The Hoodoo Of Fiddlers Bend: Wild Bill Hickok (June 2, 1954)

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“The Hoodoo Of Fiddlers Bend” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 2, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles arrive at Fiddler's Bend, a gold-mining camp plagued by killings and a strange blue clay. Salty Stokes, a miner who sent for Hickok, has been trying to end the violence. Hickok and Jingles are drawn into the mining community's troubles, which include a suspicious mine operator named Orson Hyde. This is the Wild Bill Hickok radio series, first broadcast on June 2, 1954, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

Fiddler's Bend, a gold-mining camp in the American West

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Salty Stokes, Orson Hyde, Bushir, Max

Listen for: The mysterious blue clay and the killings tied to it

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.