No Living Witnesses: Tales of the Texas Rangers (May 6, 1951)

“No Living Witnesses” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 6, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On a Monday morning in November 1939, Sheriff Ross Betsby and Mrs. Blackburn discover Dr. Walter Hemet dead in his office in Harper's Landing, Texas. A Texas Ranger investigates and determines the doctor was killed to silence him after treating a wounded gunshot victim late Saturday night.

Harper's Landing, Texas, in November 1939. The investigation takes place at Dr. Hemet's home and medical office.

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Sheriff Ross Betsby, Mrs. Blackburn, Dr. Walter Hemet

Listen for: The Rangers' deduction that the doctor was killed to prevent him from reporting a bullet wound to authorities, and clues including a .303 slug and blood-stained denim shirt found in the office.

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.