The Secret Of Sandy Hook: Wild Bill Hickok (April 18, 1952)

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“The Secret Of Sandy Hook” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 18, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride to Texas to learn the secret of Sandy Hook. Ambushed in the hills, they are taken prisoner by a group of riders and brought to the ranch of John Giddings, the man they came to see. A series of shootings and a dangerous standoff at the ranch house follow as the two lawmen work to make sense of the trouble surrounding the Sandy Hook spread. Guy Madison plays Wild Bill and Andy Devine plays Jingles in this Wild Bill Hickok radio episode, which first aired on April 18, 1952.

Texas, on the Sandy Hook ranch and surrounding hills in the Old West

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, John Giddings, Meg Giddings, Gans, Jumbo Jordan, Hot Stewart

Listen for: The confrontation at the ranch house when Wild Bill and Jingles are brought in as prisoners, and the storm cellar scene that follows the shootout

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.