Tuffy Tombstone: Wild Bill Hickok (January 20, 1954)

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“Tuffy Tombstone” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 20, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles meet Tuffy Tombstone, a self-described desperado, after a quiet day of searching for a gang of robbers. Their meeting in a saloon quickly turns into a gunfight with Drew Vegas and his men, and Bill and Jingles are left to puzzle over the strange behavior of the newcomers. Tuffy slips away from the fight, and Bill begins to suspect the outlaws may be connected to the robbery gang the marshals have been hunting. The transcript ends with an explosion at a warehouse and a rushed search for Bill, who may be trapped in the rubble of a tool shed.

A frontier town in the American West, with a general store, a saloon called the Last Draw Cafe, a bank, a warehouse and a tool shed.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Tuffy Tombstone, Drew Vegas, Jeff

Listen for: Listen for the moment Wild Bill realizes that Tuffy's fight may have been a set-up tied to the robbery gang, and for the explosions that follow.

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.