What happens
Wild Bill Hickok, a United States Marshal, and his deputy Jingles arrive in the gold boom town of Black City to investigate why seven men have vanished after making rich gold strikes. Judge Bascom claims the mines were bought legally from the missing men, while editor Silas McGregor publicly accuses him of wrongdoing. Hickok befriends the judge's men, and when a fire breaks out in McGregor's newspaper office, Hickok takes a closer look at the judge's deeds. The series is Wild Bill Hickok, first broadcast on April 15, 1951, starring Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.
Black City, a gold boom town in the American West
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Judge Bascom, Silas McGregor, Sheriff Salinas, Faraday, Loco
Listen for: Hickok's confrontation with Judge Bascom over the gold claim deeds, and the fire at McGregor's newspaper office
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.