Ep.25 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Living Death

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2021

⏱️ 31 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. Living Death: Ranger Ja...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio.
0:20.9	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:26.1	For today's episode, I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCray as Ranger Jace Pearson.
0:34.3	This series has recently became another favorite of mine, and I hope you enjoy it also.
0:39.6	The title of this episode is Living Death, originally aired October 8th, 1950, where Ranger
0:46.9	Jace Pearson investigates the smuggling of narcotics and murder along the Texas-Mexican border.
0:54.3	So, sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
1:00.6	Thank you for listening.
1:05.6	Presenting Joel McRae as Jace Pearson in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:15.6	Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:24.6	Tales of the Texas Rangers, authentic stories from their official files. Texas more than 260,000 square miles, and 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. America. Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts.
1:58.0	Only names, states, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves
2:02.8	are a matter of record. Case for tonight, living death.
2:21.8	It is 2 a.m. on the morning of October 3rd, 1948.
2:25.8	A man stands in the brush on the American side of the Rio Grande,
2:29.8	watching another man waiting rapidly across the river from the Mexican side.
2:32.2	Come on, come on, hurry up.
2:33.3	Say you're green. Say you're green!
2:36.1	Say you're green, where are you?
2:37.0	Over here.
2:37.9	And shut up.
2:43.1	I almost follow them. Never mind.
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