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August 9, 2025 • 23 mins
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 1952 to 1961 and is widely considered one of the greatest western series ever produced for radio or television. It was gritty, featuring tough and sometimes very violent subject matter. Gunsmoke is a treasured classic that left a permanent mark of the history of radio and westerns.

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there
is just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers.
And that's where the US Marshall and The Smell of
Guns Smoke Guns, starring William Conrad. The story of the

(00:43):
violence that moved west with the young American and the
story of a man who moved with him.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshall, the first
man they look for and the less they want to meet.
It's a chancey job, and it makes a man worse
and a little lone man.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
M I was.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
Every morning was as quiet as Sunday.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, it's peaceful alright, kitty, But I'm not sure I
like it. Why I used to dodge team in with ranchers,
mule skinners or trailer hurders. It isn't the natural that's quiet.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
Oh, even Front Street needs the rest once.

Speaker 5 (01:27):
In the morning.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
No, it gets one every Sunday morning. No, here's so much.

Speaker 5 (01:34):
Not a soul.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
No, Joe's probably out in the kitchen here. You'd think
somebody else would be having breakfast beside us. There's a
lot of hangovers being nursed this morning. Kitty, it's still early. Hey, Joe.

Speaker 5 (01:48):
Uh, you think just and Doc would be back tomorrow?

Speaker 4 (01:51):
That should be then almost a week?

Speaker 3 (01:54):
Did it takeing them so long?

Speaker 2 (01:55):
The doc was gonna stay three days to be sure
his patient would be alright after the operation. M and
his father the Hate City and a buggy that is
on horseback. Eh, eh, morning, Marshall, there will beat had
a big pot of coffee to begin with.

Speaker 5 (02:11):
Eh.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Well, I'm gonna have a stage.

Speaker 5 (02:13):
You can put it on now, you world, you make
that to wish.

Speaker 4 (02:17):
M Wonder what they're doing right now?

Speaker 5 (02:20):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Chester and doctor? Yeah, Well, if they left yesterday and
spent the night on the prairie, they're probably breaking up
camp and loading the buggy for the day's ride about now, when.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
You can bet the doc is complaining about the coffee
Chester made this morning.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
I just hope they remember to pick up enough food
in the Hate City to last them through the trip.

Speaker 5 (02:54):
Hey, doctor, there's a water hole.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Over there for then freeze.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
Oh you got your fool bag of water right here?
My goodness, No wonder, mister Ben made me come along
with you. You wouldn't never survive this trip alone, miss
Waters for us, not the horse and that the beast,
the marriage two means is over great and mean or not,
you've gotta have water dog and mine too, tied on
back like you is.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
He's been eating dusk all morning.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
Now let's head for that water hole.

Speaker 5 (03:20):
Oh all right, and you're fussworsing over me. He's just day,
just one more day, you'll be back and die.

Speaker 3 (03:30):
And don't think I ain't looking forward to it. Dog
buggy all alumni.

Speaker 5 (03:37):
Over there?

Speaker 3 (03:39):
A rifle shot knock. Somebody's out hunting that dog.

Speaker 5 (03:43):
It was not a soul's hot maland think expecting.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
To be out running around with the flag tied onto.

Speaker 5 (03:48):
Him his house. I came from those trees over that.

Speaker 3 (03:51):
You're gonna worry about every gunshot you're here. It's just
come buffalo hunted.

Speaker 5 (03:58):
Poor.

Speaker 3 (03:59):
Oh there's waterhole, Tora ain't money to look.

Speaker 5 (04:03):
Chester over there? Somebody's horse.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
Oh, I declare I'd take along to a wolfer.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Right, a wolfer.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
He traps and poisoned wolves.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
Oh? Where is he over ever?

Speaker 4 (04:17):
Morenc? I don't know.

Speaker 5 (04:20):
Why heaven? Come on? Chester on? Now? Why just keep
me cause a man riding into that tree or she
just to look down right? Do that? Come on.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
Andcludes dunc what happened to him?

Speaker 5 (04:48):
He's been shot?

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (04:50):
You out here, I'll rover her. Uh I got partners,
but he ain't here. Now what happened? I dropped my
rifle and it went off. It caught me.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
Can you do anything for him?

Speaker 5 (05:04):
Doctor? I can try. This is a terrible place to operate.
But get a fire side, Chester. I'll get my bag
out of the banky Okay, I'll get a blank or two. Chester,
What come back? Somebody's riding in you a wolf for too? Kay? Hello?

Speaker 4 (05:35):
It's the matter with him?

Speaker 3 (05:36):
He had act dan, he said, I thought I heard
he shot.

Speaker 5 (05:40):
He his partner, one of 'em. Well, he's hurt bad,
and I'm a doctor and I'll do what I can.

Speaker 4 (05:47):
I'm Jesse turnbowl that there's an age Gilly, some partners
with him and his brother.

Speaker 5 (05:53):
His brother. Where's he at? I don't know. I'll tell
you something, Doc.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
You better leave an age alone.

Speaker 4 (06:01):
Leave him by that so well?

Speaker 5 (06:02):
Now look sure he got hisself in. It is just
leaving him. Be well, boy, here, where are you going
this year? I'll let him go, chesseay. He wouldn't be
of any use anyway, and the sure I would hate
to have him for a partner. You are to be
shot to mind him.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
We've got work to do.

Speaker 5 (06:34):
What's she going to do? Doc? And I get that bullet?

Speaker 4 (06:37):
Dogs as soon as the water is hot, I mean,
Chesty gets back to here to give me your hand.

Speaker 2 (06:43):
Where is he at?

Speaker 5 (06:45):
We took the horses over to the other side of
the water. Alright, who could that be? H? There's my partners.
You had doctor fella at him? Pitt any objections?

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Well, nage, I suppose you told him all about me.

Speaker 5 (07:10):
I too him.

Speaker 4 (07:15):
Nay, here's my brother, Doc, I'm Pitt Gilley.

Speaker 5 (07:18):
Oh that's fine now, but just let me get to work.
Maybe I can save his life.

Speaker 1 (07:21):
You don't need no help.

Speaker 5 (07:22):
But this man's dying. He's my brother, ain't he. He's
fool enough to get herself into this. I say, let
him get herself out.

Speaker 4 (07:28):
You listen to the os you'd have to kill him, Pitt.
I guess you're right these gill Let's take care of ourselves.

Speaker 5 (07:34):
Doc, put that knife down only.

Speaker 4 (07:36):
Right there minute, I plum forgot about him. Pitt, drop
that knife where I put a bullet in your belly.

Speaker 2 (07:45):
You always was the biggest fool I ever seen. Jesse.

Speaker 5 (07:49):
Go on, get on the horse and right out of here.
We'll look you one day and don't you come back here.
And that's a good work.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
Chester and the honor strew animals i've ever saw.

Speaker 5 (08:10):
And there's strange or come on, Chester, and I need
your help, all right, don.

Speaker 3 (08:25):
I didn't want I didn't know if they'd try something
like that.

Speaker 5 (08:29):
Well, it's like they're gone for now. Dark what he wants? Dark?
He hits you. Yeah, he's bad, bad enough. The books
person out, He chup the buggy. Yeh no, chest Uh.
I couldn't sit in that buggy and ah what's less

(08:51):
all the way the dogs children should But you go
bring back away at home.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
I can't need get here.

Speaker 4 (08:58):
You have Dark, that pit Guillot, he ain't through.

Speaker 5 (09:00):
He'll be back here for sure, and then they'll cure you.

Speaker 3 (09:03):
Maybe, But I ain't leaving him. And he would be
telling me what to do, and I'll do it.

Speaker 5 (09:07):
Doctor, Doc help me.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
Doc can't help you know nobody else right now?

Speaker 5 (09:10):
Average that poor brother you ever seen to that. I
can't last forever this way, neither can Dark.

Speaker 4 (09:16):
And I always lay back.

Speaker 5 (09:17):
I'll take care of you in time, Doc, Doc, I
c I got a uh uh zeroim Chester. But he's
he's dead.

Speaker 3 (09:38):
Guess we can't do nothing for him now, poor fella
or doc, tell me what I'm supposed to do to
get that bullet out of you?

Speaker 5 (09:50):
First Spring Chestice, but get some whisky out of the buggy.
You better. I have something too. I didn't k you're
gonna need it before you're through, old man. I'll make
our sister. I will thank you for what you're gonna
have to do.

Speaker 3 (10:08):
Now, doctor, you're gonna be alright. You're gonna be alright.

Speaker 5 (10:33):
He go do a thank you, Yes, sir, I needed that.

Speaker 3 (10:44):
I dug me a hole with that cussing mud pedaler
out there, and water come up clear and fine.

Speaker 5 (10:48):
He feeling dark.

Speaker 3 (10:50):
The seevers pretty high, and he was kind of restless
last night.

Speaker 5 (10:57):
I don't remember too much of it's uh, it's feels
that feels like he does without board out with a shovel.
Test want dark.

Speaker 3 (11:08):
I'm try, but I I had done just like you said.
I know it musta hurt you something awful. You passed
clean out, But you will get your drink back now.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
I'll see you get back to Dodge.

Speaker 5 (11:18):
I can't get my strengths back without some food.

Speaker 3 (11:22):
Why I can't go hunting for no me anything. Ain't
no telling him that that Gillet's gonna try something him
and his back partner.

Speaker 5 (11:29):
But at least he can't see the ages.

Speaker 3 (11:30):
Dead, not for my distance anyway. I drug him off
into the brush and carried him up with rocks.

Speaker 5 (11:36):
Just uh, why I won't choose to get out of here.
I may not live anyway with no use you sitting
there awaiting to get shot by those two.

Speaker 3 (11:48):
I understand, and I understand, but you're wasting your breath.

Speaker 5 (11:53):
I was afraid, doctor.

Speaker 3 (11:56):
I think I've seen the animal beyond them trees. I'm
going over there now, I mean a fire shot or two.
But don't you fret, and I'll be back directly.

Speaker 5 (12:22):
Got some good soup here before you bark. Soup best
you ever at? Well? Uh, how'd you ever make soup? Well?
I started out with a hunked out old renegade stairs.

Speaker 3 (12:33):
I seen them trees out there. I got some more
of them, most on fire too. I just chunked a
piece in this part, boiled it up good. Then I
put in some sheep sail and wild onions to kindly
flavored a little too. Uh, the kind just hon you
help you.

Speaker 5 (12:53):
Cool.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
Now, that ain't so bad, is it. That's what you've
been meaning. It'll give me strength, that sure strong taste waiting.
What's the matter, Well, I just wanna keep a good lookout, Doc.

Speaker 5 (13:10):
You're still worried about Pip Gillet.

Speaker 3 (13:13):
Oh no, no, no, not really, and I ain't.

Speaker 5 (13:15):
I'm just being careful. You know that he'll be back
as well as I. Well, don't you fret.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
About it, Doc, he does come back, your right snug
in here with.

Speaker 5 (13:23):
This barricade that got built up by you. I know
what about you? Well? Uh, hiding the grass out there,
He won't never see me to start shooting. You won't.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
Yeah, But but they don't have the drop on him.

Speaker 5 (13:34):
There's two of 'em.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
Just well I got more than one, bully.

Speaker 5 (13:37):
Well, you could ride for help. Uh, I'll be alright here.

Speaker 4 (13:41):
He'd killy shore.

Speaker 5 (13:42):
And I ain't leaving you, Doc, even though it may
cost you your lire. No, my life wouldn't be worth.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
Much to me if if I was to leave sh
with some somebody's coming out layload, Doc.

Speaker 4 (14:00):
Said, Jesse turned to go duck.

Speaker 3 (14:01):
He's riding in with a white flag in his hand.

Speaker 5 (14:04):
You just keep still, I'll take care of him.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
You, I get down.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
What are you doing here?

Speaker 4 (14:15):
It Gillet sent me? Where's he back there in camp?

Speaker 2 (14:21):
Alright, get down? Where's the doc?

Speaker 3 (14:28):
But it gill It send you poor?

Speaker 2 (14:31):
I see you've got him over there behind him rock
it keeps.

Speaker 3 (14:34):
The wolves off him and the wool first too.

Speaker 4 (14:37):
Where's Age? It wants to know how he is. I
don't even see him. If he's all right, I put.

Speaker 3 (14:43):
Him out there in the brush where he can sleep good.
But I don't think that's why you're here.

Speaker 4 (14:48):
Well, course it is.

Speaker 5 (14:50):
What else should I be doing?

Speaker 3 (14:52):
Take that knife out their belt and drop it on
the ground. Now I come here in peace, and now
I mind that over there, start walking and shut up
if you don't want a bullet in you, right, that's.

Speaker 5 (15:10):
Far enough gnawed down on your back.

Speaker 2 (15:14):
But little do it?

Speaker 3 (15:21):
God, Jesse, you was lying that was put out there.

Speaker 5 (15:24):
I remind to kill you right here.

Speaker 4 (15:26):
No, he made me do it, honest.

Speaker 5 (15:28):
I didn't want you was just a decoy, huh so
he could sneak in and shoot me in the back.

Speaker 1 (15:33):
I wouldn't have let him.

Speaker 5 (15:34):
I'd have hollered or something, sure you would.

Speaker 3 (15:37):
It wasn't for Doc warning he would bull be dead
or a mighty fat piece of bait, Jesse, But you
smell rotten. I'm gonna tell you up.

Speaker 5 (15:45):
You will never get a little sleep.

Speaker 4 (15:47):
You can't take it out on me what pitt Gillet
might do.

Speaker 3 (15:50):
If he comes sneaking in here to night.

Speaker 5 (15:51):
Our bully's head off, and if you don't quit winding
our club yours off? Uh that's and uh there there's

(16:15):
a lot more, Doc, h has some lady You sure
that doesn't bear meat that you're putting in? Sup?

Speaker 3 (16:23):
Ain't no beds around here, Doc? If hever's downtown?

Speaker 5 (16:26):
Mean yes's boat last night? H Chester, you haven't had
a wink of sleep for two days. Keep me from
getting back up, and it keeps me from getting killed.
But this kid, go on, what's the matter?

Speaker 3 (16:42):
Well, I don't like happening here. Just waiting for that
Pitt Gillett to come busting out of the brush. It's
a poor way to guard this camp.

Speaker 5 (16:48):
Well, oh else you gonna do? Well?

Speaker 3 (16:50):
I got a circle of glo wherever so often, Doc,
out there where I can see off the back correctly.

Speaker 5 (17:01):
Well, Jesse, you ain't singing very loud this morning.

Speaker 4 (17:04):
I'm hungry.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
I gave you a piece of meat that was more
than you deserved.

Speaker 4 (17:08):
That was terrible me. Where'd you get it? Anyway?

Speaker 3 (17:11):
I wouldn't complain if I you it might just be
the last meating you ever eat.

Speaker 4 (17:15):
You gonna keep me tied up like this forever.

Speaker 3 (17:18):
I can make you good and comfortable.

Speaker 5 (17:20):
Jesse, Timin and alright, alright? What these cut up?

Speaker 3 (17:27):
When you've seen your partner Bobby head up over that
nod yonder bit. Yeah, I'm gonna call over there, Jesse,
And if you make one sound, I'll turn around and blow.

Speaker 5 (17:37):
You into I W I won't do it.

Speaker 3 (17:38):
Just remember what I said.

Speaker 5 (17:54):
Your color jelly, drop.

Speaker 4 (17:55):
That right, I'll drop it now.

Speaker 5 (18:09):
You got me? You got me good? You're on fault.

Speaker 4 (18:14):
My brother legeh, you'll like this?

Speaker 5 (18:19):
Why made.

Speaker 3 (18:22):
Hm Neige's dad Gillis? He died soon after you shot doctor.

Speaker 5 (18:27):
Dead? Uh? Huh?

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yeah you kill him, you kill fit?

Speaker 5 (18:41):
Yeh, he's dead? Uh? What you gonna do to me now?

Speaker 3 (18:48):
I'm gonna cut you loose, but you move around little?

Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yeah? Say Chester?

Speaker 3 (18:55):
That would be if iris You're gonna do some talking.

Speaker 5 (18:58):
I don't understand it.

Speaker 3 (18:59):
Gonna take your time, Jesse.

Speaker 4 (19:01):
Was it something about age and Pitt.

Speaker 3 (19:04):
You wanna know only when you were ready to tell me.

Speaker 5 (19:07):
Jesse R.

Speaker 4 (19:09):
Yesse it don't matter now. Nate didn't shoot herself by accident.
I know that when I first rode in here, Fit
shot him, so that's it. He had a argument. Fit
told me about him later he shot him, and then
he seen you all come, and he left thought in

(19:30):
Age was dead till you had and told him he wasn't. Yeah,
and he was afraid and Aged talk.

Speaker 3 (19:36):
What about you, Jesse Pitt wanted be in Doc dead too,
and you was doing your best to help him.

Speaker 5 (19:41):
Now why I don't know.

Speaker 3 (19:43):
He was partners even when it come to murdering people.

Speaker 4 (19:46):
He was my partner's chester. I don't know nobody else
out here.

Speaker 3 (19:51):
That thing the dunnest food excuse.

Speaker 1 (19:53):
I ever heard in my whole life.

Speaker 4 (19:55):
I told you everything.

Speaker 3 (19:58):
You promised to cut me loose, all right, but just
long enough for you to stretch.

Speaker 5 (20:03):
Your legs and then well I declare why that wasn't matter.

Speaker 1 (20:10):
It's joy, mister Dolan over here.

Speaker 2 (20:14):
But you done, master.

Speaker 5 (20:17):
I'm sure I am glad to see you.

Speaker 2 (20:22):
Been looking for you for two days. What happened?

Speaker 3 (20:25):
Well, we run in some arm near roofers, and Doc
got sharp.

Speaker 4 (20:28):
Huh, answered me.

Speaker 3 (20:29):
He's doing just fine.

Speaker 5 (20:30):
Now he's right over yond here.

Speaker 2 (20:32):
Is that you got tied up?

Speaker 4 (20:34):
He's won the woofers.

Speaker 5 (20:35):
There was two more, but they're dead.

Speaker 3 (20:37):
Now it's a long story.

Speaker 5 (20:38):
I'll tell you all about it later.

Speaker 3 (20:40):
Not right over there behind that barricade.

Speaker 5 (20:42):
I'll be dark. Hey, Doc, Hey, Doc, I got a
surprise for you. Look who's here? Look Docky, he got worried.

Speaker 3 (20:49):
I'm looking for us.

Speaker 5 (20:51):
Do well matter, I'm sure glad to see you.

Speaker 2 (20:55):
I hear you run into a little trouble, I should
call it. He looked mighty comfortable to the test. Have
been feeding you good?

Speaker 5 (21:01):
Uh uh? That's for the worst part of it. Matter
this way, it takes the meat he's been used. Huh.

Speaker 2 (21:07):
Or do you find any meade around here?

Speaker 5 (21:09):
Just ooh, it was easy, it's uh.

Speaker 1 (21:13):
But don't worry about that Wolfer.

Speaker 3 (21:16):
You think it's worth the trouble at jailing him?

Speaker 2 (21:19):
He's your prisoner, Chester, I'll leave that to you. Well,
now there's two of us here.

Speaker 3 (21:23):
I think i'll just run him on.

Speaker 2 (21:25):
Good idea, Colin's gonna be before we can get you
on the dodge and not buggy.

Speaker 5 (21:30):
Oh tell you so many matter here to drive a
little slow and we'll just camp here for a while,
uh Chris dunt.

Speaker 3 (21:39):
Or when the time comes, I'll buy the buggy.

Speaker 5 (21:44):
Okay, why not? Well cause you see it'll be my
horse who will have hits to it. Oh you know it? Well,
what's the matter of my horse? Means that beasts the house?

Speaker 3 (21:56):
I'll tell you about your horse, adding.

Speaker 5 (22:06):
So that Chester, I'll never trust you, so help me,
not as long as I as long as you what
those I live Mada thanks to Chester.

Speaker 1 (22:45):
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