The Gold Maker: Wild Bill Hickok (November 19, 1951)

“The Gold Maker” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 19, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride into the quiet town of Springerville after an urgent letter from Abner Collins, editor of the Springerville Gazette. The townspeople have gathered at the schoolhouse, where a visiting man named Bart Meglin claims he can make gold from silver. Wild Bill, played by Guy Madison, and Jingles, played by Andy Devine, begin to doubt the demonstration. The episode is from the Wild Bill Hickok series, first aired on November 19, 1951.

The small frontier town of Springerville, in the American West

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Abner Collins, Bart Meglin, Gus Farmer, Dan Hart

Listen for: Wild Bill's suspicions about Meglin's gold-making demonstration at the schoolhouse and the hotel

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.