What happens
US Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles investigate after rancher Doug Baker, deep in debt, demands $20,000 in cash from the bank and then trader Simpson is found dead. Their search leads from a robbed bank to Baker's deserted ranch and a suspicious grave. Guy Madison plays Wild Bill and Andy Devine plays Jingles in this Kellogg's-sponsored radio Western, which aired on February 10, 1954. The story follows the lawmen as they chase Baker toward the border.
A frontier town and the surrounding ranch country in the American West, including a bank, a general store, a cafe, Baker's ranch, and a mountain pass near the border.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Doug Baker, Trader Simpson, Mr. Harkins, Duke, Jasper
Listen for: Wild Bill and Jingles realizing that Trader Simpson's note points to Baker's ranch, and the discovery of the fresh grave 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.