What happens
Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles track a gang of bank robbers led by Judge Farrell after the holdup at Cactus Junction. On the trail they meet Horace Early Bird, a self-styled advice man who travels in a covered wagon and is quick to offer opinions. Early Bird claims to have seen three riders head into Wilderness Canyon, and the lawmen follow them there. The series, Wild Bill Hickok, aired on May 14, 1954, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles. The episode is the story Dangerous Advice.
The Old West, in the mountains near Cactus Junction and Wilderness Canyon
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Horace Early Bird, Judge Farrell, Pharaoh
Listen for: Early Bird's unsolicited advice, and how it shapes the lawmen's next moves
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.