A Blind Trail: Wild Bill Hickok (September 30, 1951)

“A Blind Trail” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 30, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride toward the ranch of their friend Wade Ingram, only to learn that Ingram has been shot dead near the town of Two Forks. The local sheriff has accused Benito Flores, a young Mexican, of the killing. Bill doubts the sheriff's case and sets out to find the real killer, first visiting Benito's sister Juanita at her small pink adobe house. Her account of the events raises questions about who else was on the road that day. Wild Bill Hickok, the Wild Bill Hickok radio series, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine, is a Kellogg's Corn Pops program from 1951 and broadcast on September 30 of that year.

Two Forks, a town near the Mexican border, and the nearby ranches and desert country

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Wade Ingram, Benito Flores, Juanita Flores, Sheriff, Rak Dutton, Uncle Eduardo Robles

Listen for: Bill and Jingles tracking the trail of Benito Flores and the sheriff's motives

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.