Helping Hand: Tales of the Texas Rangers (November 4, 1951)

“Helping Hand” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 4, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A man is found murdered on a remote West Texas road, killed by a blow to the head with a rock. Ranger Chase Pearson arrives to investigate the crime scene, discovering the victim's abandoned car with mysterious gasoline drips underneath. As evidence is collected and examined, Pearson must unravel the circumstances surrounding Arthur McShane's death.

West Texas, November 1950, along a deserted road near Longridge and Wally's Cafe

Characters: Ranger Chase Pearson, Joe, Rusty, Arthur McShane, Sheriff, Wally, Highway Patrol

Listen for: The discovery of the rock used as a murder weapon, the mysterious gasoline leak under McShane's car, and Ranger Pearson's methodical investigation of the crime scene in heavy rain.

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.