Return Of The Phantom: Wild Bill Hickok (December 8, 1954)

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“Return Of The Phantom” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 8, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles confront newspaper publisher Hob Raster, who has printed that the outlaw known as the Phantom has returned. Raster accuses Rocco Blake, and a gunfight nearly breaks out in the street. Bill and Jingles then ride out to see old Mortis, who has been shot at, and dig up a buried strong box. Guy Madison stars as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles in this Wild Bill Hickok episode, which first aired on December 8, 1954. Bill sets a trap at the ranch to find the man behind the attacks.

The frontier town and surrounding ranch country, where a mysterious outlaw known as the Phantom has resurfaced.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Hob Raster, Rocco Blake, Mortis

Listen for: Raster's accusations against Rocco Blake and the discovery of the buried strong box.

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.