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Gunsmoke: Old West Stories
by OTR.FM Network
Welcome to Gunsmoke: Old West Stories, a podcast that takes you back to the rugged plains of 1870s Dodge City, Kansas. Rediscover the timeless tales of bravery, justice, and survival in the American frontier with our re-broadcasts of the classic Gunsmoke radio program. First airing on April 26, 1952, Gunsmoke was celebrated as the first adult western radio show, renowned for its superb storytelling and exceptional production quality. Join Marshal Matt Dillon, portrayed by the incomparable William Conrad, as he faces the challenges of maintaining law and order in a tumultuous town. Alongside him are unforgettable characters like Chester Proudfoot (Parley Baer), the steadfast deputy; Kitty (Georgia Ellis), the resilient saloon owner; and Doc Adams (Howard McNear), the town’s compassionate physician. What sets Gunsmoke apart is not just its stellar cast and engaging plots but the immersive sound effects t
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Letter of the Law (Series Finale)
Originally Aired: June 18, 1961 Gunsmoke #480, "Letter of the Law," Marshal Matt Dillon faces a moral dilemma when Judge Rambo sends him a court order to evict Brandon Teak from his homestead near Wagon Mound. Teak failed to properly register his land deed, and now land speculator Lee Sprague has...
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Doc's Visitor
Originally Aired: June 11, 1961 Gunsmoke #479, "Doc's Visitor," opens with an unexpected guest arriving in Dodge City. Dr. William Weber has traveled from Philadelphia to find Doc Adams with surprising news: Doc's old friend from medical school, Dr. Henry Wilson, has died and left his prestigious...
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Cows and Cribs
Originally Aired: June 4, 1961 Gunsmoke #478, "Cows and Cribs," Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester Proudfoot set out to bring Ed Thorpe, his wife, and their baby to Dodge City after Doc Adams reports the family has spotted fever. On the way, they encounter Joe and Mrs. Nadler, struggling…
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The Sod-Buster
Originally Aired: May 28, 1961 Gunsmoke #477, "The Sod-Buster," presents a comedic case of mistaken identity that threatens to turn serious. When Marshal Matt Dillon rides out of Dodge to track down a wanted killer named Cliff Meadows, he leaves Chester in charge of watching over the cantankerous...
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Chester's Rendezvous
Originally Aired: May 21, 1961 Gunsmoke #476, "Chester's Rendezvous," Chester Proudfoot's encounter with a mysterious young woman sparks an unexpected romance. When Chester retrieves a windblown bonnet on the dusty streets of Dodge and returns it to Em Feeney sitting in a wagon, he's immediately...
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The Lady Killer
Originally Aired: May 14, 1961 Gunsmoke #475, "The Lady Killer," brings Marshal Matt Dillon face to face with a puzzling death when rancher Grant Lucas is shot and killed at the Grand Hotel. Grant had come to Dodge City early to testify against Cy Welsh in an upcoming trial for land fraud, a case...
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Mas Justice
Originally Aired: May 7, 1961 In Gunsmoke #474, "Mas Justice," a deadly feud erupts over wild horses on the open range near Dodge City. When brothers Reed and Jakey Sayle rope some wild colts, old man Sloat and his son Jazz claim the horses are theirs and ride onto the Sayle property to take…
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Ex-Urbanites
Originally Aired: April 30, 1961 Gunsmoke #473, "Ex-Urbanites," finds Doc Adams and Chester returning to Dodge from Hays City when they discover a wounded wolfer named Nage Gillard near a remote water hole. Doc immediately sets to work to save the dying man, but Nage's partners—his brother Pitt…
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Father and Son
Originally Aired: April 23, 1961 In Gunsmoke #472, "Father and Son," Marshal Matt Dillon confronts a chilling case of murder and brutality when he and Chester discover a driverless wagon on the trail back to Dodge. Inside, they find a barely conscious Indian woman who has been savagely beaten.…
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Cooter
Originally Aired: April 16, 1961 Gunsmoke #471, "Cooter," Matt Dillon returns to Dodge City to find that a cowboy has been killed by a gunman named Pate, who claims self-defense. However, Kitty reveals the truth: the cowboy was drawing on Ben Sissel, a crooked gambler new to Dodge, when Pate shot...
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Hangmans Mistake
Originally Aired: April 9, 1961 Gunsmoke #470, "Hangmans Mistake," Matt Dillon reluctantly releases Ark Bernie from jail after receiving word from Abilene that another man has been arrested for the murder—Ark's own brother, Junius. Despite his certainty that Ark is guilty, Matt has no choice but…
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Chester's Inheritance
Originally Aired: April 2, 1961 Gunsmoke #469, "Chester's Inheritance," finds Chester in a panic when he receives a letter from lawyers in Waco, Texas. Too frightened to open it himself, convinced he's about to be arrested over an old four-dollar debt, Chester has Matt read it for him. The letter...
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No Indians
Originally Aired: March 26, 1961 In Gunsmoke #468, "No Indians," Marshal Matt Dillon investigates a series of brutal attacks on settler families near the Smoky Hill River that are being blamed on Pawnee raiders. When frightened homesteader Sam Butler arrives in Dodge City, abandoning his land and...
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Joe Phy reused Script
Originally Aired: March 19, 1961 Gunsmoke #467, "Joe Phy reused Script," Matt Dillon and Chester ride into the dusty town of El Cater searching for Carey Post, a killer from the Dakota Territory. When they arrive, they quickly learn from local peaceful citizen Cicero Grimes that Post has already...
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Sweet and Sour
Originally Aired: March 12, 1961 In Gunsmoke #466, "Sweet and Sour," Matt Dillon and Chester are returning to Dodge from Wichita when they encounter a troubling situation at the train depot. A drifter named Ab Laster tries to force a young woman, Rena Decker, onto the train and insists she drink...
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Melinda Miles
Originally Aired: March 5, 1961 Gunsmoke #465, "Melinda Miles," presents Marshal Matt Dillon with a troubling murder case that points to a young man courting against impossible odds. Tom Potter is struggling to win the approval of Melinda Miles and her father Paul, who fired Tom and clearly wants...
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Joe Sleet
Originally Aired: February 26, 1961 Gunsmoke #464, "Joe Sleet," presents a tense story of a bullying gunfighter brought low by circumstance. Joe Sleet arrives in Dodge City as the typical hard-talking gunman, showing off his fast draw and provoking confrontations in the Long Branch Saloon. His...
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Kitty Love
Originally Aired: February 19, 1961 Gunsmoke #463, "Kitty Love," begins with Matt Dillon disappointing Kitty Russell by canceling their plans to attend a town social together. He must ride to Springfield to pick up a prisoner, leaving Kitty hurt and frustrated with the unpredictable life of...
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Daddy-O
Originally Aired: February 12, 1961 Gunsmoke #462, "Daddy-O," finds Marshal Matt Dillon returning to Dodge City after six weeks away to discover that Kitty Russell has bought the Long Branch Saloon. Before Matt can properly congratulate her, Kitty receives a telegram announcing that her father,...
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Love of Money
Originally Aired: February 5, 1961 Gunsmoke #461, "Love of Money," brings a troubled old friend to Matt Dillon's door. Nate Tatum, a US Marshal from Oklahoma Territory, arrives in Dodge on his way to California after quitting his job. He confesses to Matt that he's running scared, convinced that...
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Harriet
Originally Aired: January 29, 1961 Gunsmoke #460, "Harriet," a young woman named Harriet Horn stumbles into Dodge City after walking forty miles across the prairie, claiming her wagon horses ran off during the night. Marshal Matt Dillon immediately suspects she's hiding something, and his…
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Hard Virtue
Originally Aired: January 22, 1961 Gunsmoke #459, "Hard Virtue," opens with Andy and Millie Cole arriving in Dodge City, hoping to sell their wagon and make a fresh start. When freight line owner Ed Fellon's runaway team nearly kills Millie, the hot-tempered Andy nearly comes to blows with him.…
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The Wake
Originally Aired: January 15, 1961 Gunsmoke #458, "The Wake," a stranger named Gus Mather arrives in Dodge City with a coffin in his wagon, claiming it contains his best friend Orson Boggs, who died of a fever. Mather buries Boggs on Boot Hill without a preacher or ceremony, then throws an...
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Old Faces
Originally Aired: January 8, 1961 Gunsmoke #457, "Old Faces," Tom and Tilda Cook are newly arrived in Dodge City, full of plans for their future together. Their optimism quickly sours when a drunk man accosts Tilda at the stage depot, and Tom angrily defends her. The situation escalates...
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Spring Term
Originally Aired: January 1, 1961 Gunsmoke #456, "Spring Term," Marshal Matt Dillon becomes the target of a vengeful killer from his past. When a peaceful townsman named Dane Shaw is shot in the back on a quiet Dodge City street, the dying man mutters one word: "Stone." Matt recognizes the name...
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Minnie
Originally Aired: December 25, 1960 Gunsmoke #455, "Minnie," a rough-edged woman named Minnie Higgins arrives in Dodge City with a bullet wound through her arm. When Doc Adams treats her injury, she claims it's from falling off a horse, but Matt Dillon immediately suspects a gunshot. Despite...
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Heros Departure
Originally Aired: December 18, 1960 Gunsmoke #454, "Heros Departure," begins with Chester excitedly telling Marshal Dillon about meeting Jonathan Wood, a war hero who's become the toast of Dodge City. Wood claims he single-handedly saved his company during the Battle of the Hogback by manning a...
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The Cook
Originally Aired: December 11, 1960 Gunsmoke #453, "The Cook," Sandy King has found an unusual way to pay off his week-long tab at Hank Green's Del Monico restaurant in Dodge City. After Hank complains about feeding him on credit, Sandy offers to replace the establishment's drunken cook, and his...
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Kitty's Good Neighboring
Originally Aired: December 4, 1960 Gunsmoke #452, "Kitty's Good Neighboring," finds Kitty Russell stepping in to nurse an ailing neighbor, Nettie Morbin, who lives alone on an isolated prairie homestead while her husband Luke is away. Doc Adams asks for Kitty's help when he can't move Nettie to...
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Dirt
Originally Aired: November 27, 1960 Gunsmoke #451, "Dirt," finds Marshal Matt Dillon caught between family pride and deadly threats as rancher Nate Sybertz prepares to marry Polly Troyman. When Polly's hot-headed brother Henry confronts Sybertz in the Long Branch Saloon, Matt intervenes just…
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The Professor
Originally Aired: November 20, 1960 Gunsmoke #450, "The Professor," Matt Dillon and Chester encounter an unlikely figure on the prairie: Otis Milford, a scholarly easterner who has lost his horse while robbing an Indian grave in the name of science. Milford claims to be writing a book about…
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The Big Con
Originally Aired: November 13, 1960 Gunsmoke #449, "The Big Con," In this tense episode, a frantic gambler named Hook rushes into the Dodge City bank at opening time with an unusual request. With Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester looking on, Hook asks banker Mr. Pap for an immediate loan of twenty...
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Jedros Woman
Originally Aired: November 6, 1960 Gunsmoke #448, "Jedros Woman," Matt Dillon and Chester discover a badly beaten and starving woman near their campsite after someone steals their pot of cooking beans. Following the tracks through the brush, they find her collapsed with the bean pot nearby, too...
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Never Pester Chester
Originally Aired: October 30, 1960 Gunsmoke #447, "Never Pester Chester," finds Chester and Marshal Matt Dillon sweltering in the summer heat when Doc Adams arrives with news of two rowdy cowboys harassing the ladies of Dodge City. Too hot to deal with the troublemakers himself, Matt sends…
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Newsmaam
Originally Aired: October 23, 1960 Gunsmoke #446, "Newsmaam," a headstrong female journalist causes considerable consternation when she arrives in Dodge City. Phoebe Appleby has attached herself to trail boss Finn's cattle drive all the way from the Cimarron, refusing to leave despite his…
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Crack-Up
Originally Aired: October 16, 1960 Gunsmoke #445, "Crack-Up," Matt Dillon returns from a week in Abilene to find trouble brewing in Dodge City. While getting a haircut at Peters' barbershop, a stranger pulls a gun and demands immediate service, ordering the unarmed Marshal out of the chair.…
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Born to Hang
Originally Aired: October 9, 1960 Gunsmoke #444, "Born to Hang," finds Matt Dillon racing against time to prevent a double murder. Joe Digger, a drifter, barely survives a lynching when ranchers Glick and Pate string him up for horse theft based on nothing more than finding their horses near his...
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The Big Itch
Originally Aired: October 2, 1960 Gunsmoke #443, "The Big Itch," brings Marshal Matt Dillon into a troubling mystery when Samantha Church arrives in his office seeking help. Her husband George left their ranch two days earlier to pay off their bank note with money from their first big cattle…
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Doc Judge
Originally Aired: September 25, 1960 Gunsmoke #442, "Doc Judge," finds Doc Adams in a dangerous case of mistaken identity. When a bitter ex-convict named Bryce Hart arrives in Dodge City, he immediately confronts Doc at Delmonico's restaurant, insisting that Doc is actually Judge Kennebre from...
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Two Mothers
Originally Aired: September 18, 1960 Gunsmoke #441, "Two Mothers," begins at a graveside service for a young man killed in a brawl. Marshal Dillon tries to offer condolences to the victim's mother, Miss Lorenda Henshaw, while another woman, Hattie Meisner, desperately attempts to speak with her....
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About Chester
Originally Aired: September 11, 1960 Gunsmoke #440, "About Chester," finds Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester searching for Doc Adams, who has been missing for four days. When Emmett Bowers arrives in Dodge looking for Doc—who never showed up to examine his son's broken arm—Matt and Chester split up...
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The Peace Officer
Originally Aired: September 4, 1960 Gunsmoke #439, "The Peace Officer," Matt Dillon rides to the rough town of Tascosa at the request of a citizens committee desperate to rid themselves of their corrupt sheriff, Clegg Rollins. Once hired to clean up the wild camp, Rollins has now taken over the...
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Tumbleweed
Originally Aired: August 28, 1960 Gunsmoke #438, "Tumbleweed," finds Marshal Matt Dillon facing an unusual problem when simple-minded drifter Boog Wilson refuses to leave jail after serving his sentence. Boot, who gets himself arrested just to have a roof over his head and friends in Matt and...
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Dangerous Bath
Originally Aired: August 21, 1960 Gunsmoke #437, "Dangerous Bath," Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester face an embarrassing predicament when two outlaws catch them bathing in a creek during a long ride across the prairie. The thieves, Ollie and young Harve, steal their horses, guns, and boots…
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The Noose
Originally Aired: August 14, 1960 Gunsmoke #436, "The Noose," Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester encounter a strange little man named Cloyd hanging a noose from a tree outside Dodge City. Cloyd calmly explains he's testing the rope for a hanging - one he plans to carry out himself. He's been…
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Old Fool
Originally Aired: August 7, 1960 Gunsmoke #435, "Old Fool," Hannibal Bass catches young Dunk Hedgepath trying to steal a pig from his farm and nearly shoots him. Hannibal's wife Della insists he take the boy home instead, where Hannibal meets Dunk's widowed mother, Elsie. The encounter sets off…
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Stage Smash
Originally Aired: July 31, 1960 Gunsmoke #434, "Stage Smash," Marshal Matt Dillon returns to Dodge with prisoner Cleary Small, only to be confronted by the man's brother, North Small, a smooth-talking gambler who attempts to cut a deal for Cleary's release. When Dillon refuses his proposition,...
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The Imposter
Originally Aired: July 24, 1960 Gunsmoke #433, "The Imposter," begins with a weary Chester struggling to keep up with Marshal Matt Dillon on a simple trip to the telegraph office. When they stop to help Sarah Curtin load her wagon, they encounter her husband Rob, who seems strangely uninvolved.…
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Busted-Up Guns
Originally Aired: July 17, 1960 Gunsmoke #432, "Busted-Up Guns," Matt Dillon and Chester head north to the Sioux reservation for a friendly visit with Indian Agent Whip and his wife Gladys, expecting a peaceful hunting trip and warm welcome. Instead, they're met on the trail by Big Feather and…
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Reluctant Violence
Originally Aired: July 10, 1960 Gunsmoke #431, "Reluctant Violence," presents a thought-provoking conflict when an elderly pacifist named Homer Lidley arrives in Dodge City on a dangerous mission. Homer travels from town to town advocating for citizens to voluntarily give up their guns, believing...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Gunsmoke: Old West Stories, a podcast that takes you back to the rugged plains of 1870s Dodge City, Kansas. Rediscover the timeless tales of bravery, justice, and survival in the American frontier with our re-broadcasts of the classic Gunsmoke radio program.
First airing on April 26, 1952, Gunsmoke was celebrated as the first adult western radio show, renowned for its superb storytelling and exceptional production quality. Join Marshal Matt Dillon, portrayed by the incomparable William Conrad, as he faces the challenges of maintaining law and order in a tumultuous town. Alongside him are unforgettable characters like Chester Proudfoot (Parley Baer), the steadfast deputy; Kitty (Georgia Ellis), the resilient saloon owner; and Doc Adams (Howard McNear), the town’s compassionate physician.
What sets Gunsmoke apart is not just its stellar cast and engaging plots but the immersive sound effects t
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Welcome to Gunsmoke: Old West Stories, a podcast that takes you back to the rugged plains of 1870s Dodge City, Kansas. Rediscover the timeless tales of bravery, justice, and survival in the American frontier with our re-broadcasts of the classic Gunsmoke radio program. First airing on April 26,...
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