One Man Rule: Wild Bill Hickok (April 29, 1953)

“One Man Rule” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 29, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride into Sage City and find the town under the control of Duke Trent, whose gunmen have wrecked a newspaper office. Grace Mueller, who runs the Sage City Sentinel, tells them Trent has been forcing local businesses out of business. Hickok and Jingles visit the Gold Pot, where a confrontation with Trent's men follows. This episode of Wild Bill Hickok, first broadcast on April 29, 1953, stars Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.

Sage City, a frontier town dominated by Duke Trent

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles Jones, Grace Mueller, Duke Trent, Matt Wheeler, Morgan

Listen for: The confrontation at the Gold Pot, where Hickok and Jingles face Trent's gunmen

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.