The Fury Of The Wind: Wild Bill Hickok (March 26, 1954)

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“The Fury Of The Wind” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 26, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles go after Dirk Reagan, a powerful rancher who hires gunmen to carry out robberies. Reagan has put a bounty on the two lawmen's lives. Hickok and Jingles visit his ranch house, where one of Reagan's hired men challenges them at the door. Later, Hickok sets a trap for the outlaws by having the stage driver Charlie carry a sack of marked money. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickok radio series, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine, and was first broadcast on March 26, 1954.

The American West, including Dirk Reagan's ranch house, a town with a saloon called the Flamingo, and a stagecoach route through hills during a windstorm.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Dirk Reagan, Charlie, Killer

Listen for: Hickok and Jingles hunting for evidence while Reagan plots against them, and the wind-driven finale in a remote cabin.

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.