Madmen Of Moon Mountain: Wild Bill Hickok (November 5, 1952)

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“Madmen Of Moon Mountain” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 5, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

In the Montana hill country, United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride toward Snow Valley after a telegram from the local sheriff. Ranchers there blame the wild men of Moon Mountain for a string of burned barns and killed livestock, and tensions run high. Bill and Jingles arrive to find a gunfight in the street and must calm the valley men before anyone else is hurt. The sheriff and the ranchers want the mountain men punished, while Bill insists on the facts. Wild Bill Hickok, a Guy Madison series, aired on November 5, 1952.

Snow Valley and Moon Mountain, Montana Hill Country, in winter

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Sheriff, Gaston, Trogar, Tom Long, Pedro

Listen for: Bill's reasoning about who set the barn fires, and how Jingles and Bill handle the armed ranchers

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.