Two Plus Two: Wild Bill Hickok (May 14, 1952)

“Two Plus Two” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 14, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles stop at a schoolhouse in Kansas, where teacher Tom Dabney reports a bell ringing at night in the nearby Valley of Blue Light. Dabney says Indians in the valley blame him, and that a ghostly white horse rides the canyon rim with hoofbeats echoing through the valley. Tribal messages threaten Dabney, and Hickok and Dabney ride out to investigate. Back at the house, Jingles tries to keep Dabney's young son, G.D., calm while the riders are away. The series is Wild Bill Hickok, broadcast on May 14, 1952, with Guy Madison and Andy Devine in the lead roles.

Kansas plains, a schoolhouse and the nearby Valley of Blue Light

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Tom Dabney, G.D. Dabney, Chief Running Bear

Listen for: The mysterious bell and hoofbeats in the Valley of Blue Light

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.