Candy Man: Tales of the Texas Rangers (September 16, 1950)

“Candy Man” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 16, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When a hardened criminal named Say Good manipulates fellow prisoner Abbott into smuggling a gun and hacksaw into their Texas jail cell by threatening Abbott's pregnant wife, the two men kill a jailer and escape. Texas Ranger Jason Pearson pursues the fugitives, using his wits to track their movements based on expected behavior patterns.

Texas countryside and county jail, 1950s

Characters: Jason Pearson, Say Good, Abbott, Sheriff Leonard Gin, Mrs. Abbott, Ranger Jim Leeds, Farmer

Listen for: The clever detective work of Ranger Pearson, who deduces the fugitives' likely path and needs; the coercion and threats that force Abbott into complicity; the farmhouse discovery of the escaped prisoners.

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.