Thunder On The Plain: Wild Bill Hickok (March 7, 1952)

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“Thunder On The Plain” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 7, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles arrive at Fort Laramie to report to Colonel Moonlight, who has assigned them to stop horses being stolen from the fort's corral. Sergeant Burger, a bad-tempered soldier, clashes with Jingles at the start of their visit. Hickok begins his investigation by watching the stables and the surrounding plains at night. Radio series Wild Bill Hickok, broadcast on March 7, 1952, with Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.

Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and the surrounding plains, 19th-century American frontier

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Colonel Moonlight, Sergeant Burger, Wrangler

Listen for: Sergeant Burger's suspicious behavior toward the newcomers and the sound of the stampeding horses at night

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.