1001 Stories From the Old West

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...

Fort Laramie was a radio Western series that aired Sundays on CBS from January 22 - October 28, 1956. Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 40 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television star as Perry Mason. Supporting regulars included Vic Perri...

Two great episodes of Gunsmoke for your listening enjoyment!

Two great episodes of Gunsmoke for your old west flavor

Two great episodes of Gunsmoke for your enjoyment!

Two high-energy episodes of Gunsmoke for your enjoyment!

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...

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...

Two great stories from the case files of the Texas Rangers Try the new "Tales of Escape & Suspense"- links below! ANDROID USERS-   1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0c2fc0cGwJBcPfyC8NWNTw 1001 Radio Crime Solvers at Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/0UAUS12lnS2063PWK9CZ37 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9...

History writer Emerson Hough gives an accurate account of the western legend known as Wild Bill Hickok in this story hosted by Kevin Sikes for 1001 Stories From The Old West.. Reviews appreciated! New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/1001-stories-from-the-old-west/ 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.am...

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...

A young man attending an Eastern college has a rare opportunity to travel to Texas to check on a property investment outside of San Antonio and finds he loves the country and the lifestyle, soon planning how he will start a ranch. His parents, who sent him for the purpose of restoring his health as well as to check out the property, do their best to get him back- but he is enjoying the life too mu...

If you want to get a true feel for "the way it was" in early Texas this story by cowboy turned author Andy Adams will put you there. Narrated by guest host Kevin Sikes, this story tells of how the Texas Rangers got started, and recalls tales told around the campfire about life on the frontier. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS-   Get all of our shows at one website: WWW.BE...

Two episodes of CBS Radio's m#1 hit-Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad as Matt Dillon Check out our easy to use website with ALL 12 shows and loads of episode choices at www.bestof1001stories.com and leave us a review-Thanks!

Charlie Siringo was a well-known man in the west. A lawman who trailed Billy The Kid, Pinkerton agent, cowboy, and author who wrote from experience, Charlie spent 40 years in the west. It all started in South Texas where he grew up near the beaches at Matagorda, where longhorn cattle were as plentiful as leaves on the trees. Then somebody had to idea to drive 'em north and sell 'em., and young Cha...

Two great episodes from HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL starring John Dehner as Paladin

Two episodes of CBS radio's Have Gun Will Travel! Catch all or shows at www.bestof1001stories.com

Two episodes of Have Gun Will Travel with John Dehner! For all 12 1001 Podcasts check out www.bestof1001stories.com

There's only one man who can take on the killers and the spoilers. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, you dopn't dance with Kitty,  and you don't mess around with Matt, unless you want to get a bad case of lead poisoning. 

The Indians called Chester Proudfoot "Meshugah" , or ghost man, due to his ability to disappear quickly whenever they came around. But in this episode he rides into their main camp in a wagon carring a Gatling Gun and challenges the chief to an arm-wrestling duel.  

Two great episodes from the greatest radio western ever- Gunsmoke!  When the smoke clears, there's always one man left standing there, and thats Chester Proudfoot.

Two great stories from CBS Radio's #1 show Gunsmoke, Enjoy and review-thanks

Legend has it that there was one man who actually survived the massacre of Custer's company- and this is his story.

Paladin runs into trouble with a drunk who comes after him with a knife, gets whalloped, and lies to the sheriff saying Paladin attacked him  

This is the true story of Elfego Baca- the young Mexican man who pinned on a tin badge and took on a bunch of cattlemen who were terrorizing his town. His story became legend- enough so that Disney brought his story to TV in the 50's as a regular serial. He later became a Marshall and defended the weak and the poor.