
Original Air Date: April 30, 1961Host: Andrew RhynesShow: GunsmokePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)• Parley Baer (Chester)• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)• Howard McNear (Doc) Special Guests:• Vic Perrin• Harry Bartell• John D...
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I'm used to dodge teaming with ranchers, mule skinners or trail herders. It isn't natural, this quiet. Well, even Front street needs a rest once in a while. Yeah, they get one every Sunday morning. Now, here's. Don't mind us. Not a soul. No, Joe's probably out in the kitchen. Let's sit here. You'd think somebody else would be having breakfast besides us. There's a lot of hangovers being nursed this morning, Kitty. It's still early. Hey, Joe, you think Chester and Doc will be back tomorrow? Yeah, should be. It's been almost a week. Why's it taking him so long? The doc was going to stay three days to be sure his patient would be all right after the operation. That is further to hay sitting in a buggy than is on horseback. Morning, Marshall, Ms. G. Good morning, Joe. Yeah, what a beat. Had a big pot of coffee to begin with. Well, I'm going to have a steak. You can put it on now, if you will. You make that, too, huh? Yes, sir. Wonder what they're doing right now, Chester and Doc. Yeah. Well, if they left yesterday and spent the night on the prairie, they're probably breaking up camp and loading the buggy for the day's ride about now. You can bet Doc is complaining about the coffee Chester made this morning. Yeah, I just hope they remember to pick up enough food in Hay City to last them through the tr. Hey, Doc, there's a water hole over there for them trees. Oh, I got you a full bag of water right here. Oh, my goodness. No wonder Mr. Dill made me come along with you. You wouldn't never survive this trip alone. This water's for us, not the horses. That beast of mine's too mean to deserve a drink. Mean or not, he's got to have water. Doc and mine, too, tied on back like he is. You've been eating dust all morning. Now, let's head for that water hole. Oh, all right. You fuss worse than old woman. Just. Just one more day and we'll be back and die. And don't think I ain't looking forward to it. What was there a rifle shot, Doc? Somebody's out hunting, that's all. Was our soul sight. Well, land sake, do you expect him to be out running around with a FL tied onto him? Sounds like it came from those trees over there. You gonna worry about every gunshot you hear? It's just some buffalo hunter. This water hole sure ain't much. Say, look, Chester, over there. Somebody's horse. I declare, I'd say it belonged to a wolfer. A what? A wolfer. He traps and poisons wolves wherever. Where is he? Oh, forever more, Doc. I don't know. By heaven. Come on, Chester. Oh, now, Bud. There's a man lying under that tree. Where? See? Just a look down right over there. Come on. Thank goodness, Doc. What happened to him? He's been shot. You out here all wrong, Tom. I got partners, but he ain't here now. What happened? I dropped my rifle. It went off. It caught me. Can you do anything for him, Doc? I can try. I mean, this is a terrible place to operate, but. Get a fireside, Chester. I'll get my bag out of the bunny. Okay. I'll get a blanket too. Chester. What? Come here. Somebody's riding in. He's a wolfer too. Hello. What's the matter with him? He had an accident, he said. I thought I heard a shot. Are you his partner? One of them. Well, he's hurt bad, but I'm a doctor and I'll do what I can for him. I'm Jesse Turnbold. That there is Naige Gillette. I'm partners with him and his brother. His brother? Where's he at? I don't know. I'll tell you something, Doc. You better leave Nage alone. What? Leave him be, that's all. Well, now, look here. He got his self into this. Just leave them be here. Where are you going, mister? Ah, let him go, Jesse. He wouldn't be of any use anyway. I sure would hate to have him for a partner. You ought to be shot. Never mind him. We've got work to do. Save over $200 when you book weekly. Stays with VRBO this winter. If you haven't seen your college besties since, well, college. You need a week to catch up in a snowy cabin. Take a week long vacation and save over $200. 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Now if you just let me get to work, maybe I can save his life. You don't need no help. This man's dying. He's my brother, ain't he? He's fool enough to get himself into this. I say let him get himself out. Now you listen to me. You'd have to kill him, Pip. I guess you're right. Those Gillets take care of ourselves. Doc. Put that knife down. Hold it right there a minute. Oh, I plum forgot about him. Pit. Drop that knife while I put a bullet in your belly. Stop it. You always was the biggest fool I ever seen, Jesse. Go on, get on your horses and ride out of here. Both of you. Go on, get. And don't you come back here neither. It. That's good work, Chester. Or two animals I've ever saw. That's strange. All right, come on. Chester. I'm going to need your help. All right. Do get down, Do. I might have know they'd try something like that. Well, looks like they're gone for now. Doc. What do you want? Doc. He hit you? Yeah. Is it bad? Bad enough that bullet's person. How hit you up the buggy? No, no. It's just I couldn't sit in that buggy an hour, much less all the way to dodge. It killed me Sherpa. But you go bring back away. No, I can't leave you here. Doc. That Pit Gillet, he ain't through. He'll be back here for sure. Then he'll kill you. Maybe. But I ain't leaving you. You just tell me what to do and I'll do it. Doc. Doc, help me. Doc can't help you nor nobody else right now. That fool brother you Are seen to that. I can't last forever this way. Neither can Doc. Now you just lay back. I'll take care of you in time. Doc. Doc, I got. I got a. See to him. Justin. Well, he's. He's dead. Guess we can't do nothing for him now. Poor fellow. Well, Doc, tell me what I'm supposed to do to get that bullet out of you. First thing, Chester, you better get some whiskey out of the buggy. You better have some too. I think you're gonna need it before you're through. No, I ain't. I'll make out. Chester, I wanna thank you for what you're gonna have to do. Now, Doc, you're gonna be all right. You're gon. Here you go, Doc. Thank you, Jester. I. I needed that. I dug me a hole with that cussed mud puddle out there and water come up clear and fine. How you feeling, Doc? This fever is very high. You was kindly restless last night. I don't remember too much about it. Feels like you dug that bullet out with a shovel. Doc, I'm sorry, but I've done just like you said. I know it must have hurt you something awful. You passed clean out. But you'll get your strength back now. And I'll see you get back to Dodge. I can't get my strength back without some food. Well, I can't go hunting for no meat. Ain't no telling when that fit. Dillard's gonna try something. Him and his fat partner. But at least he can't see nature's dead. Not from a distance anyway. I drug him off into the brush and covered him up with rocks. Just what I want you to get out of here. I may not live anywhere and there no use you sitting around waiting to get shot by those two. 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Well, don't you fret about it, Doc. He does come back. You're right snug in here with this barricade that got built up by you. Yes, I know. What about you? Well, I'll hide in the grass out there. He won't never see me till you start shooting. You won't. Yeah, but. But then I'll have the drop on him. There's two of them, Chester. Well, I got more than one bullet. You could ride for help. I'll be all right here. You'd kill you? Sure. And I ain't leaving you, Doc. Even though it may cost you your life. Doc, my life wouldn't be worth much to me if I was to leave. Listen, somebody's coming out lo dock that Jesse turn Bulldog. He's riding in with a white flag in his hand. You just keep still. I'll take care of him. You know I. Get down. What are you doing here? This Gillet sent me. Where's he? Back there in camp. All right, get down. Where's the doc? What pit Gillet send you for? I see you got him over there behind them rocks. It keeps the wolves off him and the wolfers too. Where's nature? It wants to know how he is. I don't even see him. He's all right. I put him out there in the brush where he can sleep good. But I don't think that's why you're here. Of course it is. What else should I be doing? Take that knife out of your belt and drop it on the ground. Now. I come here in peace, didn't I? Never mind that. Over there. Start walking and shut up if you don't want a bullet in you. All right, that's far enough. Now lay down. On your back would do it, Jesse. You was lying. That was pit out there. I've been to kill you right here. No, he made me do it. Honest. I didn't want you. Was just a decoy, huh? So as he could sneak in and shoot me in the back. I wouldn't have let him. I'd have hollered or something. Sure you would. If it wasn't for Doc warning me, we'd both be dead. You're a mighty fat piece of bait, Jesse. But you smell rotten. I'm gonna tie you up so you won't never get loose. Well, you can't take it out on me what Pip Gillett might do. If he comes sneaking in here tonight, I'll blow his head off. And if you you don't quit whining, I'll club yours off. That's enough. Thank you. There's lots more, Doc, or have some later. You sure that isn't bear meat that you put in that soup? Ain't no bears around here, Doc. Your fever's dime something, ain't it? Yes, it broke last night. Chester, you haven't had a wink of sleep for two days. Keeps me from getting fat, Doc. Yes, it keeps me from getting killed. But this can't go on. What's the matter? Well, I don't like sitting here just waiting for that Pit Gillet to come busting out of the brush. That's a poor way to guard this camp. Well, how else can you do it? Well, I got a circle of grove ever so often, Doc. Out there where I can see. I'll be back directly. Well, Jesse, you ain't singing very loud this morning. I'm hungry. I gave you a piece of meat that was more than you deserved. That was terrible meat. Where'd you get it, anyway? I wouldn't complain if I was you. It might just be the last meal you ever eat. You gonna keep me tied up like this forever? I can make you good and comfortable. Jesse. Permanent. All right. All right. What is. Shut up. You seen your partner bob his head up over that knoll yonder bit? Yeah. I'm gonna call over there, Jesse. And if you make one sound, I'll turn around and blow you in, too. I. I won't do it for you. Just remember what I said. You're covered. Will it? Drop that rifle. Drop it. Now you got me. You got me good. It's your own fault. My brother Nage, he'll like this. What? N's dead, Gillet. He died soon after you shot Doc. Dead? Yeah. You kill him, you kill Pip? Yeah, he's dead. What you gonna do to me now? I'm gonna cut you loose, let you move around a little. Yeah. Say, Chester, that'll be fine. First you're gonna do some talking. I don't understand. Well, take your time, Jesse. Was it something about Nage and Pitt you want to know? Only when you're ready to tell me, Jesse. I guess it don't matter now. Nage didn't shoot herself by accident. I know that. When I first rode in here, Pit shot him. So that's it. He had arguments. Pitt told me about it later. You shot him, and then he seen you all come and he left. Thought Nage was dead till you ran, told him he wasn't. Yeah. Then he was afraid Nage would talk. What about you, Jesse? Pitt wanted me and Doc dead, too. And you was doing your best to help him. Now, why, I don't know. We was pardoners even when it come to murdering people. They was my pardners, Chester. I don't know nobody else out here. That ain't the darnest fool excuse I ever heard in my whole life. I told you everything. You promised to cut me loose. All right, but just long enough for you to stretch your legs, and then I'm. Well, I declare, I. Why, that wasn't matter. Mr. Dillon. Mr. Dylan, over here. Mr. Dylan. Esther. I sure am glad to see you. Been looking for you for two days. What happened? Well, we run into some ornery wolfers. And Doc got shot, huh? Yes, sir, but he's doing just fine now. He's right over yonder. Was that you got tied up? He's one of the wolfers. There was two more, but they're dead now. It's a long story. I'll tell you all about it later. Knocked right over there behind that barricade. Hey, Doc. Hey, Doc, I got a surprise for you. Look who's here. Look, Doc, he got worried and come looking for us. Hello, Doc. Well, Matt, I'm sure glad to see him. I hear you run into a little trouble. I guess you'd call it that. You look mighty comfortable to me. Just have been feeding you good. That's been the worst part of it, Matt. Just wait till you taste the meat he's been using, huh? Where'd you find any meat around here, Justin? No, it was easy. But Mr. Dome, what about that Wolfer? Do you think it's worth the trouble of jailing him? He's your prisoner, Chester. I'll leave that to you. Well, now there's two of us here, I think I'll just run him on. Good idea, Doc. How long's it gonna be before we can get you into Dodge in that buggy? Oh, Davis will make a mad if you drive real slow. We'll just camp here for a while, Mr. Dunn. What? Well, when the time comes, I'll drive the buggy. Okay? Why not? Well, cause you see, it'll be my horse who will have hitch to it. What's the matter with my horse? Mean as that beast is, I'll tell you about your horse do. We ate him. Adam. Adam. Oh, so that. Chester. I'll never trust you, so help me. Not as long as I. As long as you what, Doc? As long as I live, Matt. Thanks to Chester, Foreign so are our pets. So time with our pets is extra precious. That's why we started Dutch. Dutch provides 24,7 access to licensed vets with unlimited virtual visits and follow ups for up to five pets. You can message a vet at any time and schedule a video visit the same day. Our vets can even even prescribe medication for many ailments and shipping is always free. 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Host: Andrew Rhynes
Podcast Date: November 9, 2025
This episode revisits the classic radio drama Gunsmoke with the story "Ex-Urbanites." Set on the plains near Dodge City, Marshal Matt Dillon’s companions, Chester and Doc, return from a trip gone perilously wrong. Stranded after a tragic encounter with dangerous wolf hunters (“wolfers”), the two must battle injury, distrust, and the unforgiving wilderness to survive. The episode explores loyalty, moral ambiguity, and the ever-present threat of violence in the Old West.
True to Gunsmoke’s legacy, the episode blends suspense, gritty survival, and sly humor. The restored audio highlights not just dialogue but ambiance—the prairie wind, gunfire, and campfire banter come alive, enveloping listeners in the stark world of Dodge.
"Ex-Urbanites" weaves together themes of loyalty, lawlessness, and the struggle to do right in a brutal landscape. With its sharp, character-driven dialogue and suspenseful plotting, it’s a strong example of why Gunsmoke became a radio legend. As always, Chester, Doc, and Dillon anchor the drama with their very human strengths—and foibles—under fire.