Death Plant: Tales of the Texas Rangers (December 9, 1951)

“Death Plant” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 9, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A homemade bomb hidden in a pickup truck kills Sylvia Peters and critically injures her husband Tom on the night of September 18th, 1946, near Pembroke, Texas. Tom immediately suspects Will Fenton, the truck's previous owner, whom he had been planning to sue. Rangers investigate the crime and question Fenton and his wife about their possible involvement.

Rural Texas near Pembroke, September 18-19, 1946. The action takes place at a country church, the Peters farm gate, a hospital, and the Fenton farm.

Characters: Tom Peters, Sylvia Peters, Will Fenton, Burn Fenton, Ranger Pearson, Sheriff, Joel McCray

Listen for: The details of how the homemade bomb was constructed and planted, and the Rangers' investigation into who set the trap and why.

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.