Blood Relative: Tales of the Texas Rangers (November 12, 1950)

“Blood Relative” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 12, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When Will Bonner, proprietor of a general store in Stump Hill, Texas, is shot dead and his wife critically wounded during a robbery, Ranger Jason Pearson investigates. A witness identifies Ben Bonner, Will's nephew fresh out of Huntsville prison, as a man who quarreled with Will earlier that day over a claimed share in the store and threatened to kill him if he didn't pay up.

Stump Hill, Texas; June 26-27, 1949. A general store and surrounding town.

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Will Bonner, Ben Bonner, Mac Kennedy, Sheriff, Liz Bonner, Jody, Sadie Watto

Listen for: The investigation unfolds through witness accounts and physical evidence as the ranger tracks down Ben Bonner and uncovers details about a mysterious phone call that sent him fleeing in the night.

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.