What happens
At a county fair in the western town of Rannikaboo, Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles look into the disappearance of several wealthy cattlemen. Jingles plays a free-spending bait while Wild Bill keeps watch over the crowd. Wild Bill Hickok is a Wild Bill Hickok episode from 1951, first aired on October 7, 1951, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles. The two lawmen find that some fairground hustlers are working a con on Jingles, and the pair are drawn into a dangerous scheme involving rattlesnakes and an illegal prize fight.
A western county fair in the town of Rannikaboo in the early American West, with a parade, shooting gallery, a tent on the edge of the fairgrounds, and an old abandoned mine shaft.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Bobby, Mr. Thorne, Dr. Hamilton Dingle, Pork Chop, Duck, Mr. Forman
Listen for: Jingles's bait-and-switch with the hustlers at the fair, and Wild Bill's trap in the mine shaft full of rattlesnakes.
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.