Night Chase: Tales of the Texas Rangers (January 27, 1952)

“Night Chase” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 27, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Cattle rustlers strike at Jim Fuller's ranch near Durham, Texas. When Fuller spots men with flashlights and a truck near his herd, he alerts the sheriff. Texas Rangers Pearson and Clay Morgan set up a roadblock on Farm Road 48 to intercept the fleeing rustlers.

Rural Texas ranch country near Durham, May 5th, 1937. Farm Road 48 and surrounding ranchland at night.

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Ranger Clay Morgan, Jim Fuller, Susana Fuller, Sheriff, A man named Pepe, Betty

Listen for: A tense chase sequence as the rangers pursue the rustlers' truck, a confrontation at an isolated shack, and mysterious exchanges between the suspects.

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.