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Beeker’s Barn: A Snowbound Birth and a Family Reckoned
Episode 246
Originally Aired: December 23, 1956
In Gunsmoke #246, “Beeker’s Barn,” a bitter snowstorm forces estranged couple Will and Harmony Ross to take shelt…
7 months ago
Cherry Red: A Widow’s War and a Stranger’s Truth
Episode 245
Originally Aired: December 16, 1956
In Gunsmoke #245, “Cherry Red,” fiery widow Cherry Odell is still clinging to hope that her long-absent husband S…
7 months ago
Braggart’s Boy: In His Father’s Shadow
Episode 244
Originally Aired: December 9, 1956
In Gunsmoke #244, “Braggart’s Boy,” the son of frontier loudmouth Cleave Cleveland arrives in Dodge dressed like a…
7 months, 1 week ago
Speak to Me Fair: The Boy Who Couldn’t
Episode 243
Originally Aired: December 2, 1956
In Gunsmoke #243, “Speak to Me Fair,” a young Kiowa boy stumbles into Dodge, gravely wounded and unable to speak—h…
7 months, 1 week ago
Tail to the Wind: A Mild Man’s Justice
Episode 242
Originally Aired: November 25, 1956
In Gunsmoke #242, “Tail to the Wind,” mild-mannered homesteader Pessy Neller refuses to be bullied, even w…
7 months, 1 week ago
Brother Whelp: Blood Ties, Broken Trust, and a Baby Named Steadman
Episode 241
Originally Aired: November 18, 1956
In Gunsmoke #241, “Brother Whelp,” the return of outlaw Stead Rudger stirs old tensions and buried betrayals in D…
7 months, 1 week ago
Pretty Mama: A Boy’s Burden and a Widow’s Secrets
Episode 240
Originally Aired: November 11, 1956
In Gunsmoke #240, “Pretty Mama,” Marshal Matt Dillon is called to a remote ranch where Hank Marvel has been myste…
7 months, 1 week ago
Crowbait Bob: The Final Confession of a Forgotten Hero
Episode 239
Originally Aired: November 10, 1956
In Gunsmoke #239, “Crowbait Bob,” Dodge City’s Marshal Matt Dillon receives a strange request from a dying drunk—…
7 months, 1 week ago
Dirty Bill’s Girl: A Dealer’s Revenge and a Shotgun Showdown
Episode 238
Originally Aired: October 28, 1956
In Gunsmoke #238, “Dirty Bill’s Girl,” a new face in Dodge turns more than a few heads. Rose, a striking blackjack…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Til Death Do Us: A Righteous Man, a Terrible Marriage, and Four Shots in a Barn
Episode 237
Originally Aired: October 21, 1956
In Gunsmoke #237, “Til Death Do Us,” a sanctimonious farmer, Jezreel Cobb, and his cowed wife, Minerva, drift into…
7 months, 2 weeks ago