The Killer Of Candy Flat: Wild Bill Hickok (March 6, 1953)

“The Killer Of Candy Flat” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 6, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles pursue Blue Miller, the outlaw known as the Killer of Candy Flat, after Miller escapes from the hotel and threatens the town. Bill decides to ride into Candy Flat and wait in Miller's hideout, where the two lawmen find themselves trapped by the gang. Miller's men lock Bill and Jingles inside a hotel room and a sheriff's office, and the lawmen must keep their wits as the outlaws close in. The series, Wild Bill Hickok, aired on March 6, 1953, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles. Bill and Jingles work through a series of tense standoffs against Miller's gang in the town.

Candy Flat, a frontier town on the western plains

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Blue Miller, Sam, Shorty, Moses

Listen for: Jingles falling asleep on guard and Miller slipping out of the cell through a pulled-out wall

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.