A Dangerous Wedding: Wild Bill Hickok (July 29, 1951)

“A Dangerous Wedding” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 29, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles attend the wedding of Cindy Lou Carlton in Sunshine Valley and become best man and guest at a tense ceremony. The groom, Silver Jim Dalton, is a neighbor of the bride's father, and armed men accompany him. Bill grows suspicious of Dalton's intentions toward the Carlton ranch. Guy Madison plays Wild Bill and Andy Devine plays Jingles in this Wild Bill Hickok episode, which first aired on July 29, 1951.

Sunshine Valley, the Old West

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Cindy Lou Carlton, Silver Jim Dalton, Mr. Carlton

Listen for: Listen for the wedding ceremony and the growing tension between Bill and Dalton over the Carlton ranch.

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.