Clean Up: Tales of the Texas Rangers (September 30, 1950)

“Clean Up” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 30, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

When oil boom transforms the small Texas town of Kilman, organized crime moves in. A murder investigation into oil operator Joe Powell's death reveals a widespread extortion and theft ring, prompting Texas Rangers to send undercover operatives to dismantle the criminal operation from within.

Kilman, Texas - a small oil boom town that has grown from 3,000 to 12,000 residents due to a new oil strike

Characters: Jason Pearson, Captain Stinson, Steve Clark, Frankie Gennaro, Joe Powell, Herb Enfield

Listen for: The Rangers discover that stolen oil is being hauled at night and that crime syndicates are extorting payments from oil operators. A murder weapon with Type O blood may help identify the killers.

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.