Gunsmoke: Old-Time Radio Western

Matt Dillon and Chester find a young girl named Tara searching for food miles from her homestead. Her father has been seriously injured when a horse stepped on his leg six days ago, and a man named Ben Walling took their wagon claiming he would fetch a doctor from Dodge. Matt and Chester bring meat and assess the injured man's condition, discovering they may need to provide medical care themselves in this isolated prairie location.

With Matt Dillon, Chester, Tara Handry, Mr. Handry, Ben Walling.

Listen for: Matt's assessment of the injured leg and what medical help might be possible; the mystery of Ben Walling's sudden departure with the wagon; Tara's fear of Ben and his intentions toward her.

First aired on September 13, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Marshal Matt Dillon becomes suspicious when two cattlemen named Thompson visit his office asking for cattle buyers—a task that typically doesn't bring cowhands to the marshal's jail. When Dillon investigates their herd at Walnut Creek, he discovers that one of their hired hands is Houston Jack, a gunslinger he previously ran out of town. Dillon warns the Thompsons about their employee, but tensions simmer as the brothers prepare to sell their cattle and pay off their crew before heading back to Texas.

With Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Jim Thompson, Will Thompson, Houston Jack, Clem Bates, Miss Kitty.

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Marshal Dillon and the gunslinger Houston Jack, and Dillon's growing suspicion about the true identities and intentions of the Thompson brothers

First aired on September 6, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Jim Stanley, a simple ranch hand, steals gambling chips from Mingo's roulette table and throws a bottle at the gambler when caught. Marshal Dillon arrests him, but discovers that Mingo's witnesses are all on the gambler's payroll and motivated by jealousy over Stanley's attention to the dance hall girl Dixie. Dillon must find a way to prove Stanley's innocence against overwhelming odds stacked in Mingo's favor.

With Matt Dillon, Jim Stanley, Mingo, Dixie, Brandy, Chester, Willy.

Listen for: The moral dilemma of justice when a man is technically guilty but victimized by a corrupt gambler's influence; Brandy's cryptic confession about trading a man for brandy.

First aired on August 30, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Marshal Dillon and Doc Chester find an unconscious stranger collapsed on the trail outside Dodge City and bring him to town to recover. When they retrieve his wagon, they discover a dead man shot in the back inside it, and must question the stranger—an actor named Irving Henry—about how a corpse came to be hidden in his vehicle.

With Marshal Dillon, Doc Chester, Irving Henry, Sam Matchett.

Listen for: The mystery of who killed Sam Matchett and why his body was concealed in Irving Henry's wagon; Henry's theatrical manner of speech and his quotes from Shakespeare

First aired on August 23, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Marshal Matt Dillon arrives in Dodge City to find that a suspected murderer named Billy Saxon has been lynched by a mob led by Cam Powell, whose brother Joe was killed. Dillon is troubled by the mob justice and determines to investigate the circumstances of Joe Powell's death and bring those responsible for the lynching to account.

With Matt Dillon, Chester, Cam Powell, Billy Saxon, Rice, Preacher, Kitty.

Listen for: The moral conflict between frontier vigilante justice and the rule of law, as Dillon grapples with a town that took matters into its own hands.

First aired on August 16, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Marshal Dillon jails a drunken mountain man named Pappy Tolman to protect him from someone trying to kill him, but discovers that Pappy's daughter Hannah may be harboring knowledge of a dangerous escaped murderer with connections to her family.

With Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, Chester, Hannah Tolman, Pappy Tolman, Vic Tolman, Jed Tolman.

Listen for: The clash between Marshal Dillon's duty to uphold the law and the mountain code of family loyalty; Hannah's fierce independence and her protective devotion to her father.

First aired on August 9, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

A man named Ward Spicer arrives in Dodge City after a secret meeting with a Cheyenne named Wildhog, during which they arrange a dangerous deal for money. Spicer spends lavishly in the local saloon, drawing attention from a stranger who becomes suspicious of his sudden wealth and evasive behavior. When Spicer gets drunk and violent, he ends up in Marshal Dillon's custody.

With Matt Dillon, Chester, Ward Spicer, Wildhog, A stranger in the saloon.

Listen for: The tense negotiation between Spicer and the Cheyenne scout Wildhog, Spicer's boastful drinking at the saloon, and Marshal Dillon's cool handling of a potentially dangerous situation.

First aired on August 2, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

A woman named Jeannie Wells warns Marshal Matt Dillon that Ed Baudry, a man from her past, has arrived in Dodge City seeking revenge against her husband Bert. Matt confronts Baudry at the saloon and warns him to leave town, but Baudry refuses. Now Bert must decide whether to face Baudry in a gunfight or flee, while Matt struggles with his duty as lawman and his personal loyalty to old friends.

With Matt Dillon, Chester, Jeannie Wells, Bert Wells, Ed Baudry, Kitty, Tulsa Jim Nixon.

Listen for: A tense confrontation between a marshal trying to prevent bloodshed and a man bent on revenge, with questions of honor and duty at stake

First aired on July 26, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Doc Holiday arrives in Dodge City on his way to Arizona, and Marshal Dillon finds himself caught between the gunslinger and Big Jack Finley, a powerful local rancher whose spoiled son Thorne has been causing trouble. When Doc takes Thorne's side against him in a confrontation, Big Jack threatens to force the marshal out of town unless Doc leaves Dodge.

With Marshal Matt Dillon, Doc Holiday, Thorne Finley, Big Jack Finley, Chester.

Listen for: Doc Holiday's plans to head to Arizona for his health, the tension between the marshal's duty to uphold the law and Big Jack Finley's attempts to control the town, hints of a mysterious death in Finley's past

First aired on July 19, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

Marshal Dillon learns that a stagecoach carrying gold and a young woman named Jane has been stopped by a robber who kidnaps the girl. Her fiancé, a wealthy New York businessman named Carter, demands Dillon recover her immediately. After Dillon and Chester fail to track the kidnapper through rain-washed country, Carter threatens to have the marshal fired and make good on his vendetta.

With Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, Chester, Robert P. Carter, Jim the stage driver, Big Kate.

Listen for: The revelation of why Jane was truly taken and what leverage Carter holds over her father

First aired on July 12, 1952 on CBS Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: Gunsmoke on Stupid Potato, live around the clock.

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.