Drive-In: Tales of the Texas Rangers (September 14, 1952)

“Drive-In” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 14, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A couple is robbed at gunpoint at a drive-in theater by a heavyset young man and an unseen girl who helps him escape. Ranger Pearson begins investigating the theft of the couple's car, a typewriter, and a package of stockings, looking for clues to identify the criminals before they strike again.

A drive-in theater three miles outside Corvary in July 1947, and the local sheriff's office.

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Harper, Ruth, Sheriff, Deputy Sandy, The robber

Listen for: The ranger's clever deduction that the girl accomplice might try to exchange the stolen stockings for a different size, revealing how investigators use everyday details to solve crimes.

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.