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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February 23 · 19 min
The Blacksmith (reused script) - Gunsmoke | 08/24/1958 (Ep333)
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...
February 22 · 29 min
Clean Up - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/30/1950 (Ep13)
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”...
February 21 · 28 min
The Stampede - The Six Shooter | 10/04/1953 (Ep03)
The Six Shooter brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone on September 20, 1953, in a fine series of down-home Western adventures. Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Some of the more prominent...
February 20 · 28 min
The Banker Reforms - The Lone Ranger | 06/15/1938 (Ep840)
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...
February 19 · 30 min
Open And Shut - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/23/1950 (Ep12)
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”...
February 18 · 18 min
Brother Lost - Have Gun Will Travel | 10/18/1959 (Ep048)
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...
February 17 · 20 min
I Thee Wed - Gunsmoke | 08/31/1958 (Ep334)
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...
February 15 · 29 min
Snake Oil - The Lone Ranger | 06/13/1938 (Ep839)
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...
February 14 · 29 min
Old Enemy - Fort Laramie | 07/15/1956 (Ep25)
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...
February 13 · 24 min
Stopover In Tombstone - Have Gun Will Travel | 10/11/1959 (Ep047)
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...
February 12 · 19 min
Tried It - Didn't Like It | Gunsmoke | 09/07/1958 (Ep335)
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...
February 11 · 29 min
The Clue of the Lazy Y - The Lone Ranger | 06/10/1938 (Ep838)
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...
February 10 · 28 min
Jenny - The Six Shooter | 09/20/1953 (Ep01)
The Six Shooter brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone on September 20, 1953, in a fine series of down-home Western adventures. Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Some of the more prominent...
February 9 · 29 min
Candy Man - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/16/1950 (Ep11)
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”...
February 8 · 24 min
The Contessa - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/10/1959 (Ep046)
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...
February 7 · 28 min
The Ranger Impersonates - The Lone Ranger | 06/08/1938 (Ep837)
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...
February 6 · 19 min
False Witness - Gunsmoke | 09/14/1958 (Ep336)
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...
February 5 · 24 min
Advice To The Lovelorn - Frontier Gentleman | 05/18/1958 (Ep16)
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...
February 4 · 29 min
Dead Or Alive - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/09/1950 (Ep10)
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”...
February 3 · 29 min
The Silver Spur - The Lone Ranger | 06/06/1938 (Ep836)
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...

Wild West Tales - Old Time Radio Westerns

The Blacksmith (reused script) - Gunsmoke | 08/24/1958 (Ep333)

Clean Up - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/30/1950 (Ep13)

The Stampede - The Six Shooter | 10/04/1953 (Ep03)

The Banker Reforms - The Lone Ranger | 06/15/1938 (Ep840)

Open And Shut - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/23/1950 (Ep12)

Brother Lost - Have Gun Will Travel | 10/18/1959 (Ep048)

I Thee Wed - Gunsmoke | 08/31/1958 (Ep334)

Snake Oil - The Lone Ranger | 06/13/1938 (Ep839)

Old Enemy - Fort Laramie | 07/15/1956 (Ep25)

Stopover In Tombstone - Have Gun Will Travel | 10/11/1959 (Ep047)

Tried It - Didn't Like It | Gunsmoke | 09/07/1958 (Ep335)

The Clue of the Lazy Y - The Lone Ranger | 06/10/1938 (Ep838)

Jenny - The Six Shooter | 09/20/1953 (Ep01)

Candy Man - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/16/1950 (Ep11)

The Contessa - Have Gun Will Travel | 04/10/1959 (Ep046)

The Ranger Impersonates - The Lone Ranger | 06/08/1938 (Ep837)

False Witness - Gunsmoke | 09/14/1958 (Ep336)

Advice To The Lovelorn - Frontier Gentleman | 05/18/1958 (Ep16)

Dead Or Alive - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 09/09/1950 (Ep10)

The Silver Spur - The Lone Ranger | 06/06/1938 (Ep836)