Unveiling Western Mysteries | GSMC Classics: Bobby Benson & The B Bar B Riders - Shadow of A Dead Man

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Episode Transcript

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Golden State Media Concepts presents the GSMCClassic Series with episodes of some of your
favorites from a Day gone By,a Time gone By. Join us as
we time travel to some of yourclassic favorites from yesteryear. The GSMC Podcast
Network invites you to sit back,relax, and enjoy the g s MC

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Classic Series on the Golden State MediaConcepts Podcast Network. The barb As Here

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they Come, the Writing, thewritten Podure, and the Modern Bobby and
the b bar bear rid mysterious adventurethe Shadow of a Dead Man. Our

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adventure for to day starts with anancient train rattling along toward the Big Ben
country of Texas. There are manypassengers on the train, but our only
interest is in one, a littleold man who sits all alone, listening
to the hum of the wheels.But to him they sing a very special
song. X Lace Icy Lacy,Lacey, Lacey Yurse. The drumming of

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the wheels brinds that name into theold man's ears like a hollow chance.
As the train rattles on tex masonsthe man he's crossed a continent to meet.
For a moment, his tired eyesnarrow at the thought, and then,
as the eerie shriek of the trainwhistles suddenly blasts into his ear,
a news thought is fading to it. Yes, Rider's death. Than the

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guys have a pleasant faced old manthat's on its way to the b Barby.
But on the ranch itself there isn'tthe slightest thinking of it. Instead,
the thoughts of all of our friendsare filled with just one subject,
the coming Christmas seat. Oh golly, sir, Christmas time great. No,
that's not fair, Bobby. Ifyou let your eyes go on to
shine, that's way you'll make thelights in our Christmas tree seem like nothing.

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Chris, I can't help it ifI'm excited. Oh shucks, Now
you just ignore hand a little Boston. Why there ain't a boy been born
yet? And don't get head upover the fall of Christmas presents? Why
didn't mean just the presence? Renny? I mean, well, way,
so shack anybody at some nice Iknow what you means. Done like well,

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like the Christmas season opens the doorand lets the good side of folks
shine out. Static. I justwish folks would like to see me on
here. Amen to that, Bobby. Well, if you ask me.
I still think the presence is thebest part of Christmas. But I'll tell
you one thing, little boss.You can never go to find where I
hit the present I got for you. Oh, I wouldn't want to find

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it when it's most fun to besurprised. Well, if you did go
looking for it, you'd still neverfind where I hit it. And just
what makes you so sure that,mister willis you want to know what makes
me so sure? Well, ifyou must know, it's because I forgot
where I hit it. Now Ican't find no laughing. This is a

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predictable on me. Well, ifI know you, and you blunder out
of your predicament as easily as you'veblundered it. And yeah, but Christmas
and no Christmas. We've still gotwork to do. John, How do
you like to ride down to thetous forty with me? We'll I do
some ten kay, Hey, I'mparticular run with doing good. Run alright
up to tell me Sorry, Sonny, didn't mean to frighten you. I

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was just about to knock when youopened the door. I'm looking for someone
fella named tex Mason, and that'swhy I'm here, Miss Mason. I
was told us. How you folksmight uh help me? Y? Are

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you really gonna write an article onChristmas on the ranch? Well, I'm
hoping to that is, if Ican find enough that's interesting. But what
might you tec to be barbee towrite about? Well, I thought it'd
be good human interest. You knowwhat was a boy here? In all?
I don't believe me. I'll bemighty obliged if you just let me
stay here a few days, missMason, and I'll be glad to pay

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whatever is your walled away message.I haven't told us your name. The
name I write under is Emerson J. Smith, but the most posts just
call me Smitty. Well, Smitty, we've a sort of prejudice here on
the ranch. We don't like tosee price tags hung on hospitality. You're
welcome to say, but only asa guest. Yes, but all right,

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I won't insist that's the way youwant it. It's the way.
And I suppose we see about gettingyour settled Harry Iris Matty, you'll be
staying with us over the holiday.So spose you see about picking up a
bunk for him? What? Sure? Thing? Quite along? Smitty?
Nice? Thanks againting this mission.I sure do appreciate this, glad help

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Oh gokay, seems like a knifeold saddle. Uh huh imagine now called
out to be on beat exciting text. Okay, hmm, sorry son,
FREDA didn't hear you, HOLLI text? What are you whirring about? Now?
Well, I'm not worrying. I'mnot exactly, I'm just a little

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skeptical about our friend Smtty's story.Oh, I'll never mind. Maddy's our
guests, we'll try to make himwelcome. At that very moment in the
bunk house where he lies stretched outon a cut strange old man is not

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concerned with his WelCom at the bbarb. His mind is on the path
on that day, almost ten yearsago, when he received the news that
has haunted and driven him ever since, the news of the manner of his
son's death. That's the story,mister Smith, your son and this sex
Mason was in a spot for onlyone of them could come out of it

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alive. Mason's the one that lives. Your son's the one that died.
Mason lives. Your son dies,Mason lives. No. At the last
I phoned to me, No,Now it's my turn. Shurry now,

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mister Smithy's being a writer like youare. I just knowed you'd be a
dying to hear some of my reminiscencesabout the old days in the way we
actually, Wendy Mayes Surry, Itell you I got a good memory that
well sucks. I can even rememberthings that never happened. I just know
I remember back in the old days. Wendy. What I've been trained to

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tell you is that I'm not interestedin writing about the old West. I'm
I'm more interested in the waste oftoday. You know. Well, now
that's just the way all of usmodern Westerners feel about. Now you take
me, for example, Wow,Wendy, hm hmm. Set for what

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mister Mason, Wait a minute,Wendy didn't yet tell him my goodness,
I a sort for good welcome invertext. And it got talking there and
what was yes, Wendy, Iknow, and what what is this all
about? Me? Soon? Allright, then, Wendy, And to
ask if you want to ride alongwith it? You see, this is

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the day that we get to playside a clause. Yeah. For some
Mexican families in the region, it'sgotten to be a custom on the ranch.
Many each here we got to getsome food and gifts and take them
down to him. We didn't know. I'm afraid they wouldn't have much of
her Christmas. And it solves yourown conscience. A Mason. Huh that's
a strange remark. Huh oh,sorry, mister Mason. I guess it

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did sound sort of funny. Butyou see, it's just this sort of
standing gag back home, nothing personalmention. You say you're ready to leave
now just about it's a few morethings. Load on the buck for well,
google right ahead. I'll be rightwith you. I wouldn't wish this

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for anything. No, sure,read not for anything. I cannot accept
in your basis already you have doneso much for my family. How can
we We won't even listen to theargument one Come on, boys, load

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him down. Too busy to timefor a present for your wife and to
make their food be a Christmas andyour Mason, how can we accept the
already we are in your death.You're not in death anyone one that may

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be Saint Nick, they be thankfor him in your bless you and me
was bless Shoot the merry Christmas toyou, all right, boys, at
the last call and head on.Don't you passed with that boot? Work?

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Help me getting the kind of materialyou wanted? Yeah, what do
you think of our Christmas? Isa big band? They have toot mit,
I'm impressed. But what's pretty?Oh? Nothing, nothing, irish?
I just d be. What's that? Oh? My gosh? A
little boss? He pits boss aboutboar He goes. He doesn't hurry,

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my boys, We're gonna get thebody and hurry. You are right,
I don't know yet. Body giveme him? Yeah, God, he

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is coming. True. You gota bad fall, I remember, now,
start acting up. We saw it. It must have been frightened by
something they were. I thought justbefore Phil it was a rabbit chick.

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He was over there on the taxright. God, that rapper was heading
straight for us. It was offset the strike. Why you shot its
head clean off? Don't go one, Smitty? Where'd you learn to shoot
like that? Yes, Smitty,I didn't even know you had a garden?

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I have had one a good manyyears, carried it for jest this
reason. I have been waiting forthe day I could kill a snake.
Huh, Golly, for sure.I brought it in the town up north
Mason. One you might know onhe had you the desert, the town,

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cold, cruel, flat, proflat. It's Smitty, Matty?
Wait, what do you mean bythat? Matty? He just rid off?
There I go. Should he beticked? What old that mean?
What's this about? Crow Flash nothingirish? Yeah, but you asked nothing

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crow classes town? Something happened thereonce? Well, I've almost forgotten whence
Many mentioned the name of the townand brought it back. Yes, I'd
rather have to talk about it,son, Just just forget it. Now,
let's head back to the ranch.Golly's some worried about Tick. That's

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been so strange ever since we droppedback. He's locked himself up in his
office like like a prisoner. It'sstrange, Joe eight. Since Smitty's action
made it clearer too, Smitty,have you seen him? Well? Sure,
didn't you know? He's right here. He was stretched out in his
cuts in the bunkhouse and we gotback. But he won't say so much
as a word. W Get iton me? Hey, first, come

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on, come on off of thecrowd. Is it when any trouble trouble
chucks? No? Why shouldn't therebe? Now, it's just that we're
gonna have ourselves. A song passed? Of what? A song passed?
You know it's getting dark, Sowe're all gonna build a so far and
set around us and sing a songpassed? Oh all right, I'm sorry.

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I should have known. I'm shuck. Sorry, everybody can't be as
clever as me. But come on, we're counting on you to start things
wrong, little boss. Oh golly, when the iceing not walk? Come
on, little boss his daughter?Please pretty please with pabasco on it.
Oh right way, welcome, letme sup it on his head? Wow,

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little boss? What about once you'regonna start us software? Can?
I? I don't know when youcome on, Bobby, there's nothing you
can do anyhow? Maybe a songof suit? Yes, hey, I
know, matter of fact, thereain't but one song start off Christmas party
with all about dangle back. Allright, so if you're joining me,
well why don't we're waiting to getfire? Wait, let's get it wrong

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there one more way, a littleboss. I'll bet you can even call

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calling back singing Bobby. Thanks.I I think I just saw someone hidden
from the Rench houster. But BobbyHorry, how about you man force?
You ain't got a molodorous voice likeme. How about doing this all you
go ahead and single lot going totext and make sure everything's okay. Come

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on, waste no time to getbaseball now, Come on? Wait's gonna
crack about this? Well? Wasjust happy, just gathering about the bomfire.

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Bobby Benson such a way and slowlymakes his way towards the flanny light
that flickers out. The texts arein his ears. He's mighty. It's
a strange thing of the happy Christmasspirits with an odd remonition of fear.
He can still hear irish singing.He makes his way to the door of
Texas Office, but with the openingof that door, he enters an entirely

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different world. Kay, oh God, and no noise. Straight. Wait,
I can't free down until I've donewhat I came here for. All
right, makes what about it?You were just about to answer me?
Is the story I heard true?What's he talking about? What story?

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Story of house? Smitty's son died? Had trice? My son? What
I gonna do with tx elation?You want to tell him? Metty heard
years ago his son and I wereout prospecting in the desert up near crow
Flash. We got a thousandth spotwhere we knew that only one of us

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could live. He heard that Igot out, I left his son die,
But it isn't true. Tell himit isn't taxed. That's what I'm
here to find out. It's takenme near ten years since. Then define
Mason. Now, I want toknow if the story is true, and

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if it is. If it is, Mason, I'm going to kill you.
You're gonna pay with your own lifefor that of my son. Lit
Mason, what about it? Doyou deny the story? Nob the story

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you've heard? It's true. Outby the corral of the b Barbies,
around the flickering campfire, gathered mostof our friends. They're singing. They're

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happy with that warm joy which comesonce each year at Christmas Eves. And
inside the ranch house, Bobby Bensonand his foreman text Mason faith death.
You admitted, Mason. You admittedUshmid's please, but tell the gun get
out of my way, Bobby.I don't want to hurt you, but
I'm not like to kill test Iwon't and he's gonna explain. What is

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there to explain? He admits thestory is true. He left my shun
to die. Must be a reasontake please, m Tex, please for
a moment, performan of free Bobbydoesn't, he said passively, almost disinterested.
Death stares him in the face,and then at last he begins the

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story. Actually there isn't much totell step a few details. It was
almost ten years ago. Sunday andI had been out on a prospecting trip.
We're both a pretty young not toomuch experience, so we got ourselves
into a spot, bad spot.We traveled a long way from civilization,

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way out into the desert. Bythe end of the fourth day, our
water was pretty low, but weweren't worried. We had a map showing
a water hole just ahead. Thirtyis sex, just like a map said
when you were worried, Come on, we're gonna text. It was empty

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and water holes when the map showedthat it was dying. But even then
it needn't have been too bad.We could have made it back, but
we didn't. We can't go backtext, not when we've come this far
and the next water hole is onlya day away. Let's head for a

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text. Come on be a sport. So we went on and taking the
chance. I was as much toblame as Dave. We went on and
on. Not one day, ittook two. By the time we reached
the waterhole, our emergency canteens werenear empty. We bothwarted our water.
That last day, we were nearlyout from exhaustion of the therey, but

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we reached it at last, reachedit and found no, it's empty two
texts it's empty too. For along time, the two of us got
at the edge of the dried upwater hole without saying a word. For
the first time, we knew whatwe faced. We knew what little chance

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a man had in the desert withoutwater, and we knew the water we
had left was not enough for two. Let's face it text. If we
go together, it only means we'llboth die. But if one of us
had all the water, he mightmake it out. Why should we both
die? And it wasn't a nicechoice, the life of one to pay

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for the life of the other.But the alternative was death for both.
And it's the only way out textthe toss of a coin in the morning,
the winter takes the water and strikesout one way. The loser tries
for the next water hole. Comeon, toss it text flip the coin.

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I took heads text well, whichis it? Which? We were
chill ICs? It was sales,I'd one. So he took the water

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and left my shun. He leftme smith during the night, he slipped
away. It's not I could dobut try to make my way out,
and I did. Gosh, youmean he he deliberately went off, knowing
he died, left you the waterand took off Sos. You couldn't stop

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him. He was a brave man. May you can be proud. He
was your son, a braver sonthan his father. He had the courage
to give his life so as youcould live. And me all I could
think of was my own loss andhow I could get even. I can't

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blame him, I can. Iwas a fool come here to kill you.
I just just thankful I was stoppedin time. I excuse me him?
Will you make some didn't kind ofsmoke here something in hearing it.

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I'd better get me outside. It'ssome fresher. Thanks. Thanks. Couldn't
she told him the story? ButGod, why didn't you tell him before?
Okay, why are you looking atme that way? The story was
true, wasn't it? No?It don but you did run Dion' yes,

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that part was true, and Davedid take off during the night,
but you see he took the waterwith him. I mean she did,
done you That's why I didn't tellthe old man before he sn I managed
to find my way out of thedesert some well, even without the water.
Dave didn't make it even with thewater. When I knew he was

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dead, I couldn't hurt the oldman, even Moore by letting him know
his son died at Cowards Nice goutywas worth a chance. Come on,
hit outside, seems to me Iheard some of the boys singing before Let's
join him. And so that's anotheradventure with the b Bobby writers, and

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don't forget you've been part of thefurther adventures of Bobby Benson and the Bobby
ventson comic book featured today Bobby Benson, Bob Hay, Wendy wales Don Not
Gilbert, Max Benton, Hay WestJunior, Frank Malano, and Harker.
Bobby Riders is produced by Herbert Rice, directed by Bob Novak, Christmas by
Jim Shean, original music compost andconducted by John Guard Special guitar effected by

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Tommy Luk. This is Jack theCarl Warren speaking and saying for the whole
GANGPI, Donny Benson, Thanks,Madon only, Wendy Wale and Harker,
Yes, the whole gang on theb Bobby wish you are very n right.

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