Ep.147 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Death In The Cards

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

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 (or "Charky," as Jayce would sometimes refer to him), to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases. Death in the Cards: A d...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode nostalgic mystery radio.
0:21.6	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:26.7	For this episode, I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers, episode titled Death in the Cards,
0:33.4	originally aired January 26, 1951, where a double murder is blamed on a gambler with red hair.
0:41.4	The hoof prints and the frost give Jace Pearson an important clue.
0:46.3	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:52.1	Thank you for listening.
0:56.6	The National Broadcasting Company presents
0:59.2	Joe McCray in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:06.7	Tonight transcribed from Hollywood
1:08.4	another authentic reenactment of a case
1:10.4	from the files of the Texas Rangers.
1:20.8	Tales of the Texas Rangers
1:22.5	starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jace Pearson.
1:26.2	Texas more than 260,000 square miles.
1:29.7	And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America.
1:52.0	Music Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact
1:53.9	Only names, dates, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons.
1:57.9	The events themselves are a matter of record.
2:29.2	Music obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record. Case for.m. on the night of January 26, 1947, at the ranch house of Chester Gentry in Reeves County, Texas.
2:32.8	Chester is on the telephone as his steps on will. Enders.
2:51.2	No sign of him, huh? All right. Call me when you find him. Thanks, Sheriff. Where you been, Will? Just out having a beer? That Sheriff Bennett you talked to? Yeah. Your friend Tovich telephoned you a while ago. Tovich? He didn't tell the sheriff about Tovich.
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