Episode 44 aired February 21, 1953 on CBS Radio. A town s being terrorized by a gang of killers. Marshall Matt Dillon and Chester Proudfoot had left Dodge around 9 AM on a nice day, clear with a snap in the air. Their horses felt it too and they wanted to move fast. Matt had some government papers to take over to Bill Houghton at the Post office in a town about 40 miles west of Dodge. As they approached the town it seemed unusually quiet.