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Aired 1952 - 1961

“Around Dodge City, and into territory on west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a U.S. Marshal, and the smell of gunsmoke!”

“Gunsmoke!… starring William Conrad… the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man… Matt Dillon. United States marshal… the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet… it’s a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful… and a little lonely.”

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
N/A	brothers	+ "The Brothers". Jim and Will Thompson are in town to sell a herd of horses...or are they? Who ar...
06.11.1949	audition show 1	+This was an audition episode of Gunsmoke and starred Rye Billsbury as Marshall Mark Dillon in an ep...
07.13.1949	audition show 2	+This was an audition episode of Gunsmoke and starred Howard Culver as Marshall Mark Dillon in an ep...
04.26.1952	billy the kid	+ The first show of the series. A Dutchman draws a lynch mob after the whole town accuses him of mu...
05.10.1952	jalisco	+ "Jaliscoe Pete" and his three friends murder Will Thompson and his family and try to make it look...
05.24.1952	ben slades saloon	+ A series of murders of men who have been lucky while gambling leads Marshal Dillon to a most unus...
05.26.1952	billy the kid	+ "Billy The Kid". The first show of the series. A Dutchman draws a lynch mob after the whole town ...
05.31.1952	carmen	+ After the army payroll has been robbed, an army Major threatens to declare martial law in Dodge! C...
06.07.1952	buffalo hunters	+ An albino buffalo skin is the clue to the murder of two buffalo hunters, and their father. Part o...
06.14.1952	jailbait janet	+ Matt Dillon and Chester apprehend three people, a father and his young son and daughter, involved ...
07.05.1952	never pester chester	+ Two Texas cowboys drag Chester behind a horse for fun, almost killing him. Marshal Dillon brings i...
07.12.1952	boughten bride	+ The stage has been robbed of $50,000, and also Mr. Carter's fiance! When the girl is returned to ...
07.19.1952	doc holliday	+ Doc Holliday has come to Dodge to kill Big Jack Finley. But Big Jack's son, Thorne Finley, is the ...
07.26.1952	gentlemans disagreement	+ Ed Beaudry comes to Dodge to kill Bert Wells. A showdown seems inevitable, but Beaudry is found de...
08.02.1952	renegade white	+ Ord Spicer, who sells rifles to the Cheyenne, kills two cowboys with his new Sharps rifles. This ...
08.09.1952	the kentucky tolmans	+ The Tolmans from Kentucky include a good lookin' mountain gal, a drinking old father with a secret...
08.16.1952	the lynching	+ Marshal Dillon tries to get proof of the guilt of the leader of a lynch mob. Billy Saxton was hung...
08.23.1952	shakespeare	+ A good story about a crazed Shakespearean actor who commits murder during a Kansas heat wave. It ...
08.30.1952	the juniper tree	+ Jim Stanley, a slow thinking rancher, is framed by Mingo and accused of stealing from his gamblin...
09.06.1952	the brothers	+ Jim and Will Thompson are in town to sell a herd of horses...or are they? Who are the Thompson Bro...
09.13.1952	home surgery	+ Marshal Dillon is forced to amputate the leg of a settler on the prairie. The man's beautiful dau...
09.20.1952	drop dead	+ Greedy Mr. Howard won't let Jack Jackson water his herd during a Kansas drought. Matt Dillon, US M...
09.27.1952	the railroad	+ Libby Segar, an old widow, refuses to leave her land for the railroad right of way. Matt is forced...
N/A	second arrest
N/A	cyclone

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I never watched the TV show, but I am hooked on the OTR edition of "Gunsmoke." I have a special special interest in the program because I am a former Kansan and wonder if my ancestors lived like that, but they nor I didn't live near Dodge.

Scott

This is the Daddy of all Radio Shows...I have looked high and low for another one show as good, but can't find one...the only one i like is Tales of the Texas Rangers...Parley Baer was in a lot of the shows, he is also one of the best Voices in OTR, Six Shooter is good too, like many others ...But Gunsmoke, we will never Hear it's Like Again! - Peace + Love from a very cold Ireland...

Lee

Love this radio series

David

Still one of my favorite OTR shows

Mike

I always liked the radio version. Conrad was the best Matt Dillon.

Sherie

Conrad remained a star on TV, but I think hardly anyone younger than me (and I'm over 50) realize how awesome he was on radio.

John

There's a 1952 "Gunsmoke" Christmas episode listen to over and over ever year during the holidays.

Cathey

Gunsmoke - A Christmas Story .... still love it

Lesley

I like the radio show better than the TV version. And I think the William Conrad Matt was a little more caustic and sarcastic with Doc. He would sarcastically needle him over many things about his job as town doctor that I found amusing. I suppose on TV that would’ve come across as condescending and producers wanted Arness to be as likable as possible, whereas on radio it might’ve been a different audience.

Sabastian

Bill Conrad just had this way about him. From anyone ELSE, I believe the comments would've come across as downright rude (even/especially on radio). But, Conrad just came off as one of three things, depending on the comment... 1. Logically Hard Sort of a "Man's Man" attitude 2. Tongue-in-Cheek Insults as only friends make 3. Anger/Impatient Time for the smell of Gunsmoke Just my opinion, of course, but I've come to believe that ONLY Bill Conrad could've pulled these tones/comments off without turning off the fans towards the character.

Larry Roy

One of best is Howard McNear? He was on Gunsmoke and a lot of other shows, as well.

Jerry

Virginia Gregg made many appeearances on Gun Smoke. In the Robert Bailey era of Johnny Dollar she appeared numerous times. Virginia Greg appeared in the Megs Palace Matter on Johnny Dollar. She played an Irish in keeper. Really funny.

John

Gunsmoke lovely

/jerry

My favorite of all

Jim

It was the best.

George

loved it

Jim

One of the best - and SO much better than the TV series. The pic is one of many good ones by actor Harry Bartell:

Craig

The voice, how gritty the show was and that theme. Pure gold.

Richard

Enjoy listening to old time radio. Just when I think I have heard all of the Gunsmoke series, I hear a new one.

Norris

I listened to the radio,Gunsmoke

Katherine

"Gunsmoke" is such a superb radio show. I enjoy the television series, but the radio show has such an incredible amount of talent -- actors, writers, directors, sound effect techs, you name it. When I'm in the mood to listen to drama, I go to this show more often than not. William Conrad, Parley Baer, and Howard MacNear in particular had such chemistry that -- to their credit -- Jim Arness, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver and (later) Ken Curtis were able to model. But, as usual, I have come to prefer to make my own pictures as I listen to the doings in Dodge City on the radio.

Jake

In my opinion, the radio version of Gunsmoke is FAR superior to the television version. The radio version had a much better cast and was much more realistic.

Jeff

Love my gunsmoke!

David

Gun smoke is the best western

Robert

Gunsmoke is my favorite western

Kiven

The radio show is sooooo much better than the TV show ever was. More real. More gritty.

Daryl

in 1860, the first railroad reached Kansas. Soon towns would spring up along its path. And the only way to deal with the killers and the spoilers that the railroad would bring was a US Marshal.... and the smell of..... Gunsmoke.

Mike

Does anyone know why in some AFRS versions only the four permanent cast members were included in the closing credits? I like to know who plays the villain or temptress du jour.

Jerry

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the premiere of Gunsmoke! Created for adults, this Western program was a contrast to the juvenile Westerns of the day.

Mike

The set includes all of the existing regular CBS radio programs broadcast from 1952 to 1961, both audition programs from 1949, all of the existing Australian programs, and close to an 8 hour History of Gunsmoke produced by our OTR late friend, John Hickman of WAMU-American University. (check out our OTV DVD catalog, as we have the complete 20 year run of the TV series on DVD) This 9 CD set features mostly high coded shows.

GUNSMOKE

Gunsmoke, and Johnny Dollar were among the last to survive. So glad OTR lives on!!

Woods

I have the entire Gunsmoke radio series on MP3 discs. Never get tired of listening to those great shows.

Mark

Truly a great program in its own right.

Dan

Whenever I return to Gunsmoke for a re-listen, I'm always surprised by how *dark* it is. There is a lot of suffering, madness, violence, and death in that show. Entertaining, but grim.

Patrick

The story is the actors had no idea it was the last episode until George Walsh at the end announced, "This broadcast concludes the current Gunsmoke series" and then previewed the new season of Suspense as taking over its time slot.

Dana

Gunsmoke had a long run on TV. It started in 1955, while the radio show was still on the air, and ended in 1975 after 20 seasons. Law & Order SVU is going to become the longest running drama on TV when season 21 airs next season. The Simpsons will start season 31 next year, and 60 Minutes will start season 52 next season.

Joseph

I never listened to Gunsmoke before the last few days. I think it was because I wasn't much of a fan of the TV show. But I've heard a few episodes now, and I really like it, but it is very different than my memory of the TV show, dark and gritty in a way I didn't think was even allowed back in the fifties. Strange to hear Floyd the barber speaking in such an offhand and uncaring way about death, and Miss. Kitty, so far, is a lot more forward about her feelings, something that always seemed subdued on the TV show. It is almost like the TV show was for families, and the radio show was adult fare. But I am hooked!

Alan

I LOVE both the radio and television show. The first 4 seasons of the television show is about 90% of the radio scripts re-fashioned for television. Lots of the radio actors also appear on the television series as well. You should listen to the radio adaption first and then watch the television adaption. It's interesting watching and listening for differences in the two productions.

Rusty

Poor William Conrad. His voice may have been, but his body was not made for TV.

James

This photo was taken at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA

Jeff

my wife and I went to Dodge City last year on our way to Texas strictly because we both love the TV show and the radio series. William Conrad was great on the radio series but I can't picture him as Marshall Dillon on the TV show...James Arness physically fits the part better IMO.

Chuck