What happens
Wild Bill Hickok, a United States Marshal, and his deputy Jingles investigate a series of stagecoach robberies in a frontier town. Suspicion falls on Sugarfoot Jack Kramer, an outlaw who seems to be in two places at once. A shooting contest with Hickok, the mystery of the robber's whereabouts, and a boot maker named Bootjack Crouch all tie into the case. The story is part of the Wild Bill Hickok radio series, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine, and this episode first aired on December 23, 1953.
A frontier town and the stagecoach road leading out of it, in the American West.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Sugarfoot Jack Kramer, Mr. Hines, Bootjack Crouch
Listen for: The shooting contest between Hickok and Sugarfoot Jack, and the runaway stagecoach on the grade.
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.