The Honest Swindler: Wild Bill Hickok (November 17, 1954)

“The Honest Swindler” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles look into a gold mine investment sold by a stranger named Hanson in town. Jingles has invested twenty dollars in Blue Bell Mine stock and has already been paid a handsome dividend, which makes him eager to keep his shares. Bill grows suspicious of the deal and begins to question how the mine is producing its gold. The episode is part of the Wild Bill Hickok series, first aired on November 17, 1954, and stars Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

A frontier town with a hotel, a general store, and the nearby Blue Bell Mine.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Hanson, Charlie, Ace

Listen for: Bill's growing doubts about the Blue Bell Mine and where the gold really comes from.

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.