White Fury: Wild Bill Hickok (September 16, 1951)

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“White Fury” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 16, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles investigate after rancher Dan O'Brien's foreman, Jim Rogers, is found trampled to death near the wild white stallion known as White Fury. Rumors that the horse is a killer are threatening Dan's horse sales, and the bank is moving to foreclose on his ranch. Bill and Jingles set out to learn whether White Fury is really responsible, while the people around Dan begin to show their own interests. This is the Wild Bill Hickok series, broadcast on Kellogg's Corn Pops, with Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

The American West, around Dan O'Brien's horse ranch and the nearby South Hills

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Dan O'Brien, Molly O'Brien, Alex Skyler, Sam Carter, Jim Rogers, Max

Listen for: The discovery of Jim Rogers' body and the hoofprint-shaped rocks found in the mine

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.