Ep.117 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Soft Touch

from Nostalgic Mystery Radio · host Stevie K.

Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952.Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal (or "Charky," as Jayce would sometimes refer to him), to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases. Soft Touch: An elderly farm couple is found beaten to death, by an assailant who knew what he was doing! Originally aired October 29th,1950.Support the show

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