Gunsmoke: Two Mothers - A Good Woman With a Gun and a Promise

Jake Meisner is to hang for shooting an unarmed man in a drunken brawl. His mother Hattie knows he’s guilty — knows the law is the law — and she walks into Marshal Dillon’s office and tells him plainly: if Jake hangs on Thursday, she will kill him. She is a woman of her word. Dillon believes her. So do Doc and Kitty, who spend the rest of the episode trying to find a way through to her before Thursday arrives.On one side of Dodge, Lorenda Henshaw is burying the son Jake killed. On the other, Hattie Meisner is loading a gun. Both women are beyond easy comfort, and the resolution — when it comes — arrives not through force or clever strategy but through two mothers finding each other across an impossible divide.Episode Highlights & Quotes“I’ve done my thinking. I know it won’t help Jake. It won’t even help me — but I’ve got to do something.” — Hattie Meisner“The only way to feel close to my dead son is to feel love — love for him and love for the world. Without it, he fades away.” — Lorenda HenshawText us about this episode: Send us a textVoice message: Voice message The PULSE and be part of the podcast. Special Thanks to Our Sponsor Thrifty Foods Parksville — helping local nonprofits, charities, and schools through their Smile Card bulk program. You’ll find all episodes of The PULSE Community Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok and YouTube podcasts, as well as ThePulseCommunity.ca.Check out Skookum Kids Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube Podcasts, as well as SkookumKids.com.Sign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests!“Like, Share & Listen!”#ThePulseCommunity #PulsePodcast #ParksvilleQualicumBeach #SkookumKidsStories #RadioArchaeology #Gunsmoke #MattDillon #ClassicRadio #RadioDrama #OldTimeRadio