This classic Gunsmoke episode delivers a heartbreaking tale of misplaced trust and frontier justice. Seventeen-year-old orphan Tara, brought to Dodge City by Marshal Matt Dillon after her father's death, has found a new home with the wealthy and caring Kels family. But when she falls for Jack Grace, a smooth-talking drifter with a dangerous edge, her life spirals toward tragedy. Despite warnings from Kitty Russell and Matt Dillon himself, Tara refuses to see the truth about Grace until it's too late. When confrontation turns to violence, Dillon must race across Kansas territory to bring a cold-blooded killer to justice. Featuring powerful performances and an unforgettable lesson about the consequences of young love gone wrong.

Episode Highlights & Quotes

"She's young and his stories make for good listening. Yeah. Matt, I've talked with Grace and there's something wrong with him. He's too cool, like he's dead inside." - Kitty Russell's warning about Jack Grace

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This 1949 Dragnet episode showcases one of the most elaborate police operations in Los Angeles history as Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt a serial attacker who terrorized the city's women. Eighteen victims beaten and robbed. The newspapers dubbed him "the werewolf." This authentic case demonstrates the dangerous work of detectives who used innovative tactics including police women as decoys and a coordinated 65-car dragnet spanning 40 square miles to corner a violent predator.

Episode Quotes:

"That guy's pulled his last job in this city. He's through robbing and beating women, and he's through with murder. I've given you time to track him down and now I want him in no stalls, no excuses." - Police Chief

"We had a squad of 65 cars to stretch out over 40 square miles of the city in one big dragnet." - Sergeant Friday

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This Gunsmoke episode explores the dark intersection of ambition, rejection, and desperation on the Kansas frontier. When Marshal Matt Dillon discovers a dying man in actor Irving Henry's wagon, a tragic tale unfolds. Henry, a classically trained student of Shakespeare whose unfortunate appearance relegated him to comic roles, murdered his mentor Sam Matchett in a desperate bid to finally play the heroic parts he believed he deserved. Trapped by his physical limitations and driven to desperation, Henry takes a widow and her children hostage in a tense standoff that can only end one way.

Episode Highlights & Quotes

"My life has been the theater. As a boy, I was a student of Shakespeare. He would look at me. Who would accept this face for Hamlet? This ill shape of body For Romeo?" - Irving Henry's tragic confession

"I shot him. He did not die at first. When I saw what I had done, I wanted him to live and I put him into the wagon and I drove on hoping to find a doctor." - Henry reveals his crime

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NonPartisan Hacks, The Pulse Edition. Hosted by Sean Wood and Joel Grenz, these Parksville City Councillors tackle issues in the Mid Vancouver Island region.

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This 1949 Dragnet episode showcases the dangers police officers face and the methodical detective work that brings criminals to justice. Featuring Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero as they investigate a shocking case where two police officers are gunned down outside the Trap Door Cafe, using cutting-edge 1940s technology and brilliant deduction. Detectives use IBM punch cards and ballistics analysis to trace a .44 Smith & Wesson through multiple shootings, showcasing the primitive but effective crime-solving technology of the era.

 Episode Quotes:

"If these two guys would gun a couple of armed police officers, do you think they'd hesitate to shoot you the unarmed citizen?" - Sergeant Friday

"So far what we've got is mostly unrelated facts, but sooner or later, those facts have all got to tie in at some point along the line. Find that point." - Chief Backstrand

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This 1952 Gunsmoke episode takes listeners on a journey through frontier justice. The stage carrying $50,000 in gold is robbed and passenger Jane is kidnapped by outlaw Scott Cooley. Marshal Matt Dillon begins his pursuit, but this case will challenge everything he believes about justice and duty. Dillon faces an impossible moral dilemma when the robbery and kidnapping reveal a shocking truth about arranged marriages and true love in the Old West. Featuring unexpected twists and a most controversial decision by the Marshall.

Episode Highlights & Quotes

"I'm a peace officer, not a matchmaker. My job's to keep Cooley under arrest and get him up for trial. And that's all." - Matt Dillon wrestling with his duty versus justice

"You know, a married woman can't testify against her husband." - Matt's clever solution to save both Scott and Jane

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