Bullets From Nowhere: Wild Bill Hickok (February 26, 1954)

“Bullets From Nowhere” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 26, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles are shot at from hiding while sitting on their porch one morning. Newspaper editor Randy Blaine shows them a story that was slipped under his door, reporting the two lawmen killed, and the sniper keeps firing as they hunt for him through town. Hickok and Jingles suspect a former prisoner with a grudge against them. This is the Wild Bill Hickok series, first aired on February 26, 1954, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

The Old West town of Porcupine Valley

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Randy Blaine, Eggbert, J. Wilbur Snar, Finger Wilson

Listen for: The sniper's identity and how the lawmen work out who is behind the shootings

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.