Big Tom The Outlaw: Wild Bill Hickok (March 19, 1954)

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“Big Tom The Outlaw” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 19, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles are told by their home office that outlaw Big Tom may be behind a series of stagecoach robberies. Their search leads them to the Blue Parrot Cafe in Santa Fe, where owner Spike Houston refuses to cooperate and tries to block their way. Bill and Jingles push ahead, determined to find the outlaw and bring the robbers to justice, even as the trail grows more dangerous.

The Old West, including the post office, the Blue Parrot Cafe in Santa Fe, and the nearby town of Eagle Pass.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Spike Houston, Big Tom

Listen for: Listen for how Bill and Jingles track the outlaw Big Tom, and for the confrontation at the Blue Parrot Cafe.

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.