DEAD IN THE CARDS and BLOOD HARVEST TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS

About this episode

This episode discusses the old-time radio drama 'Tales of the Texas Rangers' and its historical significance.

Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal, to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for part of its run by Wheaties. My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork . Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jon Hagadorn

Topics covered

• Texas Rangers
• old-time radio
• western adventure
• crime reenactments
• scientific techniques

Keywords

• Texas Rangers
• old-time radio
• Joel McCrea
• crime
• western

Sponsors

Wheaties

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC

Books & works: Tales of the Texas Rangers

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