The Trap At Pistol Springs: Wild Bill Hickok (April 16, 1954)

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“The Trap At Pistol Springs” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 16, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride to Pistol Springs after Sheriff Benson calls for help. Along the way they find a freight wagon blown up and its driver shot dead, and the wreckage suggests that robbery was not the motive. In town they learn that a gang led by a figure named Lobo is forcing local businessmen to pay for protection, and that witnesses who speak out are being silenced. Bill and Jingles take on the gang, but their plan to lock up the crooks soon becomes a dangerous standoff in the jailhouse.

The Old West, along the trails and in the town of Pistol Springs

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Sheriff Benson, Lobo, Silk Martin, Millie Harvey, Wally

Listen for: The gang's protection racket and the attempt to blow up the jailhouse

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.