Tales of the Texas Rangers | Old Time Radio

Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Illegal Entry,” episode 81, originally broadcast on June 8, 1952. This NBC Radio Network crime drama stars Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson, with Herb Ellis as Ranger Clay Morgan.

In a fictional southwest Texas border town, a nighttime knife robbery and a missing young woman set Pearson and Morgan on the trail of a dangerous fugitive. Following witnesses and physical evidence from the Mexican section of town to the rail yards, the Rangers face a fast-moving manhunt. The episode was written by Charles E. Israel and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr., with Texas Ranger Captain Manuel T. “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas serving as technical adviser.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:25 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Alibi,” originally broadcast September 7, 1952, is episode 94. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama presented as an authentic reenactment from Texas Ranger files.

After two truck drivers find the owner of a roadside café outside Bancroft, Texas, badly beaten during an apparent robbery, Ranger Pearson joins Sheriff George Hoffer to investigate. With uncertain testimony, physical clues, and a seemingly solid alibi to examine, the case becomes a careful test of time and evidence.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Paid in Full,” originally broadcast on NBC on May 13, 1951, is episode 43 of the radio crime-drama series. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this authentic-reenactment-style procedural.

On a West Texas cotton farm in 1941, a disputed crop payment leads to violence and a difficult investigation. As Pearson examines the rural scene, conflicting accounts, farm records, and the human cost of a debt point toward a case of money, labor, and betrayal. Written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:07 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “The Hatchet,” episode 31, originally broadcast on NBC on February 11, 1951. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jace Pearson in this radio procedural written by Russell Hughes and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

In Rock Point, Texas, Pearson investigates the murder of a high-school English teacher after the suspected weapon disappears. Conflicting stories from local teenagers, a movie alibi, and carefully followed physical clues lead the Ranger into the surrounding countryside.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “The Devil’s Share,” episode 25, originally broadcast on December 31, 1950. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama, written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

Set in rural Texas in 1939, the case begins after a bitter family dispute at a struggling farm. Ranger Pearson follows conflicting accounts and troubling physical evidence from the farmhouse to scientific testing at Camp Mabry, applying careful Ranger investigation to a case that is not what it first appears.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
29:57 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Fugitive’s Trail,” originally broadcast on October 21, 1951, is episode 49 of the NBC crime drama series. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson.

At the Purvis ranch outside Newby, Texas, a young man is found murdered and teenage babysitter Arlene Rankin has vanished. As local officers search for the missing girl, Ranger Pearson examines the scene and follows a trail of clues and conflicting assumptions. The series presented its cases as dramatizations drawn from Texas Ranger records, with names and locations fictionalized.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “The Blow Off,” originally broadcast on NBC on November 25, 1951, is episode 54 of the classic radio police procedural. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in a script by Russell Hughes, produced by Stacy Keach.

When a nighttime robbery and killing rocks a rural filling station near Glenwood, Pearson finds that the witnesses’ account does not quite match the evidence. Following fingerprints, false identities, and other small inconsistencies, the investigation leads from the Texas back roads to the world of a traveling carnival.

Old Time Retro Radio presents this original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:29 Closing

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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, episode 47, “The Wheelchair Killing,” originally broadcast on NBC on October 7, 1951. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jace Pearson in this drama transcribed and adapted by Joel Murcott and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

When an elderly wheelchair-bound man is found dead in his decaying Colby, Texas, home, Ranger Pearson and Sheriff Pete Saunders confront a baffling East Texas case. Rumors of hidden money, clues leading into the Piney Woods, and a nearby Civilian Conservation Corps camp deepen the mystery in this fictionalized reenactment from Texas Rangers files.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:25 Closing

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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “The White Elephant,” episode 2, originally broadcast on July 15, 1950. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jace Pearson in this early NBC procedural, produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

A roadside killing in west Texas sends Pearson from a trail of physical clues to the weathered Star Motel, a locally dismissed “white elephant” that may hold more than its abandoned appearance suggests. Written by Russell Hughes, the episode emphasizes careful investigation, legwork, and rising danger.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:27 Closing

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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Sweet Revenge,” episode 32, originally broadcast on February 18, 1951. This archival NBC crime drama stars Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson.

On a rain-soaked Texas ranch, the return of a man long absent from his half-brother’s home stirs old resentments and family strain. When violence follows at a remote line shack, Ranger Pearson and local officers sort through conflicting stories and a crucial piece of physical evidence. Written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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