Play For Keeps: Tales of the Texas Rangers (September 2, 1950)

“Play For Keeps” is an episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 2, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sheriff Smithers is killed during a confrontation with Constable Jim Dunn and a man named Walton, who operates an illegal gambling operation. The body is found the next morning in a ditch, and when the local investigation stalls, Texas Ranger Jason Pearson is sent to take over the case and find the real killer.

Bradshaw County, Texas, including the town of Bradshaw and the wagon road where the body is discovered

Characters: Ranger Jason Pearson, Constable Jim Dunn, Sheriff Smithers, Walton, Captain Stinson, Frank Carlin, editor of the Bradshaw Times

Listen for: The details of the confrontation that led to the sheriff's death, Ranger Pearson's investigation of the crime scene and evidence, and his suspicions about Constable Dunn's involvement or knowledge of the murder.

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.