Dead Give-Away: Tales of the Texas Rangers (October 15, 1950)

“Dead Give-Away” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 15, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young woman and her four-month-old baby are found murdered in their farmhouse near Ashton, Texas on December 4th, 1945, after Mrs. Deen calls the sheriff reporting an intruder. Ranger Jason Pearson arrives to investigate a crime with no apparent robbery motive, and discovers evidence suggesting the killer had a regular key to the house and escaped by car into the western hills.

A farmhouse four miles outside Ashton, West Texas, on December 4th, 1945, with investigation extending to the surrounding hills and roads.

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Sheriff Chase, Mrs. Deen, Mr. Walter Deen, Sheriff Ross, Phone operator

Listen for: The discovery of the killer's trail leading west from the house, evidence of a car waiting on a back road, and a cigarette butt that reveals the brand the killer smokes.

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.