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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.comRide alongside the legendary lawmen of the Old West in Tales of the Texas Rangers, one of radio’s greatest crime-fighting dramas.
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Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Apache Peak" (Old Time Radio, 1950) (opens the original)
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Apache Peak,” originally broadcast on July 22, 1950. This is episode 3 of the NBC crime drama series, starring Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson. A traveling salesman is murdered on a highway southwest of Wichita Falls, and Ranger Pearson follows the clues west toward the remote country around Apache Peak. Written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr., this modern Ranger case also reflects the series’ Whea
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Soft Touch" (Old Time Radio, 1950) (opens the original)
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Soft Touch,” originally broadcast October 29, 1950, is episode 17 of the NBC crime-drama series. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jase Pearson in this case-history-style procedural, written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach. When Bill and Judy Ross arrive at Bill’s parents’ isolated ranch near Salt Flats, Texas, they find a terrible crime and a trail of small but significant clues. Ranger Pearson follows the evidence from West Texas ranch co
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Clip Job" (Old Time Radio, 1952) (opens the original)
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Clip Job,” episode 61, originally broadcast on January 13, 1952. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama, billed as an authentic reenactment drawn from Texas Ranger case files, with names and places fictionalized. On a bitter January night in the North Texas town of Bolton, an elderly woman arrives at a drugstore desperate to find a local oil man. After learning she has lost her savings to a convincing stranger, Sheriff Ted Drey
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Stick-Up" (Old Time Radio, 1952) (opens the original)
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Stick-Up,” episode 88, originally broadcast on NBC Radio on July 27, 1952. The series stars Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson. In Avon, Texas, a robbery at Tom Baker’s beanery leaves a beloved elderly local dead. Ranger Pearson joins Sheriff Lon Gunther to follow the gunman’s description, a getaway vehicle, and a trail of physical evidence—while an ex-con’s seemingly solid alibi complicates the investigation. Written by Charles E. Israel and produced a
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Helping Hand" (Old Time Radio, 1951) (opens the original)
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Helping Hand,” episode 51, originally broadcast on NBC on November 4, 1951. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this contemporary crime drama, written by Russell Hughes and produced/directed by Stacy Keach Sr. On a rain-soaked West Texas road, a stranded motorist receives roadside assistance—then is found dead the next day. Ranger Pearson works with local law officers to reconstruct the repair, follow the physical evidence, and untangle a seemin
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