Radio Archeaology
The PULSE Community Podcast Presents "Radio Archaeology", reimagined radio classics from the golden age of radio in podcast form.
Episodes
20 episodes
Dragnet – The Thank You
Sergeant Joe Friday and Ben Romero are dispatched to the quiet Wilmington home of Mrs. Laura Mueller — the woman who spent eleven years fighting to set Annie Johnson free. What they find is a web of calculated deception. Mrs. Mueller has vanish...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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31:46
Gunsmoke: The Pacifist - A Story of Redemption and Courage
When Harden Hook arrives in Dodge City, half-starved and desperate for work, Marshal Matt Dillon offers him a helping hand. But Hook's past as a Confederate raider who participated in the violent Lawrence, Kansas raid of 1856 catches up with hi...
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19:59
Dragnet - The Big Watch
When a series of brutal hitchhike robberies targeting Army officers escalates to murder, Detectives Friday and Romero face a cunning gang that seems to vanish into the Los Angeles night. The bandits operate with vicious precision—stealing cars,...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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31:31
Gunsmoke: Gentleman's Disagreement - When Loyalty Collides with the Law
In "Gentleman's Disagreement," Marshal Matt Dillon faces one of his most personal challenges when an old friend from Louisville arrives in Dodge City with blood on his mind. Jeanie Wells seeks Matt's help after spotting Ed Bodrey on the morning...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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31:00
Dragnet - When Your Friend Becomes Your Collar
Detective Sergeant Joe Friday faces an impossible dilemma: his Army buddy Max Tyler is caught red-handed in an armed robbery that leaves Friday's partner Ben Romero wounded. Despite their friendship, Friday must do his duty and send Tyler to pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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30:46
Gunsmoke: Potato Road - When Poverty Breeds Deadly Desperation
This Gunsmoke episode explores the dark consequences of poverty and family dysfunction when a strange, yellow-haired young man named Budge appears in Dodge City with an urgent request—Marshal Matt Dillon must arrest his own father for murder. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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30:08
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murder
When 28-year-old nightclub organist Laura Barclay is found strangled in her apartment with every door and window locked from the inside, it appears to be an unsolvable crime. The talented organist from the Blue Fox cocktail lounge lived quietly...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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30:46
Gunsmoke: Stage Holdup - When Greed Destroys Criminal Trust
This gripping Gunsmoke episode takes listeners on a journey through the tension between criminal greed and Marshal Matt Dillon's patient detective work. When Dillon awakens during a stagecoach holdup to find a shotgun in his face, two masked ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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27:07
Dragnet - The Agnes Kelby Case
This gripping 1949 Dragnet episode tells the chilling story of Agnes Kelby, a 39-year-old woman who vanished from her valley home without taking clothes, luggage, or money—immediately raising red flags for Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero. W...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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29:35
Gunsmoke: Cottonwood Pond - When Greed Nearly Destroys Dodge City
This powerful Gunsmoke episode takes listeners into the heart of a frontier crisis. When a devastating drought threatens a massive cattle herd, trail boss Jack Jackson desperately needs water from Cottonwood Pond. Rancher Dyke Howard has fenced...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:19
Dragnet - The Jewel Thief
This gripping 1949 Dragnet episode tells the relentless story of a master jewel thief who terrorized Los Angeles for sixteen consecutive nights, stealing thousands of dollars in diamonds, watches, and precious gems from the city's finest homes....
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:30
Gunsmoke: The Mistake - Docs' Past Comes Back to Haunt Him
This gripping Gunsmoke episode takes listeners on a journey through the tension between friendship and justice on the frontier. When a deputy sheriff from Virginia arrives in Dodge City with murder warrants for two fugitives, Marshal Matt Dillo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:26
Dragnet: The Red Light Bandit: When a Father Chose Justice Over Family
This 1949 Dragnet episode tells the heartbreaking story of the Red Light Bandit, a vicious criminal who weaponized citizens' trust in law enforcement to commit a brutal crime spree across Los Angeles. Featuring Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Rome...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:03
Gunsmoke: "The Square Triangle"
In this masterfully crafted tale of deception and desire, Marshal Matt Dillon confronts a murder case where the evidence points one direction but the truth lies elsewhere. When cattle buyer Al Morley is found stabbed to death at Buffalo Flats, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:11
Dragnet: The City Hall Bomber: When Minutes Mean Everything
This 1949 Dragnet episode showcases the extreme dangers police officers face and the split-second decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. Featuring Detectives Joe Friday and Ben Romero as they respond to an unprecedented ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:56
Gunsmoke: Tara - When Young Love Turns Deadly in Dodge City
This classic Gunsmoke episode delivers a heartbreaking tale of misplaced trust and frontier justice. Seventeen-year-old orphan Tara, brought to Dodge City by Marshal Matt Dillon after her father's death, has found a new home with the wealthy an...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:46
Dragnet - The Werewolf: 18 Victims, 65 Police Cars, One Massive Dragnet
This 1949 Dragnet episode showcases one of the most elaborate police operations in Los Angeles history as Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt a serial attacker who terrorized the city's women. Eighteen victims beaten and robbed. The newspa...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:46
Gunsmoke: The Shakespeare Actor - When Ambition Turns Deadly
This Gunsmoke episode explores the dark intersection of ambition, rejection, and desperation on the Kansas frontier. When Marshal Matt Dillon discovers a dying man in actor Irving Henry's wagon, a tragic tale unfolds. Henry, a classically train...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:13
Dragnet: Three Guns, Three Killers, One Deadly Connection: A Classic Dragnet Mystery
This 1949 Dragnet episode showcases the dangers police officers face and the methodical detective work that brings criminals to justice. Featuring Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero as they investigate a shocking case where two police officers...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:46
Gunsmoke: The Boughten Bride - When Marshal Matt Dillon Helps the Outlaw Escape
This 1952 Gunsmoke episode takes listeners on a journey through frontier justice. The stage carrying $50,000 in gold is robbed and passenger Jane is kidnapped by outlaw Scott Cooley. Marshal Matt Dillon begins his pursuit, but this case will ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:47