
Original Air Date: September 16, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Adventures of Wild Bill HickokPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Guy Madison (Hickok)• Andy Devine (Jingles)Special Guests:• Clayton Post• Jack Kruschen• Joe (Curley) Bradley Producer:• ...
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Andrew Rines
Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. Now let's get into this episode.
Jingles
Kellogg's, the greatest name in cereals, presents well Bill Hickam. Hi. You folks hold on to your hats and pass those Kellogg Sugar Pops. Cause here comes Guy Madison as Wild Bill Hickok in his pal Jingles. Which is me, Andy Devine. We got another Rootin Tootin Wild Bill Hickok adventure story for you from the cereal you can eat out of the bowl or out of the box. This cereal with the sweetening already on it, Kellogg's Sugar Pop.
Narrator
Today, Kellogg's Sugar Pops. The cereal with a sweetening already on it brings you Wild Bill Hickok, transcribed in Hollywood and starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and and Andy Devine as his pal jingles. In just 30 seconds you'll hear the exciting story. Keller's Gold. Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops are tops. Tops as a cereal with a little milk or cream. Tops as a snack right out of the box. Either way you don't add sugar. Cause the sweetening's already on them. They're shot with sugar. Yes, either way you'll get plenty, plenty of pleasure eating those golden nuggets of pre sweetened corn. Enjoy Sugar Pops. Often have mom look for the package of Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops with the pictures of Guy Matheson and Andy Devine riding on the front. For nearly six months, United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles had worked to solve one baffling crime. A stagecoach robbery. Two holdup men had taken the deeds to choice railroad lands from the mail sacks of the Santa Fe stage and disappeared. Then suddenly the case broke wide open as Wild Bill and his big deputy fought a blazing battle with hard bitten outlaws over Teller's gold.
Wild Bill Hickok
Head up this trail, Buckshot. Come on, Jingles.
Jingles
Oh, I knew it. Bill Hickok. Every time we get near this part of the mesa, you want to go up on that rise?
Wild Bill Hickok
Sure do, partner. Why not?
Jingles
I'll tell you why not. Cause every time you get to the top of that rise, you look at that railroad land down in the valley. Then you get to be a sawhead for a whole week.
Wild Bill Hickok
Oh, Buck Jehovah.
Jingles
Oh, Joker who? All right, now we're here. Go ahead and take a good look. Do you no good.
Wild Bill Hickok
Someday admire Jingles. Someday the men that held up that stage are going to make a slip. And when they do. I want to be around.
Jingles
Well, they ain't yet. I'm good and ready to forget the whole thing.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, I'm not. Don't forget those owl hoots. Killed a driver, Bill.
Jingles
It could have been anybody now. Now look at that pair of cow pokes prodding that bunch of mavericks across the valley. Could have been them.
Wild Bill Hickok
Sure it could.
Jingles
Or it could have been that old prospector that's cutting their trail with his pack mule.
Wild Bill Hickok
You're right, Jingles. But it had to be somebody. And if we keep watching, we'll have the satisfaction of putting that somebody behind bars.
Jingles
Well, you can perch up here and watch till you're bug eyed as a hoodie owl. Hit around Joker. Me and Joker's getting hungry and we're heading back to town.
Wild Bill Hickok
Ah, how long we going to keep this up?
Two Pick Teller
Thank you.
Jingles
I told you for Spade. We're driving mavericks in here every day. I figure it's safe to move a herd in on this land. Oh, boy.
Wild Bill Hickok
I ain't never going to be safe and you know it.
Jingles
Well, I know this much. I got the deeds to 7,000 acres in this valley locked up in my safe. I'm going to find a way to use every acre of it.
Wild Bill Hickok
You're going to find a way to slap us both into a calaboose. Who's that? That's that old prospector too. Pick. Teller. You're getting kind of jumpy, ain't you?
Commercial Announcer
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Wild Bill Hickok
Shut up.
Jingles
Won't say nothing about why we're on this land.
Two Pick Teller
Hey, one of you punchers happen to have a couple lucifers on you? My pipe's going out again.
Wild Bill Hickok
Here you are too, Pick.
Two Pick Teller
Well, thank you, son. So you know me?
Baxson
Well, sure.
Jingles
Everybody knows Tupac Teller. Knows you for what? You are the biggest deadbeat in seven counties.
Two Pick Teller
Now that ain't no way to talk to old man, son.
Jingles
Now go on, you got your matches.
Two Pick Teller
Get moving. You won't be so unsociable with me when my strike comes in.
Wild Bill Hickok
Strike? Only strike you'll ever see is striking one of them matches too big.
Jingles
Oh, wait. Spade. Maybe he just ain't been looking in the right place.
Wild Bill Hickok
What are you getting at, Baxter?
Jingles
Why, you know you really want to find gold, Toopik?
Two Pick Teller
Why, you empty headed horn toad. Of course I do. Why do you reckon me and Petunia been roaming these hills for nigh 30 years.
Jingles
Then I'll tell you what to do, Twopik.
Baxson
See that saddle between them two peaks up the east?
Two Pick Teller
Yeah, I see it. What about it?
Jingles
You go dig on the south side of the north peak of that saddle by a big rock that looks like an elephant.
Wild Bill Hickok
Backson, what are you giving him Gold for The digging.
Two Pick Teller
You mean there's gold up there, son? Well, you'll never know without digging.
Jingles
Better get started.
Two Pick Teller
All right, son. Come on, Petunia. Thank you, son. I'm much obliged for the. Lucifer.
Wild Bill Hickok
Look.
Jingles
What? Old cootie's gonna do it.
Wild Bill Hickok
Backson, you're a meaner than I ever give you credit for.
Jingles
Forget it. We got other business. Now get to driving them mavericks.
Wild Bill Hickok
Hey, wait, Backson. Look up on the point of that.
Jingles
Mesa Rider just sitting there against the sun, looking down.
Wild Bill Hickok
That ain't just any rider, Baxon. That's Wild Bill Hickok.
Jingles
Hickok?
Baxson
How do you know that?
Wild Bill Hickok
Ain't another man in the world since a horse like Wild Bill Hickok. We better get out of here fast.
Jingles
Get out?
Baxson
Nothing.
Jingles
You might get some ideas about us. Max, you crazy?
Wild Bill Hickok
What are you gonna do with that rifle?
Jingles
Hickok makes a right fine target. Stand out on that point. No, don't shoot.
Wild Bill Hickok
We got one killing against us already.
Jingles
Stay back, Spade. That nosy Marshall's getting any hunches up there, he ain't going to live to run him down. You're idiot.
Wild Bill Hickok
He's falling off his horse. Baxon, you've killed Wild Bill Hickok.
Jingles
Yippee. Sugar Pops.
Baxson
They're sugar coated. Taste of sweet. Just pour on some milk, boy.
Jingles
They're neat.
Baxson
Kellogg Sugar Corn Pops, Sugar Pops are tops. Now Sugar Pops you know are sweet.
Jingles
But cowboys know there's an extra treat.
Baxson
Right out of the box. Take a handful out, pop them into your mouth as you run about. Kellogg Sugar Corn Pops. Sugar Pops are tops.
Commercial Announcer
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Jingles
Good.
Commercial Announcer
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Narrator
The villainous Backson had taken careful aim, and when his rifle cracked, the figure of Wild Bill Hickok toppled from Buckshot saddle to the ground. Meanwhile, back in town, Jingles had eaten a big supper and returned to the office to wait.
Jingles
That was a right fine meal. Too bad Bill didn't come back with me. Well, I guess I'll just sit down here and take a little snooze till he gets back. Downright feather brain to keep sitting up on that mesa and looking down at Dog gone it. He ought to be back by now. Getting dark. Maybe I had not left him there by himself. If anything ever. Uh. Oh. That's Buckshot. Here comes Bill now. I'll just make like I'm asleep. Not worried one little bit. No, sir, Ring. Not one little bit. That Buckshot. All right, Buckshot, where's Bill? Bill? Bill wants me to follow him. Something's happened to Bill. Joker. Hold still, Joker. All right, Buckshot, get going. Get going. Go find Bill. Go on. We're coming, Buckshot. Jack. Joker, Bill's in trouble. Dig in. I said. Ho ho. D. Darn it. That Buckshot runs like the wind. He's leading us right back to the place. I left. Bill. He stopped. Stopped right on the point where we. Hey, there's Bill. Bill lying on the ground. Whoa, Joker. Whoa. Bill. Bill. Say a. Where's the match? Uh oh. He's been shot. Bill, say something. No. Little old crease in your scalp could kill you, Bill. Go on, baw me out for leaving you. Oh, water. Where's some water? He's still breathing. Hey, here, Bill, here's my canteen. Now take a drink. Oh, doggone it anyway. But Bill, you're living.
Wild Bill Hickok
Yeah, yeah. That why you're trying to drown me?
Jingles
Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, that's real funny, Bill. I thought you was dead.
Wild Bill Hickok
And I thought you went back to town.
Jingles
I did. Buckshot come and got me. Good boy, Buckshot, he says it wasn't nothing, Bill. Now, who shot you?
Wild Bill Hickok
I guess it was one of those two cowboats we saw down the valley this afternoon.
Jingles
Well, you'll never find him to ask about it.
Wild Bill Hickok
I'm not so sure about that, partner. That prospector we saw talking to them too was old 2 pick teller. He'd know them if we can find him.
Jingles
Now, doggone it, why didn't I think of that? That ain't gonna be easy. Two big teller gets off digging in these hills and sometimes he don't come out for two months at a time.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, Jingles, we're not having much luck, are we?
Jingles
No, we ain't having no luck at all. It's been two weeks since one of them coyotes shot at you. And we ain't found hide nor hair, either of them or. Or told two Pig Teller, either.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, at least my head's had a chance to heal up.
Jingles
Well, I'm tired of riding for one day. Let's prod up these ponies and get to the hotel.
Wild Bill Hickok
Better not get set on a good night's sleep, partner. That sounds like shooting down the Black Boar Cafe.
Jingles
Now, doggone it, I ain't no mood for no ruckus tonight.
Wild Bill Hickok
Get along there, Buckshot. Come on, let's see what's up. Jingle.
Jingles
I hope it ain't nothing more than some high roaring galoot celebrating. I'm tired.
Wild Bill Hickok
Whoa, whoa, Buckshot.
Two Pick Teller
Woo.
Wild Bill Hickok
Soon find out, partner, in a black bor cafe. All right, come on.
Jingles
I'm gonna find that yahoo that's raising all the Canaan. Rock him to sleep. That's one.
Two Pick Teller
Yes siree, boys. I dug and dug and dug and then right where they told me, I come up with the prettiest little vein of pure collie you ever see.
Wild Bill Hickok
There he is. Jingles, you recognize him?
Jingles
Uh oh. Oh, oh, oh. To think I could have just sat right here and he'd have dropped right in my lap. Doggone it, Toothpick Teller, you old sandblasted mountain gopher. Where in the two sons have you been?
Two Pick Teller
Well, if it ain't Wild Bill and Jingle. Sit down here with me, gents.
Jingles
We sure will.
Wild Bill Hickok
Now tell us about this gold strike, Tupik.
Two Pick Teller
Well, it was that darndest thing, Wild Bill. About two weeks ago, me and Petunia, that Smith pack mule, met up with two cow folks out in the railroad land in the valley.
Jingles
Bill, two cow pokes.
Wild Bill Hickok
That must have been all the jingles.
Two Pick Teller
One of them told me to go dig in a spot up in Saddle Mountain. And I did. And I turned up the prettiest vein you ever saw. I rushed back and filed. McLean.
Jingles
Now that's the luckiest thing I ever did here.
Two Pick Teller
Well, scorch my heart. Speak of the devil, here come those two cow folks now. Howdy, Baxter and Spade.
Jingles
Bill.
Baxson
Hold it, Jingles, old mountain goat.
Jingles
I heard about you jumping my gold claim.
Two Pick Teller
Your gold claim?
Jingles
Yeah, my claim. And you ain't living to work it. Billy's wrong.
Two Pick Teller
That was sure Quit shooting, Wild Bill.
Wild Bill Hickok
Now, let's simmer down and talk this over, gents. Action.
Jingles
It's Wild Bill Hickok. Hickok. Last thought you thought you'd killed him, huh? That's what you were going to say, you low life bushwhacker. I don't know what you're talking about.
Wild Bill Hickok
Never mind, Jingles. I'm more interested in why Baxter is driving mavericks on that railroad land.
Jingles
Ain't nobody else using it.
Wild Bill Hickok
You don't have any other reason?
Baxson
No.
Wild Bill Hickok
You're getting a lot of bad habits, mister. Going around shooting at people, taking over land.
Jingles
Yeah?
Two Pick Teller
What about my gold claim?
Jingles
Well, I was there first.
Wild Bill Hickok
It won't work, Baxter, and that's an old trick.
Jingles
Well, I got ways of making it work, Hickok. Any one of you jaspers come near that claim again, you're making a personal reservation on Boot Hill. And I'll be there to see that you get it. Come on, Spade, we're leaving.
Two Pick Teller
Well, here's my claim, gents. Whoa, Petunia.
Jingles
What? Whoa, Joker. Where?
Two Pick Teller
Well, you're standing on it, you big lump of lard.
Jingles
Well, show us a goal.
Wild Bill Hickok
Keep your eyes open, Burner. Don't forget Baxson made a threat to put us all up on Boot Hill.
Jingles
He did, didn't he? Come on.
Two Pick Teller
Forget about Baxon. I'll show you a sight like you never seen before. Right down the side of this big rock.
Wild Bill Hickok
Where's your diggings, 2 pick?
Two Pick Teller
You're right here. Bill, get me the start of a tunnel. Come on in.
Jingles
Jumping tadpoles. You dig that much in two weeks?
Two Pick Teller
Why, sure did. Darn near 12ft to the back of it. And you can stand up? Of course. I used some blasting powder.
Wild Bill Hickok
Some digging's all right. I can see the gold vein.
Two Pick Teller
Where? Bill, you're right here on the back wall. You blind?
Jingles
Jingle inside, Spade, shoot off the kicker powder. Bill. What was that? There goes who's doing the shooting? Bill, it's a landslide. It's closing the kennel. We'll be buried alive.
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Jingles
Yippee.
Baxson
Sugar Pops. They're sugar coated. Tastes so sweet. Just pour on some milk.
Jingles
Oh, boy, they're neat.
Baxson
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Jingles
But cowboys know there's an extra treat.
Baxson
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Narrator
Wild Bill Jingles and Two Pick Teller were caught by an unexpected trick of the murderous Baxon and sealed inside the tunnel of Two Pick's mine.
Jingles
Still that low down, Salamanders closed his tunnel tight.
Two Pick Teller
Coyote used one of my own tags of blasting powder to bury me with. There's only two left.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wait a minute. You got more blasting powder here.
Two Pick Teller
Wait.
Jingles
Too.
Two Pick Teller
I said. Bill. I can feel him back here.
Jingles
Bill. You can't do nothing with powder. You'd kill us all.
Wild Bill Hickok
What else you got in here, Toopick?
Two Pick Teller
Oh, Reshovel. Some old pipes and cotton string for measuring a miner's lamp. My two picks.
Wild Bill Hickok
Good jingles were as good as free. If I can make this trick work. Now, quick, light that miner's lamp.
Jingles
I sure will. But I don't see what you're going to do.
Two Pick Teller
Yeah, me neither.
Wild Bill Hickok
Break the top off of one of those potter kegs too. Pick and hand me a piece of pipe.
Two Pick Teller
Here's a pipe, Bill.
Wild Bill Hickok
Good. Now get the potter while I try forcing this pipe through to the outside.
Jingles
Bill Hickok. I'm just busting with curiosity.
Wild Bill Hickok
It's very simple, Jingles. If it works.
Jingles
Yeah. Anything is.
Wild Bill Hickok
If I can force this pipe far enough, we can pour charges of powder through it, use a string for a fuse and blast our way out of here.
Baxson
All right.
Jingles
Come on.
Wild Bill Hickok
Let's get to work.
Jingles
Bill. It's daylight. Daylight. I never expected to see it again.
Two Pick Teller
That'll do it. Jingles. A cow could crawl through there. So I reckon it's a about your side.
Jingles
Come on. I mentioned to get on the trail of those two varmints that started all this. I aim to finish it. And I'm pl mad now.
Two Pick Teller
Wild Bill. Those tracks lead right down across the valley. Floor?
Jingles
Yeah. This is on the railroad land where we saw on that first day, Bill.
Wild Bill Hickok
That's right, Jingles. And that plays right along with my hunch.
Jingles
What hunch, Bill?
Wild Bill Hickok
About this railroad land and those missing deeds.
Two Pick Teller
Well, Bill, there they are driving another bunch of mavericks up the valley.
Wild Bill Hickok
You said it, Toothpick.
Baxson
All right.
Wild Bill Hickok
After them.
Jingles
Hi.
Wild Bill Hickok
About your hide.
Jingles
Get tin horn tarantulas. I'm gonna ventilate your hide.
Wild Bill Hickok
You're wasting lead, Jingle.
Jingles
I know it, but it makes me feel better.
Two Pick Teller
There you go, Bill. Headed for that patch of timber.
Jingles
Build those mavericks. Not a brand on them. Reckon these varmints are rustlers too.
Wild Bill Hickok
I wouldn't be a bit surprised, partner. Look back up there in those trees, Jingles. At the head of that canyon, a house.
Jingles
Well, I'll be a pink toed salamander. A house hid away so you'd never find it. Reckon it's Baxson's.
Wild Bill Hickok
That aren't your question, Jingles.
Jingles
Sure does. Let's smoke him out. That's just to let him know we're coming. We are going to pay him a visit, aren't we, Bill?
Wild Bill Hickok
We sure are, Jingles. Let's climb down over these ponies and move in.
Two Pick Teller
Now you a talking Wild Bill.
Jingles
We don't sound very welcome, do we? We're coming in, Baxon. You're walking right into your grave, Hickok. If you knew. Bill. They're all holed up in that house. They've got the advantage.
Wild Bill Hickok
Spread out. Jingles, tell her. You take the right side of the house. I'm going straight in.
Two Pick Teller
All right, Wild Bill.
Jingles
Just give the signal, Bill. All right.
Wild Bill Hickok
Will they stop reloading then? We're gonna rush them.
Jingles
Now, Jaco. Let's go. Let's go. All right.
Wild Bill Hickok
Hold it, Backson.
Jingles
That's your funeral, Hickok. I. I give up. Hickok. Don't, don't. Don't shoot again. You're not doing me, Hickok. Watching Billy's coming for you.
Wild Bill Hickok
You've been on the loose too long, Max.
Jingles
Yeah. You ain't taking me in, you. That's just what I'm going to do, miss. Have to flatten me first. Now that's a good I get. We want a wallop, Bill.
Two Pick Teller
Just like he'd been kicked by a petunia.
Jingles
Bill, look. No wonder we couldn't hit him there. That was hiding behind a big iron safe.
Wild Bill Hickok
Yeah, and that gives me an idea, partner.
Jingles
It does.
Wild Bill Hickok
It sure does. Well, Baxon, open up that safe. Want to look at what's inside?
Baxson
I Ain't opening nothing.
Jingles
Two bit star Packer Bill. I reckon you'll have to give him another little treatment.
Wild Bill Hickok
Sure looks that way, Jingles. All right, get up, dachshund.
Two Pick Teller
I mean he looker to ask for another beatin'.
Jingles
No, Hickok, don't. Don't hit me again. I'll open it.
Wild Bill Hickok
I'm getting out of here.
Jingles
You ain't going no place but to the who's gal. Now stand still. You know, I'm real curious about what's in that space myself.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, there they are. Jingles. It took six months, but we finally found them.
Jingles
Uh, found what, Bill?
Wild Bill Hickok
The deeds to the railroad land, partner. Oh yeah, you put the handcuffs on those two. Ah, loots. This proves they're the ones that robbed the stagecoach and killed that driver. And now they're gonna pay.
Two Pick Teller
And all the time I thought he was chasing them because they were trying to hijack my mine out from under me.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, Two Pick, we just managed to kill two birds with one stone, that's all.
Jingles
Yeah, Two Pick, you know, that's the way it is riding with Wild Bill Hickok. You never know which end is up. You know, I get so mixed up sometimes that I get up in the morning and walk down to breakfast on my hands. Sure is hard swallowing uphill.
Narrator
And now here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.
Wild Bill Hickok
Well, Andy, what's our story going to be about come Friday?
Jingles
Well Guy, this one's about how a dirty shirt raised more ruckus than a nest of hornets.
Wild Bill Hickok
So long kids.
Jingles
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Two Pick Teller
Choose a Kellogg's cereal is good for you.
Narrator
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Two Pick Teller
So, Choo Choo, choose your favorite Kellogg variety pack.
Narrator
Kellogg's the greatest name in cereals has brought you another exciting story of Wild Bill Hickok starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine in person. Today's cast included Clayton Post, Jack Crucian and Curly Bradley. Our director is Paul Pierce. Story by Larry Hayes. Music by Dick Arant. This is a David Hire production Transcribed in Hollywood now. This is Charlie Lyon speaking for Kellogg's the greatest name in cereals reminding you to listen again on Friday same time, same station for another adventure of wow.
Jingles
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Andrew Rines
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Jingles
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Episode Overview In the "Teller’s Gold | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" episode of the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast, host Andrew Rhynes presents a digitally restored classic Western radio drama featuring the iconic characters Wild Bill Hickok, portrayed by Guy Madison, and his witty sidekick Jingles, voiced by Andy Devine. This episode, originally aired on September 16, 1953, takes listeners on a gripping journey through the untamed frontier, blending action, suspense, and humor in a tale of crime, pursuit, and redemption.
Setting the Scene The adventure begins with Wild Bill Hickok and his trusty deputy, Jingles, tirelessly working to solve a perplexing case involving a stagecoach robbery. The robbers stole the deeds to valuable railroad lands from the Santa Fe mail sacks, leaving the local authorities baffled. For nearly six months, Bill and Jingles have been on the trail of these cunning outlaws, leading them to the rugged mesa where the robbers have taken refuge.
The Investigation At [02:46], Bill commands, "Head up this trail, Buckshot. Come on, Jingles," signaling their pursuit. Jingles expresses his frustration with the slow progress, remarking at [03:07], "Cause every time you get to the top of that rise, you look at that railroad land down in the valley. Then you get to be a sawhead for a whole week." Despite Jingles' desire to abandon the chase, Bill remains steadfast, confident that the outlaws will eventually slip up: "Someday the men that held up that stage are going to make a slip. And when they do, I want to be around" ([03:16]).
Encounter with the Prospector Their patience is tested when a prospector, Two Pick Teller, approaches them seeking a light for his pipe ([04:52]). Jingles dismissively refers to him as "the biggest deadbeat in seven counties" ([05:03]), but during their conversation, Two Pick reveals that he has discovered a promising vein of gold, potentially linked to the stolen deeds. This revelation reinvigorates their investigation, leading them to the saddle between two peaks marked by a distinctive elephant-shaped rock ([05:50]).
Ambush and Capture As Bill and Jingles follow the clues, they are ambushed by the villainous Baxson and his accomplice, Two Pick Teller. A dramatic shootout ensues, resulting in Bill being shot and seemingly killed by Baxson ([06:17]). However, in a twist of fate, Bill survives the attack and regains consciousness, much to Jingles' relief: "Well, Two Pick, you know, that's the way it is riding with Wild Bill Hickok" ([23:40]).
Escape from the Mine Trapped inside Two Pick’s mined tunnel ([18:34]), Bill, Jingles, and Two Pick must devise a plan to escape. Utilizing their resourcefulness, they employ blasting powder and a miner's lamp to create an improvised explosive device. Bill strategizes, "If I can force this pipe far enough, we can pour charges of powder through it, use a string for a fuse and blast our way out of here" ([19:38]). Their efforts pay off as they manage to break free from the tunnel just as daylight breaks ([19:59]).
Final Confrontation Reinvigorated by their escape, Bill and Jingles pursue Baxson and Two Pick once more. The climax unfolds at the head of a canyon, where Baxson attempts to resist arrest by hiding behind a large iron safe. Undeterred, Bill confronts him, declaring, "It took six months, but we finally found them" ([23:33]). The rightful deeds are recovered, and the culprits are apprehended, bringing justice to the Wild West once again.
Persistence in the Chase
Jingles’ Skepticism
Introduction of Two Pick Teller
Bill’s Determination
The Twist of Survival
Escape Plan Execution
Final Confrontation and Justice
"Teller’s Gold | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" delivers a classic Western narrative filled with tension, clever strategies, and the unwavering partnership between Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles. Through relentless pursuit, unexpected twists, and heroic perseverance, the episode encapsulates the essence of Old West justice. The digitally enhanced audio brings to life the vivid sounds of the frontier, making the timeless tales even more engaging for modern listeners. This episode not only honors the legacy of legendary radio Westerns like Gunsmoke and The Lone Ranger but also invites new audiences to immerse themselves in the rich storytelling of the golden age of radio.
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