Wild West Tales - Old Time Radio Westerns

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Daily delivery of true grit from the golden age of radio. Welcome to Wild West Tales, where you can take a trip down memory lane and listen to hand-picked classic western dramas of Old Time Radio. Experience these Wild West Tales as heard during the 1920s to the 1960s. These western radio dramas are a fine mix of history and fiction. Featured programs include Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, The Six Shooter, Fort Laramie, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Frontier Gentleman and many others.- Find all our OTR radio stations and podcasts at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Listen, download free - Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music

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Bad Water - The Lone Ranger | 09/21/1938 (Ep882)
The Lone Ranger radio series debuted in 1933 and became one of the most successful radio programs in history, producing over 3,000 episodes until 1956. It featured the adventures of a masked Texas Ranger and his Native American companion, Tonto, as...
Friday · 28 min
Ugly - Gunsmoke | 12/15/1957 (Ep297)
Gunsmoke was a beloved American radio Western drama series centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The program aired from...
Thursday · 19 min
Lena Countryman - Have Gun Will Travel | 05/15/1960 (Ep078)
Have Gun Will Travel was a popular western radio drama series that ran from 1958 to 1960. It debuted as a television series in 1957 and was one of only a few American television programs that paved the way for a radio version. Although the radio show...
Thursday · 24 min
Mighty Mouse - Frontier Gentleman | 07/20/1958 (Ep24)
Frontier Gentleman was a short-lived radio Western series on CBS network from February 2 to November 16, 1958. It was set in the post-Civil War United States and it was different from other westerns like Gunsmoke or The Six Shooter in that it showed...
Wednesday · 25 min
So True Mr. Barnum - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/10/1960 (Ep073)
Have Gun Will Travel was a popular western radio drama series that ran from 1958 to 1960. It debuted as a television series in 1957 and was one of only a few American television programs that paved the way for a radio version. Although the radio show...
Tuesday · 21 min
The Cactus Pear - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/17/1950 (Ep23)
Tales of the Texas Rangers was a western radio drama which ran on the NBC radio network from July 8, 1950 until September 14, 1952. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr. He hired real life Texas Ranger Captain Manuel “Lone Wolf”...
Monday · 29 min
A Bullet For Tonto - The Lone Ranger | 09/19/1938 (Ep881)
The Lone Ranger radio series debuted in 1933 and became one of the most successful radio programs in history, producing over 3,000 episodes until 1956. It featured the adventures of a masked Texas Ranger and his Native American companion, Tonto, as...
July 26 · 29 min
Twelfth Night (reused script) - Gunsmoke | 12/28/1957 (Ep298)
Gunsmoke was a beloved American radio Western drama series centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The program aired from...
July 25 · 18 min
The Return of Hattie Pelfrey - Fort Laramie | 09/02/1956 (Ep32)
Fort Laramie was a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons from January 22 to October 28, 1956. This Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. Fort Laramie opened...
July 24 · 29 min
No Guns Ordinance - Dr. Six Gun | 10/31/1954 (Ep10)
Dr. Six Gun was an American Western radio drama that had a relatively short run on NBC from September 2, 1954, to October 13, 1955.The series takes place during the 1870s Indian Territory and stood out in the crowded landscape of 1950s radio Westerns...
July 23 · 29 min
Christmas Present - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/24/1950 (Ep24)
Tales of the Texas Rangers was a western radio drama which ran on the NBC radio network from July 8, 1950 until September 14, 1952. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr. He hired real life Texas Ranger Captain Manuel “Lone Wolf”...
July 22 · 30 min
The Trust of Barnaby - The Lone Ranger | 09/16/1938 (Ep880)
The Lone Ranger radio series debuted in 1933 and became one of the most successful radio programs in history, producing over 3,000 episodes until 1956. It featured the adventures of a masked Texas Ranger and his Native American companion, Tonto, as...
July 21 · 30 min
Where'd They Go - Gunsmoke | 12/29/1957 (Ep299)
Gunsmoke was a beloved American radio Western drama series centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The program aired from...
July 20 · 18 min
Shanghai Is A Verb - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/03/1960 (Ep072)
Have Gun Will Travel was a popular western radio drama series that ran from 1958 to 1960. It debuted as a television series in 1957 and was one of only a few American television programs that paved the way for a radio version. Although the radio show...
July 19 · 23 min
Last of the Aztecs - Dr. Six Gun | 10/24/1951 (Ep09)
Dr. Six Gun was an American Western radio drama that had a relatively short run on NBC from September 2, 1954, to October 13, 1955.The series takes place during the 1870s Indian Territory and stood out in the crowded landscape of 1950s radio Westerns...
July 18 · 9 min
The Devil's Share - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/31/1950 (Ep25)
Tales of the Texas Rangers was a western radio drama which ran on the NBC radio network from July 8, 1950 until September 14, 1952. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr. He hired real life Texas Ranger Captain Manuel “Lone Wolf”...
July 17 · 29 min
Water Rights - The Lone Ranger | 09/14/1938 (Ep879)
The Lone Ranger radio series debuted in 1933 and became one of the most successful radio programs in history, producing over 3,000 episodes until 1956. It featured the adventures of a masked Texas Ranger and his Native American companion, Tonto, as...
July 16 · 28 min
Pucket's New Year (resused script) - Gunsmoke | 01/05/1958 (Ep300)
Gunsmoke was a beloved American radio Western drama series centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad. The program aired from...
July 15 · 18 min
They Told Me You Were Dead - Have Gun Will Travel | 03/27/1960 (Ep071)
Have Gun Will Travel was a popular western radio drama series that ran from 1958 to 1960. It debuted as a television series in 1957 and was one of only a few American television programs that paved the way for a radio version. Although the radio show...
July 14 · 24 min
The Immigrant Settler - Dr. Sixgun | 10/21/1954
Dr. Sixgun was an American Western radio drama that had a relatively short run on NBC from September 2, 1954, to October 13, 1955.The series takes place during the 1870s Indian Territory and stood out in the crowded landscape of 1950s radio Westerns...
July 13 · 29 min

Wild West Tales - Old Time Radio Westerns

Bad Water - The Lone Ranger | 09/21/1938 (Ep882)

Ugly - Gunsmoke | 12/15/1957 (Ep297)

Lena Countryman - Have Gun Will Travel | 05/15/1960 (Ep078)

Mighty Mouse - Frontier Gentleman | 07/20/1958 (Ep24)

So True Mr. Barnum - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/10/1960 (Ep073)

The Cactus Pear - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/17/1950 (Ep23)

A Bullet For Tonto - The Lone Ranger | 09/19/1938 (Ep881)

Twelfth Night (reused script) - Gunsmoke | 12/28/1957 (Ep298)

The Return of Hattie Pelfrey - Fort Laramie | 09/02/1956 (Ep32)

No Guns Ordinance - Dr. Six Gun | 10/31/1954 (Ep10)

Christmas Present - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/24/1950 (Ep24)

The Trust of Barnaby - The Lone Ranger | 09/16/1938 (Ep880)

Where'd They Go - Gunsmoke | 12/29/1957 (Ep299)

Shanghai Is A Verb - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/03/1960 (Ep072)

Last of the Aztecs - Dr. Six Gun | 10/24/1951 (Ep09)

The Devil's Share - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 12/31/1950 (Ep25)

Water Rights - The Lone Ranger | 09/14/1938 (Ep879)

Pucket's New Year (resused script) - Gunsmoke | 01/05/1958 (Ep300)

They Told Me You Were Dead - Have Gun Will Travel | 03/27/1960 (Ep071)

The Immigrant Settler - Dr. Sixgun | 10/21/1954