What happens
Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles investigate when bank clerk Doug Douglas is accused of embezzling funds from the bank run by Rip Churney. Tensions rise after Doug argues with Churney and quits his job, and Hickok and Jingles are called in to examine the bank's books that night. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickok radio series, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine, and its original air date was March 3, 1954. The first part of the story sets up the accusations, the suspicious books, and the lawmen's uncertainty about who is responsible.
The town of Santa Fe, in the American West of the six-gun era, including the First National Bank and the Douglas ranch.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Doug Douglas, Rip Churney, Pat Douglas, Ryan
Listen for: The argument between Doug Douglas and Rip Churney at the bank, and the moment Hickok and Jingles arrive to examine the bank's books that night.
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.