Deadhead Freight - Tales of the Texas Rangers | 01/07/1951 (Ep26)

About this episode

This episode features a story from the western radio drama 'Tales of the Texas Rangers'.

Tales of the Texas Rangers was a western radio drama which ran on the NBC radio network from July 8, 1950 until September 14, 1952. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr. He hired real life Texas Ranger Captain Manuel “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas as the show’s advisor. Gonzaullas was able to provide realism and accuracy to the stories. Hope you enjoy this episode of Luke Slaughter of Tombstone! Find all our OTR radio stations and podcasts at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Audio Credit: The Old Time Radio Researchers Group - All Podcasts @ Spreaker | Apple | YouTube | Spotify | iHeart | Amazon

Topics covered

• Texas Rangers
• Western radio drama
• Old Time Radio
• Crime stories
• Historical accuracy

Keywords

• Texas Rangers
• western
• radio drama
• Stacy Keach
• Manuel Gonzaullas
• Old Time Radio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC

Books & works: Tales of the Texas Rangers, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone

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