Bright Boy: Tales of the Texas Rangers (February 24, 1952)

“Bright Boy” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 24, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A teenage boy wearing glasses steals an expensive sedan after an accomplice injures the car's owner with a knife. Texas Ranger Jase Pearson is called to investigate what appears to be part of a larger car theft ring that has stolen five vehicles in recent weeks.

Texas highways and rural areas, a hospital, and a house in the countryside

Characters: Ranger Jase Pearson, Captain Mavis of the Highway Patrol, Tom, Larry, Mr. Dikes, Cousin Melvin

Listen for: Details about the teenage car thieves and their operation, the investigation into the stolen vehicles, and who else is involved in the theft ring.

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.