September 1950

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Joe Prager, Russ, Orvin, Joanne, Sheriff, Medical Examiner

Listen for: The ranger's investigation into tire tracks and the discovery of a cast iron frying pan as the murder weapon, along with clues about Joe's recent conflicts.

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.