Ep.357 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Canned 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

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 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. Canned Death: A f...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostalgia Mystery Radio.
0:25.7	I'm your host Stevie Kay and is my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:31.6	For this episode, I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers, episode titled,
0:41.1	Canned Death, originally aired April 22nd, 1951, where a family is poisoned by tainted sausage meat.
0:47.4	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic radio.
0:48.8	Thank you for listening. The National Broadcasting Company presents
0:57.8	Joe McCray in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:05.1	Tonight transcribed from Hollywood
1:06.8	another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers.
1:18.6	The Hollywood, another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jace Pearson.
1:23.6	Texas more than 260,000 square miles.
1:27.6	And 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement party in North America.
1:49.5	Now from the files of the Texas Rangers Come these stories based on fact
1:51.3	Only names, dates, and places are fictitious
1:53.8	For obvious reasons
1:54.8	The events themselves are a matter of record
1:57.6	Case for tonight a matter of record.
2:05.7	Case for tonight, can death.
2:17.3	It is 1.15 a.m., January 26, 1940.
2:20.4	Bob Farragut, a rancher, comes awake slowly.
2:24.0	As his eyes open, a wave of nausea sweeps over him,
2:26.0	and he breaks into a cold sweat.
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