Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock"
Death At Sunset Trail (Aired March 14, 1952)
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Wild Bill Hickock (Hickok) was a real life Civil War soldier, sharpshooter, gunfighter and lawman of the Old West. He was an adventurer who had many brushes with death, but they were greatly exaggerated by the stories told about him in various media. His fame lives on, not so much for his real life tales, but because he was the first dime novel hero, he appears in various movies, television shows, and this old time radio program. His tale comes to a sad, yet iconoclastic end. He was killed while playing a round of poker. His hand was aces and eights. For those who know poker, that’s known as the ‘Dead Man’s Hand.’ Wild Bill started on the radio in 1951 as a kids western show. It emphasized the tracking down the bad guys and fighting for the law rather than the shootin, poker playin, rough and tumble Civil War vet, who lies about his life to get good publicity aspects of Wild Bill’s life. The show is in the tradition of the Lone Ranger and the Cisco Kid. Guy Madison starred as Bill with Andy Devine as his sidekick, Jingles.
THIS EPISODE:
March 14, 1952. Program #61. Mutual network. "Death At Sunset Trail". Sponsored by: Kellogg's Pep (aerodoodle racket/beanie premiums). Big Ben Bogart has cheated eight people with a phoney land scheme, and is about to cheat the ninth, unless Wild Bill and Jingles act fast. The system cue is added live. Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Charles Lyon (announcer), Richard Aurandt (music), David Hire (producer), Paul Pierce (director), Larry Hayes, Ken Christy, Frederick Shields, Howard McNear. 25:23. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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