Gunsmoke Pass: Wild Bill Hickok (February 1, 1952)

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“Gunsmoke Pass” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 1, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles meet Renford Steel, a government surveyor whose camp has been wrecked and who has been shot at twice. Steel is searching for a pass through the mountains to Hidden Valley, where settlers are cut off and need a road. Hickok and Jingles agree to help him search the area while the valley's settlers, led by Jabez Thorne, plan to catch the raiders who have been stealing their stock. Guy Madison plays Wild Bill Hickok and Andy Devine plays Jingles in this Wild Bill Hickok radio episode, first broadcast on February 1, 1952.

The Coyote Mountains and Hidden Valley, in the American West

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Renford Steel, Jabez Thorne, Martin, Blackie, Lucky

Listen for: Jingles finding a secret tunnel through the mountains while looking through the surveyor's transit

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.