Tales of the Texas Rangers

Two dangerous fugitives, the Gordon brothers, are fleeing south toward the Mexican border after robbing and murdering a service station attendant in Oklahoma. When a deputy sheriff and his teenage son are shot near Mineral Wells, Texas, Ranger Jase Pearson is sent to investigate and track down the killers before they escape across the border.

With Ranger Jase Pearson, Captain Stinson, Jasper Leech, Joe Gordon, Tiny Gordon, Deputy Sheriff, Deputy's son, Doctor.

Listen for: The deputy's account of the ambush in the mulberry grove where he and his son were shot by the Gordon brothers; Ranger Pearson's determination to catch the fugitives before they reach Mexico.

First aired July 29, 1950.

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.

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

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A body is discovered dumped along a Texas highway, shot three times with a .38 caliber gun. Ranger Pearson investigates and determines the victim was likely driving the car from which he was thrown, possibly a New York-registered vehicle heading west toward El Paso. The ranger begins a methodical search along the western route, questioning residents and stopping at small towns to track down leads about the mysterious murder.

With Ranger Jason Pearson, Sheriff, Captain Stimson, Highway Patrol.

Listen for: The details Ranger Pearson uncovers about the murder victim's identity and the mystery of who was driving the car with him

First aired July 22, 1950.

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.

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

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: Tales of the Texas Rangers on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

A dead man is found in a parked car with Oklahoma license plates on a West Texas road, bearing no identification and with his pockets cleaned out. Ranger Pearson investigates gasoline receipts found in the car and follows a trail of evidence that leads to a hobo who jumped from a freight train after slugging the brakeman, eventually tracking the suspect on foot across the countryside.

With Ranger Pearson, Sheriff Caldwell, Banker, Brakeman, Hobo.

Listen for: The clever detective work piecing together clues: the grease sample, fingerprints, gasoline receipts under the sun visor, and the tracking of footprints that reveal the suspect favoring his left leg from a jump off the moving train.

First aired July 15, 1950.

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.

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

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: Tales of the Texas Rangers on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

Ranger J. Pearson is assigned to investigate a triple murder at the Evans Ranch in Carson County. Nine-year-old Billy Stevens discovers the bodies of Carl Evans and his family, and Pearson must piece together the evidence—a mysterious clump of mud from a boot, missing hogs that broke through a fence, and a feed purchase made six days before the murders—to establish when the killings occurred.

With Ranger J. Pearson, Sheriff Larkins, Sam Stevens, Billy Stevens, Tom Evans, Carl Evans.

Listen for: The careful detective work of matching clues: Pearson discovers a peculiar clump of mud under the bed with the imprint of a boot heel, notices hogs that have escaped through a broken fence, and tracks Tom Evans's last feed purchase to narrow down the time of death.

First aired April 13, 1950.

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.

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

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: Tales of the Texas Rangers on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.