What happens
United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingle ride across the Arizona desert toward White's Landing. They find a runaway stagecoach with its driver and shotgun messenger dead, yet the gold box is untouched. Later a hidden gunman fires on them as they drive the stage on. At Wells Fargo, Bill confronts two men who claim to have seen the attack, and Miss Judy worries about a letter she is awaiting. This Wild Bill Hickok episode, from the 1953 series starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine, is a Western adventure from February 20, 1953.
Arizona desert and the town of White's Landing, with the Wells Fargo office
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingle, Miss Judy, Blocker, Clint
Listen for: The strongbox that is heavy but still full of gold, and the missing mail sack
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.