Hopalong Cassidy: “The Coltsville Terror”, first broadcast on January 15, 1950. Old-time radio western.

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Hopalong Cassidy, foreman of the Bar-20 Ranch, rides to Judge Marlin's spread in Arizona after the judge asks for help with trouble on his land. Cassidy, Johnny and California find the judge's cattle vanishing along a trail that ends at a waterfall. Cassidy and his companions follow the herd's tracks and find a hidden canyon behind the falls, where the stolen cattle are kept. The series, this broadcast's original air date of August 11, 1941, and its lead actors are not stated in the transcript, so they are omitted here.

With Hopalong Cassidy, Johnny Nelson, California, Buck Peters, Judge Marlin, Myra Marlin, Dan Marlin, Clark Crandall.

Listen for: Cassidy and his companions finding the hidden canyon behind the waterfall, and the tunnel escape

First aired on August 11, 1941.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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Hopalong Cassidy and California Jones arrive in the mining town of Indian Spring after a forged letter, apparently from prospector Kit Kirby, asks Hoppy for help. Kirby and his partner Joe struck gold in the mountains, and Joe was later shot on the trail. Hoppy finds the town gripped by fear, a shooting in the saloon has left Luke Barry dead, and the gold strike seems tied to a string of attacks and a stolen assay report. The episode is part of the Hopalong Cassidy radio series, starring William Boyd and Andy Clyde.

With Hopalong Cassidy, California Jones, Kit Kirby, Sally Kirby, Luke Barry, Doc Sheldon, Jerry, Joe.

Listen for: The poker-table scene where Hoppy reconstructs the shooting in the saloon, and the gold strike as the story's central mystery.

First aired on January 1, 1950.

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Hopalong Cassidy and his sidekick California Carson arrive at the desert town of Eagle Nest seeking a quiet place to settle down. Instead they find reward posters everywhere and are soon held at gunpoint and turned over to a self-appointed sheriff, Mr. Billington. Billington's daughter Martha expresses worry about her father, who is absorbed in a rain-making machine on the mountain. Hopalong, suspicious of the posters and the shooting near the trail, starts to investigate the mountain, where dynamite has been stacked. This is the Hopalong Cassidy series, first broadcast on January 8, 1950, starring William Boyd.

With Hopalong Cassidy, California Carson, Mr. Billington, Martha Billington, Mr. Wetzel, Mr. Bloom, Brit Jessup, Slim.

Listen for: The reward posters, the shots fired near the trail, and Hopalong's growing suspicion of Billington and Wetzel.

First aired on January 8, 1950.

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