Ep.29 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Hanging by a Thread

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 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. Hanging by a Thread: Ge...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.
0:22.3	I'm your host Stevie Kay.
0:24.3	It's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:28.1	Today I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers, episode entitled,
0:33.4	Anging by a Thread, originally aired November 26, 1950.
0:39.2	A story based on the events that happened May 5th, 1947, where George Hawks has committed suicide, or did he?
0:49.6	So, sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:56.4	Thank you for listening.
0:57.5	The National Broadcasting Company presents
1:11.6	Joe McCrae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:18.9	Tonight transcribed from Hollywood
1:20.8	another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers.
1:24.4	The of the Texas Rangers.
1:36.6	Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCray as Ranger J.
1:41.2	Texas more than 260,000 square miles.
1:46.2	And 50 men will make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on fact.
2:06.1	Only names, dates, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons.
2:09.8	The events themselves are a matter of record.
2:21.4	Case for tonight, hanging by a thread.
2:39.1	At 9.15 on the morning of May 5th, 1947, the telephone rang in the sheriff's office in the little town of Phiney, Texas.
2:40.7	Sheriff Hanson answered it.
2:43.1	Sheriff's office, Hanson speaking.
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