Jon Hagadorn

1001 Stories From the Old West

History EN ↓ 288 episodes

Welcome to the new 1001 Stories From the Old West.. Here we offer hand-picked accounts from diaries, historical documents, autobiographies, books of the time period, and historians to bring you the American frontier story directly from the people who lived it. You'll hear actual accounts of Indian battles, pioneer struggles, outlaws, cowboys and Indians, lawmen, and the men and women who took the chance and moved west, many by wagon train, to a largely uncharted and wild territory. Go west, young man, are the words often attributed to Horace Greeley, American author and newspaper editor, but t...

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Jon Hagadorn

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History

Podcast website

www.bestof1001stories.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

FAWN and HOW TO KILL A FRIEND GUNSMOKE 15.06.2025

Gunsmoke is one of those long-running classic Old-Time Radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. It's also one that is still respected for its high values, in all aspects. Gunsmoke first aired on the CBS network on April 26, 1952, billed as the first adult western. It was set in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1870's. The main character, Matt Dillon, was played by William Conrad. On August 6, 1951,...

QUICKSILVER and THE BROKEN SPUR TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS 11.06.2025

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 T...

THE WOMAN AT HORSE CREEK and ASMALL BEGINNING FORT LARAMIE 08.06.2025

  Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television...

THE BUFFALO HUNTERS and THE PAYROLL FORT LARAMIE 04.06.2025

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television s...

GOODBYE WILLA and THE CHAPLAIN FORT LARAMIE 01.06.2025

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television s...

SPOTTED TAIL'S RETURN and NATURE BOY FORT LARAMIE 25.05.2025

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television s...

TALENTED RECRUITS and OLD ENEMY FORT LARAMIE 21.05.2025

F Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television...

LOVING CUP and TROOPER'S WIDOW FORT LARAMIE 18.05.2025

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.  Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television s...

YOUNG TROOPER and WINTER SOLDIER FORT LARAMIE 14.05.2025
SGT GORCE'S BABY and DON'T KICK MY HORSE FORT LARAMIE 11.05.2025

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.[ Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television s...

PRAIRIE HAPPY and THERE NEVER WAS A HORSE GUNSMOKE 07.05.2025

Gunsmoke is an American western radio series, which was developed for radio by John Meston and Norman Macdonnell. The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS.[1] The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952,[2] and the final first-run episode aired on June 11, 1961.[3] During the series, a total of 480 original episodes were broadcast, includ...

JESSE and THE SUTLER GUNSMOKE 04.05.2025

Gunsmoke is an American western radio series, which was developed for radio by John Meston and Norman Macdonnell. The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS.  The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952,  and the final first-run episode aired on June 11, 1961. During the series, a total of 480 original episodes were broadcast, including sho...

MOON and GONE STRAIGHT GUNSMOKE 30.04.2025

Two rip-roaring episodes from Gunsmoke for your listening pleasure

BOY and SKY GUNSMOKE 27.04.2025

Two great one word episodes from the overworked writers at Gunsmoke!

WAR CORRESPONDENT and BLACK HILLS GOLD FORT LARAMIE 23.04.2025

Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) stars as Captain Quince fighting Indians in the NW US

QUINCE'S CAPTURE and NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET FORT LARAMIE 20.04.2025

Two great episodes from the US Cavalry post known as Fort Laramie

THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE DEAD and SHANGHAI IS A VERB HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL 16.04.2025

Two great episodes starring John Dehner as Paladin

MONTANA VENDETTA and CAESAR'S WIFE HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL 13.04.2025

Two great episodes of one of radio's best westerns-Have Gun Will Travel

STAGE COACH STOP and THE NEW RECRUITS FORT LARAMIE 09.04.2025

Out there on the edge of the frontier, only a few young cavalrymen working for $10 a week were what stood between civilization and mass Indian destruction or... More insensitive radio dramas  praising the mass genocide of innocent First Americans

HATTIE PELFREY and THE BEASLEY GIRLS FORT LARAMIE 06.04.2025

Raymond Burr and the brave troopers of Fort Laramie keep the peace somewhere west of civilization

WILD WEST and HICKOCK GUNSMOKE 02.04.2025

Two rock 'em sock'em episodes of Gunsmoke for your enjoyment

DIRT and GRASS GUNSMOKE 30.03.2025

Probably the shortest two titles ever given a radio show!

WIND and FLASHBACK GUNSMOKE 26.03.2025

William Conrad stars as Marshall Matt Dillon in two episodes of Gunsmoke!

SUNDOWN and SPRING TERM GUNSMOKE 23.03.2025

Two action-packed episodes from the greatest western ever!  

THE COWARD and LOST CHILD FORT LARAMIE 19.03.2025

FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry". When Norman Macdonnell created Fort Laramie in late 1955, he made it clear to his writers that historical accuracy was essential to the integrity of the series. Correct g...

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