Livin Lightning: Wild Bill Hickok (April 14, 1954)

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“Livin Lightning” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 14, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Rick Dobby and his son Skip are friends of United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his companion Jingles. When Rick is shot on his ranch porch, Skip vanishes, and Bill rides out to Tabor's ranch to look for him. Skip has gone after the man he believes shot his father, and Bill must find the boy before trouble escalates. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickok series, first broadcast on April 14, 1954, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

The American West, around Rick Dobby's ranch, the Dobby stage line corral, and King Tabor's ranch

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Rick Dobby, Skip Dobby, King Tabor, Corin, Hop

Listen for: Skip Dobby's confrontation with King Tabor at Tabor's ranch, and Bill's arrival there

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.