Ep.185 Tales Of The Texas Rangers: Play For Keeps

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 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. Play For Keeps: Jace Pe...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.
0:20.8	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:26.6	For this episode, I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers, episode titled, Play for Keeps, originally aired September 2nd, 1950, where Jace Pearson tracks down the cricket constable
0:39.7	who killed Sheriff Smithers in cold blood. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this
0:47.5	nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening.
0:53.4	The Dennis Day Show returns to the air at this hour the first week in October.
0:57.9	Remember the Dennis Day Show beginning here October 7th.
1:01.7	Presenting Joel McCrae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:09.5	On stage tonight, transcribed from Hollywood,
1:12.0	another in NBC's parade of exciting half-hour presentation.
1:24.5	Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray as Ranger Pearson.
1:29.5	Texas, more than 260,000 square miles.
1:33.4	And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America.
1:58.7	No. Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact.
2:02.6	Only names, dates, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons.
2:05.3	The events themselves are a matter of record.
2:13.3	Tonight's case, play for keeps. Okay. At five minutes past midnight on December 12th, several years ago,
2:26.4	Sheriff Bob Smithers of Bradshaw County, Texas, staged a raid on a gambling establishment
2:31.5	located on the country road.
2:34.0	But there were no patrons in the house, and the sheriff's face grew dark red as he and the local
2:38.7	constable failed to find any evidence.
2:42.1	There's nothing in the upstairs room either, Sheriff.
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