Deadlock At Big Run: Wild Bill Hickok (December 3, 1954)

“Deadlock At Big Run” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 3, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles arrive at the opening of a land rush west of Wichita, where settlers race to claim plots of land. Bill and Jingles find themselves at odds with Monty Bogus, a gambler who plans to set up a gambling palace at the Big Run site. Tensions rise quickly as the rush begins and the riders head toward the narrow, dangerous stretch of Slow Down Road. Bill, Cactus and Jingles must navigate the crowded route while Bogus plots his own moves ahead of them. Wild Bill Hickok is a 1954 episode from the series, which starred Guy Madison as Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles, and it aired on December 3, 1954.

A land rush west of Wichita, with settlers racing toward the Big Run site along the narrow Slow Down Road.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Cactus Carlson, Monty Bogus

Listen for: Listen for the start of the land rush and the tense confrontation with Monty Bogus at the Big Run.

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.