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The episode explores a tense investigation in Dodge City following the discovery of a Faro Banker unconscious behind the Long Branch.

Send us Fan Mail In The Mistake, Dodge City is shaken when Earl Haney, the new Faro Banker, is found unconscious behind the Long Branch, pulling Marshal Matt Dillon into a fast-moving investigation. A witness description points toward Jim Bostick, but Chester questions whether the evidence is enough to act on. As Matt follows leads, conflicting alibis surface and the case extends toward Coldwater, where new testimony both supports and complicates the suspect’s trail. Pressure rises as Matt mo...

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Host: Jennifer Packard

Topics covered

• investigation
• mystery
• law enforcement
• Faro Banker
• Dodge City
• conflicting alibis

Keywords

• Gunsmoke
• The Mistake
• Greater Love
• Dodge City
• investigation
• Faro Banker
• Matt Dillon
• Jim Bostick
• Chester

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Places: Dodge City, Coldwater

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