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Gunsmoke

Old time radio Western
from archive.org

Gunsmoke is one of those long-running classic Old-Time Radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. It's also one that is still respected for its high values, in all aspects. Gunsmoke first aired on the CBS network on April 26, 1952, billed as the first adult western. It was set in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1870's.



The main character, Matt Dillon, was played by William Conrad. On August 6, 1951, William Conrad played the lead in a show entitled "Pagosa" in the series Romance, where he played the part of a reluctant sheriff in a tough Western town. Although not a true audition, Conrad's character role is very close the that of Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke. It was one of the "stepping stones" toward the production of Gunsmoke.



Other regular characters were Chester Proudfoot, played by Parley Baer; Kitty, played by Georgia Ellis; and Doc Adams, played by Howard McNear.



The series featured top-notch acting and well-developed scripts that set it apart from many other shows, not only Westerns; however, it was the sound effects that stood out the most. Listen carefully and one can hear many levels of sound that really helps transport the listener back to the old west.



Besides the US version, there was an Australian production of Gunsmoke. It began sometime in 1955, transcribed under the Artransa label, and aired Mondays at 7:00 PM on the Macquarie network. It is not known how many shows aired or how long the series ran.


NOTE: Updated with Version 5 files (05-Jan-2020).



From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

  1. Billy the Kid (unknown file size)
  2. Ben Thompson (unknown file size)
  3. Jaliscoe (unknown file size)
  4. Ben Slade's Saloon (unknown file size)
  5. Carmen (unknown file size)
  6. Buffalo Killers (13.6Mb)
  7. Never Pester Chester (Paul Dubov) (unknown file size)
  8. The Boughten Bride (unknown file size)
  9. Doc Holiday (unknown file size)
  10. Gentleman's Disagreement (unknown file size)
  11. Renegade White (unknown file size)
  12. The Kentucky Tolmans (unknown file size)
  13. The Lynching (unknown file size)
  14. Shakespeare (13.8Mb)
  15. The Juniper Tree (unknown file size)
  16. The Brothers (unknown file size)
  17. Home Surgery (unknown file size)
  18. Drop Dead (unknown file size)
  19. The Railroad (pre-cut, not final version) (unknown file size)
  20. Cain (13.6Mb)
  21. Hinka-Do (unknown file size)
  22. Lochinvar (13.6Mb)
  23. The Mortgage (unknown file size)
  24. Overland Express (13.7Mb)
  25. Tara (13.7Mb)
  26. The Square Triangle (unknown file size)
  27. Fingered (13.8Mb)
  28. Kitty (unknown file size)
  29. I Don't Know (unknown file size)
  30. Post Martin (unknown file size)
  31. Xmas Story (unknown file size)
  32. The Cabin (unknown file size)
  33. Westbound (unknown file size)
  34. Word of Honor (13.7Mb)
  35. Paid Killer (unknown file size)
  36. The Old Lady (unknown file size)
  37. Cavalcade (unknown file size)
  38. Cain (reused script) (unknown file size)
  39. The Round-Up (unknown file size)
  40. Meshougah (unknown file size)
  41. Trojan War (unknown file size)
  42. Absalom (unknown file size)
  43. Pussy Cats (unknown file size)
  44. Quarter Horse (unknown file size)
  45. Jayhawkers (unknown file size)
  46. Gonif (unknown file size)
  47. Bum's Rush (13.3Mb)
  48. The Soldier (unknown file size)
  49. Tacetta (unknown file size)
  50. The Buffalo Hunter (27.3Mb)
  51. The Big Con (unknown file size)
  52. Print Asper (20.8Mb)
  53. Fall Semester (unknown file size)
  54. Sundown (13.7Mb)
  55. Spring Term (unknown file size)
  56. Wind (unknown file size)
  57. Flashback (13.7Mb)
  58. Dirt (unknown file size)
  59. Grass (unknown file size)
  60. Wild West (unknown file size)
  61. Hickock (26.4Mb)
  62. Hickok (unknown file size)
  63. Boy (unknown file size)
  64. Sky (unknown file size)
  65. Moon (unknown file size)
  66. Gone Straight (27Mb)
  67. Jesse (unknown file size)
  68. The Sutler (unknown file size)
  69. Prairie Happy (unknown file size)
  70. There Was Never a Horse (unknown file size)
  71. Fawn (10.4Mb)
  72. How to Kill a Friend (unknown file size)
  73. How to Die for Nothing (unknown file size)
  74. Yorky (unknown file size)
  75. The Buffalo Hunter (reused script) (unknown file size)
  76. How to Kill a Woman (unknown file size)
  77. Stolen Horses (unknown file size)
  78. Professor Lute Bone (11.6Mb)
  79. Custer (unknown file size)
  80. Kick Me (unknown file size)
  81. The Lamb (unknown file size)
  82. The Cast (23.1Mb)
  83. Big Girl Lost (11.4Mb)
  84. The Guitar (11.3Mb)
  85. Stage Holdup (unknown file size)
  86. Joke's on Us (11.4Mb)
  87. The Bear (unknown file size)
  88. Nina (unknown file size)
  89. Gunsmuggler (unknown file size)
  90. Big Broad (23.1Mb)
  91. The Killer (unknown file size)
  92. Last Fling (unknown file size)
  93. Bad Boy (unknown file size)
  94. The Gentleman (unknown file size)
  95. Confederate Money (unknown file size)
  96. Old Friend (unknown file size)
  97. Blood Money (Sam Edwards) (unknown file size)
  98. Mr. and Mrs. Amber (Helen Kleeb) (unknown file size)
  99. Greater Love (John Dehner) (unknown file size)
  100. What the Whisky Drummer Heard (unknown file size)
  101. Murder Warrant (unknown file size)
  102. Cara (unknown file size)
  103. The Constable (unknown file size)
  104. The Indian Horse (unknown file size)
  105. Monopoly (unknown file size)
  106. Feud (unknown file size)
  107. The Blacksmith (unknown file size)
  108. The Cover Up (unknown file size)
  109. Going Bad (unknown file size)
  110. Claustrophobia (unknown file size)
  111. Word of Honor (unknown file size)
  112. Hack Prine (unknown file size)
  113. Texas Cowboys (unknown file size)
  114. The Queue (unknown file size)
  115. Matt for Murder (unknown file size)
  116. No Indians (unknown file size)
  117. Joe Phy (unknown file size)
  118. Mavis McCloud (Eleanor Tannin) (unknown file size)
  119. Young Man with a Gun (unknown file size)
  120. Obie Tater (13.7Mb)
  121. The Promise aka The Handcuffs (unknown file size)
  122. The Promise aka The Handcuffs (unknown file size)
  123. Dooley Surrenders (13.4Mb)
  124. The F.U. (unknown file size)
  125. Helping Hand (unknown file size)
  126. Matt Gets It (27.5Mb)
  127. Love of a Good Woman (unknown file size)
  128. Kitty Caught (Lawrence Dobkin) (unknown file size)
  129. Ma Tennis (27.5Mb)
  130. The Patsy (unknown file size)
  131. Wrong Man (unknown file size)
  132. How to Kill a Woman (unknown file size)
  133. Cooter (John Dehner) (unknown file size)
  134. Cholera (unknown file size)
  135. Bone Hunters (unknown file size)
  136. Magnus (7.4Mb)
  137. Kitty Lost (unknown file size)
  138. The Bottle Man (unknown file size)
  139. Robin Hood (unknown file size)
  140. Chester's Murder (unknown file size)
  141. Sins Of The Fathers (unknown file size)
  142. Young Love (unknown file size)
  143. Cheyennes (unknown file size)
  144. Chester's Hanging (unknown file size)
  145. Poor Pearl (13.3Mb)
  146. Crack-Up (John Dehner) (unknown file size)
  147. Kite's Reward (13.3Mb)
  148. The Trial (unknown file size)
  149. The Mistake (14.2Mb)
  150. Horse Deal (unknown file size)
  151. Bloody Hands (Alafraganza) (unknown file size)
  152. Skid Row (13.2Mb)
  153. Gypsum Hills Feud (unknown file size)
  154. Born to Hang (Joseph Kearns) (unknown file size)
  155. Reward for Matt (unknown file size)
  156. Potato Road (unknown file size)
  157. Robber Bridegroom (13.7Mb)
  158. The Liar from Blackhawk (unknown file size)
  159. Cow Doctor (Tom Hanley) (unknown file size)
  160. Jealousy (unknown file size)
  161. Trust (unknown file size)
  162. The Reed Survives (Michael Ann Barrett) (unknown file size)
  163. The Army Trial (13.8Mb)
  164. General Parsley Smith (unknown file size)
  165. Uncle Oliver (unknown file size)
  166. 20/20 (unknown file size)
  167. Ben Tolliver's Stud (Norman Macdonnell) (unknown file size)
  168. Tap Day for Kitty (unknown file size)
  169. Innocent Broad (unknown file size)
  170. Johnny Red (Virginia Gregg) (13.7Mb)
  171. Indian Scout (13.6Mb)
  172. Doc Quits (unknown file size)
  173. Change of Heart (unknown file size)
  174. Alarm at Pleasant Valley (unknown file size)
  175. Thoroughbreds (13.7Mb)
  176. Indian White (unknown file size)
  177. Barton Boy (unknown file size)
  178. Good Girl - Bad Company (unknown file size)
  179. The Coward (Vic Perrin) (unknown file size)
  180. Trouble in Kansas (11.4Mb)
  181. Brush at Elkader (James Nusser) (unknown file size)
  182. The Choice (Lawrence Dobkin) (unknown file size)
  183. The Second Choice (unknown file size)
  184. The Preacher (unknown file size)
  185. Dutch George (unknown file size)
  186. Amy's Good Deed (11.4Mb)
  187. Sunny Afternoon (unknown file size)
  188. Land Deal (unknown file size)
  189. Scared Kid (unknown file size)
  190. Twelfth Night (Helen Kleeb)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  191. Pucket's New Year (James Nusser) (unknown file size)
  192. Doc's Revenge (11.4Mb)
  193. How to Cure a Friend (unknown file size)
  194. Romeo (unknown file size)
  195. Bureaucrat (unknown file size)
  196. Legal Revenge (unknown file size)
  197. Kitty's Outlaw (unknown file size)
  198. The New Hotel (unknown file size)
  199. Who Lives by the Sword (11.3Mb)
  200. The Hunter (unknown file size)
  201. Bringing Down Father (unknown file size)
  202. The Man Who Would Be Marshal (unknown file size)
  203. Hanging Man (unknown file size)
  204. How to Sell a Ranch (unknown file size)
  205. Widow's Mite (unknown file size)
  206. The Executioner (unknown file size)
  207. Indian Crazy (11.4Mb)
  208. Doc's Reward (11.2Mb)
  209. The Photographer (11.3Mb)
  210. Cows and Cribs (Jeanette Nolan) (unknown file size)
  211. Buffalo Man (11.4Mb)
  212. Man Hunter (unknown file size)
  213. The Pacifist (11.4Mb)
  214. Daddy-O (John McIntire) (11.4Mb)
  215. Cheap Labor (unknown file size)
  216. Sunday Supplement (11.4Mb)
  217. Gun for Chester (unknown file size)
  218. Passive Resistance (unknown file size)
  219. Letter of the Law (Joseph Kearns) (unknown file size)
  220. Lynching Man (unknown file size)
  221. Lost Rifle (unknown file size)
  222. Sweet and Sour (Harry Bartell) (11.4Mb)
  223. Snakebite (unknown file size)
  224. Annie Oakley (unknown file size)
  225. No Sale (11.4Mb)
  226. Old Pal (unknown file size)
  227. Belle's Back (11.3Mb)
  228. Thick 'n' Thin (unknown file size)
  229. Box O' Rocks (unknown file size)
  230. The Brothers (different story than 52-09-06) (unknown file size)
  231. The Gambler (unknown file size)
  232. Gunshot Wound (unknown file size)
  233. 'Til Death Do Us (unknown file size)
  234. Dirty Bill's Girl (unknown file size)
  235. Crowbait Bob (Nov 4th broadcast preempted) (unknown file size)
  236. Pretty Mama (unknown file size)
  237. Brother Whelp (11.4Mb)
  238. Tail to the Wind (11.4Mb)
  239. Speak to Me Fair (unknown file size)
  240. Braggart's Boy (unknown file size)
  241. Cherry Red (11.3Mb)
  242. Beeker's Barn (Ralph Moody) (unknown file size)
  243. Hound Dog (unknown file size)
  244. Devil's Hindmost (unknown file size)
  245. Ozymandias (unknown file size)
  246. Categorical Imperative (11.4Mb)
  247. Woman Called Mary (5.9Mb)
  248. Cold Fire (unknown file size)
  249. Hellbent Harriet (unknown file size)
  250. Doubtful Zone (unknown file size)
  251. Impact (unknown file size)
  252. Colleen So Green (unknown file size)
  253. Grebb Hassle (unknown file size)
  254. Spring Freshet (unknown file size)
  255. Spring Freshet (unknown file size)
  256. Saddle Sore Sal (11.4Mb)
  257. Chicken Smith (9.9Mb)
  258. Rock Bottom (unknown file size)
  259. Saludos (unknown file size)
  260. Bear Trap (unknown file size)
  261. Medicine Man (unknown file size)
  262. How to Kill a Friend (reused script) (unknown file size)
  263. Sheep Dog (unknown file size)
  264. One Night Stand (unknown file size)
  265. Pal (unknown file size)
  266. Ben Tolliver's Stud (Les Crutchfield)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  267. Dodge Podge (unknown file size)
  268. Summer Night (unknown file size)
  269. Home Surgery (reused script) (unknown file size)
  270. The Buffalo Hunter (unknown file size)
  271. Word of Honor (reused script) (unknown file size)
  272. Bloody Hands (Long Branch)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  273. Kitty Caught (James Nusser)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  274. Kitty Caught (unknown file size)
  275. Cow Doctor (unknown file size)
  276. Big Hands (unknown file size)
  277. Jayhawkers (unknown file size)
  278. The Peace Officer (unknown file size)
  279. Grass (unknown file size)
  280. Jobe's Son (unknown file size)
  281. Looney McCluny (unknown file size)
  282. Child Labor (20.5Mb)
  283. Custer (22.8Mb)
  284. Another Man's Poison (unknown file size)
  285. The Rooks (8.9Mb)
  286. The Margin (unknown file size)
  287. Professor Lute Bone (reused script) (6.8Mb)
  288. Man and Boy (unknown file size)
  289. Bull (11.4Mb)
  290. Gun Shy (10.9Mb)
  291. The Queue (Ben Wright)(reused script) (5.5Mb)
  292. Odd Man Out (unknown file size)
  293. Jud's Woman (unknown file size)
  294. Long as I Live (7.2Mb)
  295. Ugly (unknown file size)
  296. Twelfth Night (December 22 broadcast pre-empted) (Virginia Gregg)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  297. Where'd They Go? (8.7Mb)
  298. Pucket's New Year (reused script) (unknown file size)
  299. Second Son (unknown file size)
  300. Moo Moo Raid (unknown file size)
  301. One for Lee (unknown file size)
  302. Kitty's Killing (unknown file size)
  303. The Joke's on Us (reused script) (unknown file size)
  304. Bruger's Folly (unknown file size)
  305. The Surgery (11.1Mb)
  306. The Guitar (reused script) (unknown file size)
  307. Laughing Gas (unknown file size)
  308. Real Sent Sonny (unknown file size)
  309. Indian (unknown file size)
  310. Why Not (unknown file size)
  311. Yorky (reused script) (unknown file size)
  312. Livvie's Loss (10.7Mb)
  313. The Partners (unknown file size)
  314. The Squaw (unknown file size)
  315. How to Die for Nothing (May 4th broadcast preempted)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  316. Little Bird (unknown file size)
  317. The Stallion (unknown file size)
  318. Blue Horse (unknown file size)
  319. Hot Horse Hyatt (unknown file size)
  320. Old Flame (unknown file size)
  321. Target (12Mb)
  322. What the Whiskey Drummer Heard (James Nusser)(reused script) (5.8Mb)
  323. Chester's Choice (unknown file size)
  324. The Proving Kid (9.5Mb)
  325. Marshal Proudfoot (unknown file size)
  326. The Cast (reused script) (5.6Mb)
  327. Miguel's Daughter (unknown file size)
  328. A House Ain't a Home (11.4Mb)
  329. The Piano (unknown file size)
  330. The Blacksmith (Barney Phillips)(reused script) (5.7Mb)
  331. I Thee Wed (unknown file size)
  332. Tried It - Didn't Like It (unknown file size)
  333. False Witness (9.2Mb)
  334. Big Girl Lost (reused script) (unknown file size)
  335. Kitty's Rebellion (unknown file size)
  336. Tag, You're It (unknown file size)
  337. Doc's Showdown (9Mb)
  338. Kick Me (reused script) (unknown file size)
  339. The Tragedian (unknown file size)
  340. Old Man's Gold (unknown file size)
  341. Target - Chester (unknown file size)
  342. Brush at Elkader (James Westerfield)(reused script) (4.6Mb)
  343. The Correspondent (unknown file size)
  344. Burning Wagon (unknown file size)
  345. The Grass Asp (unknown file size)
  346. Kitty's Injury (unknown file size)
  347. Where'd They Go? (reused script) (5Mb)
  348. The Choice (reused script) (unknown file size)
  349. The Coward (Joseph Kearns)(reused script) (5.3Mb)
  350. The Wolfer (unknown file size)
  351. Kangaroo (unknown file size)
  352. The Boots (13.3Mb)
  353. The Bobsy Twins (unknown file size)
  354. Groat's Grudge (unknown file size)
  355. Body Snatch (unknown file size)
  356. Sarah's Search (11.2Mb)
  357. Big Tom (unknown file size)
  358. Maw Hawkins (unknown file size)
  359. Incident at Indian Ford (unknown file size)
  360. The Trial (Joseph Kearns)(reused script) (10.8Mb)
  361. Laurie's Suitor (unknown file size)
  362. Trapper's Revenge (5.4Mb)
  363. Chester's Mistake (11.2Mb)
  364. Third Son (unknown file size)
  365. The Badge (unknown file size)
  366. Unwanted Deputy (unknown file size)
  367. Dowager's Visit (unknown file size)
  368. Scared Boy (20.8Mb)
  369. Wagon Show (unknown file size)
  370. The Deserter (12.1Mb)
  371. Doc's Indians (unknown file size)
  372. Kitty's Kidnap (8.4Mb)
  373. Carmen (reused script) (unknown file size)
  374. Jailbait Janet (reused script) (unknown file size)
  375. Emma's Departure (unknown file size)
  376. Friend's Payoff (unknown file size)
  377. Second Arrest (11.8Mb)
  378. Old Beller (unknown file size)
  379. Ball Nine, Take Your Base (unknown file size)
  380. Mavis McCloud (Barbara Eiler)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  381. Pokey Pete (unknown file size)
  382. The Reed Survives (Lynn Allen)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  383. Shooting Stopover (unknown file size)
  384. Matt's Decision (5.7Mb)
  385. Johnny Red (Helen Kleeb)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  386. Gentlemen's Disagreement (reused script) (11.3Mb)
  387. Personal Justice (unknown file size)
  388. Hinka-Do (reused script) (unknown file size)
  389. Kitty's Quandary (unknown file size)
  390. The Mortgage (reused script) (unknown file size)
  391. Old Gunfighter (unknown file size)
  392. Westbound (reused script) (unknown file size)
  393. Cavalcade (reused script) (unknown file size)
  394. The Square Triangle (reused script) (unknown file size)
  395. Paid Killer (reused script) (10.9Mb)
  396. Hard Lesson (11.8Mb)
  397. Big Chugg Wilson (unknown file size)
  398. Don Mateo (unknown file size)
  399. Beeker's Barn (Joseph Kearns)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  400. Pucket's New Year (reused script) (unknown file size)
  401. Trojan War (reused script) (unknown file size)
  402. Luke's Law (unknown file size)
  403. Fiery Arrest (unknown file size)
  404. Bless Me Till I Die (unknown file size)
  405. Chester's Dilemma (unknown file size)
  406. Delia's Father (10.8Mb)
  407. Distant Drummer (unknown file size)
  408. Mr and Mrs Amber (Virginia Gregg)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  409. Prescribed Killing (unknown file size)
  410. Blood Money (John Dehner)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  411. Unloaded Gun (unknown file size)
  412. The Constable (Barlett Robinson)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  413. Indian Baby (unknown file size)
  414. Greater Love (Vic Perrin)(reused script) (5.7Mb)
  415. Dave's Lesson (unknown file size)
  416. Solomon River (unknown file size)
  417. Stage Snatch (unknown file size)
  418. Nettie Sitton (unknown file size)
  419. Wrong Man (unknown file size)
  420. Tall Trapper (unknown file size)
  421. Bad Seed (unknown file size)
  422. Fabulous Silver Extender (unknown file size)
  423. Kitty Accused (unknown file size)
  424. Line Trouble (unknown file size)
  425. Little Girl (unknown file size)
  426. Reluctant Violence (unknown file size)
  427. Busted Up Guns (10.8Mb)
  428. The Impostor (unknown file size)
  429. Stage Smash (unknown file size)
  430. Old Fool (unknown file size)
  431. The Noose (unknown file size)
  432. Dangerous Bath (unknown file size)
  433. The Tumbleweed (unknown file size)
  434. The Peace Officier (unknown file size)
  435. About Chester (unknown file size)
  436. Two Mothers (13.7Mb)
  437. Doc Judge (unknown file size)
  438. The Big Itch (unknown file size)
  439. Born to Hang (unknown file size)
  440. Crack-Up (unknown file size)
  441. Newsma'am (unknown file size)
  442. Never Pester Chester (unknown file size)
  443. Jedro's Woman (unknown file size)
  444. The Big Con (unknown file size)
  445. The Professor (unknown file size)
  446. Dirt (unknown file size)
  447. Kitty's Good Neighboring (unknown file size)
  448. The Cook (unknown file size)
  449. Hero's Departure (unknown file size)
  450. Minnie (unknown file size)
  451. Spring Term (unknown file size)
  452. Old Faces (unknown file size)
  453. The Wake (unknown file size)
  454. Hard Virtue (unknown file size)
  455. Harriet (unknown file size)
  456. Love of Money (unknown file size)
  457. Daddy-O (John Dehner)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  458. Kitty Love (unknown file size)
  459. Joe Sleet (unknown file size)
  460. Melinda Miles (unknown file size)
  461. Sweet and Sour (9.2Mb)
  462. Joe Phy (unknown file size)
  463. No Indians (unknown file size)
  464. Chester's Inheritance (unknown file size)
  465. Hangman's Mistake (unknown file size)
  466. Cooter (unknown file size)
  467. Father and Son (unknown file size)
  468. Ex-Urbanites (unknown file size)
  469. Ma's Justice (10.9Mb)
  470. The Lady Killer (unknown file size)
  471. Chester's Rendezvous (unknown file size)
  472. The Sod-Buster (unknown file size)
  473. Cows and Cribs (Anne Morrison)(reused script) (unknown file size)
  474. Doc's Visitor (unknown file size)
  475. Letter of the Law (Vic Perrin)(reused script) (unknown file size)

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