What happens
Wild Bill Hickok, a United States Marshal, and his deputy Jingles are drawn into a dispute when horse trader Trader Joe returns to town for another sale. Bart Blackwell and his associates, feeling cheated in a trade, want their money and horses back and turn against Trader Joe. Bill and Jingles must keep the peace while a crowd grows angry and talk of hanging a supposed horse thief spreads. The episode is a Wild Bill Hickok radio adventure, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles, and it aired on February 2, 1953. Bill insists on lawful dealing and presses the men to think again as the situation grows more dangerous before dawn.
A small Old West town, with a hotel lobby and the surrounding trails and camps.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Trader Joe, Bart Blackwell, Slash
Listen for: Bill's careful use of tracks and horseshoe plates to test whether Trader Joe is really a horse thief.
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.