Western Stories | OTRWesterns.com
Andrew Rhynes 50 episodes Nov 8, 2026
Western Stories is a curated collection of old-time radio episodes with Western themes. Rather than featuring a single series, it gathers standalone Western stories and Western-era episodes from a variety of classic radio programs. The show is aimed at listeners who enjoy vintage radio drama, frontier tales, and nostalgia for the golden age of radio.
Episodes
The Virginian | Lux Radio Theatre (11-02-36)
In his courtship of the Vermont schoolteacher, Molly Wood, the Virginian encounters a battle of a different kind Original Air Date: November 02, 1936Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Gary Cooper (The Virginian)• Charles Bickford• Helen Mack (Molly Wood)• John Howard Special Guest:• Sidney Skolsky• Richard Kline Producer:• Cecil B. DeMille...
Columbus Stockade Blues | Grand Ole Opry (09-25-43)
Original Air Date: September 25, 1943 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Grand Ole Opry Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Special Guests: • Minnie Pearl • The Duke of Paducah • Whitey Ford • Trudy Brown Musicians: • Pee Wee King • Golden West Cowboys • Curley Williams and His Georgia Peach Pickers • Ford Rush Song...
Dear Teacher | Death Valley Days (Unknown)
Original Air Date: UnknownHost: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Host:• The Old Ranger Creator:• Ruth Woodman Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Bakers Theater of Stars | Mail Order Bride (03-08-53)
Original Air Date: March 08, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Robert Taylor• Jeanne Bates Special Guests:• John Dehner• Harry Bartell• Lawrence Dobkin• Will Wright• Mary McGovern Narrator:• Parley Baer Producer:• Norman Macdonnell Writer:• John Meston Music:• Wilbur Hatch Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Shoo Fly | Death Valley Days (06-16-39)
Original Air Date: June 16, 1939Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Host:• The Old Ranger Creator:• Ruth Woodman Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Burro Who Had No Name | Death Valley Days (06-17-38)
Original Air Date: June 17, 1938Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Host:• The Old Ranger Creator:• Ruth Woodman Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Whitney Death Valley Highway Dedication | Death Valley Days (10-29-37)
Original Air Date: October 29, 1937Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Host:• The Old Ranger Creator:• Ruth Woodman Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Sam Bass is Captured | Death Valley Days (08-27-36)
Original Air Date: August 27, 1936Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Host:• The Old Ranger Creator:• Ruth Woodman Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The First Steel Plow | Adventures in Research (07-24-51)
The story of how John Deere came up with the first Steel Plow Original Air Date: July 24, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Paul Shannon Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Redman’s Vengeance | Silver Eagle (06-29-54)
After a Trapper shoots an Indian, he and his partner are hunted by other Indians who witness the shooting Original Air Date: June 29, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Jim Ameche (Sergeant Jim West)• Jack Lester (Joe Bideaux) For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from: Roundup...
The Sound Heard Round the World | Adventures in Research (02-06-51)
The Story of the telegraph Original Air Date: February 06, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Paul Shannon Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Lost Gold Mine | Adventures in Research (11-06-51)
A tale of a lost gold mine, a mine that no one ever staked a claim to. Original Air Date: November 06, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Paul Shannon Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Wilderness Train | Adventures in Research (08-14-51)
The story of the Wilderness Train, a railroad that came to be known as the mainline of mid-America. Original Air Date: August 14, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Paul Shannon Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
George and the Iron Monster | Adventures in Research (52-12-30)
Story of an English coal miner and his creation of the steam locomotive. Original Air Date: December 30, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Paul Shannon Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Jack the Giant Killer | Armchair Adventures
Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Marvin Miller Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
West is West | Armchair Adventures
Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Narrator:• Marvin Miller Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Judgment Day at Crippled Deer | Escape (06-24-54)
Original Air Date: June 24, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Lawrence Dobkin• Harry Bartell Special Guests:• Lou Krugman• Georgia Ellis• James Nusser• Clayton Post Writers:• Les Crutchfield Announcer:• George Walsh Director:• Norman MacDonnell Music:• Leith Stevens Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Audition Show | Adventures Of The Scarlet Cloak (50-02-15)
Original Air Date: February 15, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Wendell Niles Writers:• Joel Murcott Producer:• Vic Hunter Music:• Lyn Murray Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Stampede on the Chisholm Trail | Adventure Trail (03-22-46)
Original Air Date: March 22, 1946Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Going to the Circus | All Set And Saddled (1942)
Original Air Date: 1942Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Caddis Fly | Romance (08-25-56)
Original Air Date: August 25, 1956Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Sam Edwards• Vic Perrin Special Guests:• Gloria Grant• Helen Kleeb• Will Wright• John Dehner• Sammie Hill• Joseph Kearns Writers:• Charles B. Smith Producer/Director:• Antony Ellis Music:•Jerry Goldsmith Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Bear | Romance (11-05-55)
Original Air Date: November 05, 1955Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Dehner• Virginia Gregg Special Guest:• Lawrence Dobkin• Harry Bartell Writers:• Anton Chekhov• Walter Newman Producer/Director:• William Froug Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Pawhuska | Romance (10-09-54)
Original Air Date: October 09, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Dehner (Jack)• Joyce McCluskey Special Guests:• Vic Perrin• Joseph Kearns• Harry Bartell• Barney Phillips• Lou Krugman Producer/Director:• Norman Macdonnell Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Madame 44 | Romance (06-09-52)
Original Air Date: June 09, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joan Banks• John DehnerSpecial Guests:• Jeanette Nolan• Lawrence Dobkin• Harry Bartell• Paul DubovWriter:• Michael Foster• John MestonProducer/Director:• Norman MacdonnellMusic:• Earl Towner Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Pagosa | Romance (08-06-51)
Original Air Date: August 06, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• William Conrad• Georgia Ellis• Will WrightSpecial Guests:• Tony Barrett• Lamont Johnson• Tom Holland• Herb Ellis• Junius MatthewsWriters:• John MestonProducer/Director:• Norman MacdonnellMusic:• Alexander Courage Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj
White Buffalo | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (11-27-55)
Original Air Date: November 27, 1955Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Announcer:• Don Morrow Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
The Ambassador | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (11-13-55)
Original Air Date: November 13, 1955Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Announcer:• Don Morrow Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Punishment and Crime | Sears Radio Theater (07-16-79)
A western story about twin brothers who moved into an abandoned house and someone ends up getting shot and killed around their property. Original Air Date: July 16, 1979Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Parley Baer• Howard Culver Special Guests:• Len Birman• Peggy Webber• Joe Moross• Jack Carroll Writers:• Percy Grainger Producer/Director:•...
The Gunfighter | Screen Director’s Playhouse (06-07-51)
Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.Original Air Date: June 07, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Gregory PeckSpecial Guests:• Byron Kane• Ted de Corsia• Sam Edwards• Grace...
The Paleface | Screen Director’s Playhouse (03-03-50)
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover. Original Air Date: March 03, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Bob Hope ('Painless' Peter Potter)• Jane Russell (Calamity Jane) Director:• Norman Z. McLeod...
Wyatt Earp – Hallmark Hall of Fame (12-05-54)
The Story of Wyatt Earp the American lawman and gambler in the American West. Original Air Date: December 05, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Parley Baer• Herb Vigran• Lawrence Dobkin• Harry Bartell• Joseph Kearns• Paul Dubov• Paul Frees Host:• Lionel Barrymore Producer:• William Froug Writer:• Frank Burt Exit music from:...
Tom Mix – Hallmark Hall of Fame (01-03-54)
A good Western yarn about the time Tom Mix stayed awake for four days during a blizzard to capture two murderers. Original Air Date: January 03, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Dehner• Vic Perrin• Jack Edwards• Harry Bartell• Lawrence Dobkin Host:• Lionel Barrymore Producer:• William Froug Writer:• Wilbur James...
Sam Houston | Hallmark Hall of Fame (09-13-53)
The story of the 1836 defeat of the settlers of early Texas territory. Original Air Date: September 13, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Dehner• Margaret Brayton• Dick Beals• Herb Butterfield• Sam Edwards• Harry Bartell• Lawrence Dobkin• Ted de Corsia• Parley Baer• Bill Johnstone• Roy Glenn Host:• Lionel Barrymore Producer:•...
Sacajawea – Hallmark Hall of Fame (03-08-53)
The Story of the guide and interpreter, (Sacajawea), who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition negotiate with the Shoshone and explore the Louisiana Territory. Original Air Date: March 08, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Lurene Tuttle• Whitfield Connor• Lamont Johnson• John Stephenson• Ben Wright• Ted de Corsia• Frank Martin Host:•...
Fort Apache | Screen Director’s Playhouse (08-05-49)
At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe. Original Air Date: August 05, 1949Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Screen Director's PlayhousePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Wayne (Capt. Kirby York)•...
Wild Jack Rhett | Escape (12-17-50)
A story about the old west and a great show-down on Main Street. Original Air Date: June 23, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• John Dehner• Lawrence Dobkin• Lou Krugman Special Guests:• Junius Matthews• Russell Simpson• Jeanne Bates• Paul Dubov• Sam Edwards Narrator:• Parley Baer Writer:• John Meston Producer:• Norman Macdonnell...
Sundown | Escape (06-23-50)
A story about the gunfighters of the old west. Original Air Date: June 23, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Barton Yarborough• Sam Edwards• Will Geer• Ted Osborne• John Ramsey Hill Special Guest:• Paul Frees• John Dehner Writers:• Joel Murcott Producer:• William N. Robson Music:• Ivan Ditmars Exit music from: Roundup...
The Pistol – Escape (01-03-50)
An action-packed western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Original Air Date: January 03, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Gerald Mohr• Betty Lou Gerson• Charles McGraw• Will Geer Special Guests:• Eddie Marr Writers:• Les Crutchfield Producer:• William N. Robson Music:• Del...
Command {Elliott Reid} | Escape (12-06-49)
A story about the Union Army Original Air Date: December 06, 1949Host: Andrew RhynesShow: EscapePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Elliott Reid• Bill Johnstone• Ted de Corsia Special Guests:• Sam Edwards• Tony Barrett• Bert Holland• Paul Frees Producer/Writer:• William N. Robson Music:• Del Castillo Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Escape (12-10-47)
Peyton Farquhar, a civilian who also happens to be a successful planter and slave owner, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War Original Air Date: December 10, 1947Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Harry Bartell (Peyton Farquhar) Special Guests:• Luis van...
Virginia City | Lux Radio Theatre (05-26-41)
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is sets out to Virginia City in Nevada Original Air Date: May 26, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Errol Flynn (Kerry Bradford)• Martha Scott (Julia Hayne)• Frank McGlynn Sr. (Abraham Lincoln) Special Guests:• Gale Gordon• Warren Nash• Griff Barnett• Edwin Max•...
The Westerner | Lux Radio Theatre (09-23-40)
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders. Original Air Date: September 23, 1940Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Gary Cooper (Cole Harden)• Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean)• Doris Davenport (Jane Ellen Mathews) Special Guests:• Lou Merrill• Fre
Ruggles of Red Gap | Lux Radio Theatre (07-10-39)
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life. Original Air Date: July 10, 1939Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Charles Laughton (Ruggles)• Charles Ruggles (Egbert Floud)• Zasu Pitts (Prunella Judson) Producer:• Cecil B. DeMille Music:• Louis_Silvers Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by...
Silver Dollar | Lux Radio Theatre (04-03-39)
Based on the true life story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from the silver mines of Colorado. Original Air Date: April 03, 1939Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Lux Radio TheatrePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Edward Arnold (Yates Martin)• Anita Louise (Lilly)• Marjorie Rambeau (Sarah Martin) Special Guests:• Joe Duval• Forrest Taylor• Perry Ivins• Lee...
The Plainsman | Lux Radio Theatre (05-31-37)
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners. Original Air Date: May 31, 1937Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Fredric March (Wild Bill Hickok)• Jean Arthur (Calamity Jane)• Porter Hall (Jack McCall)• Joan Fontaine (Louisa Cody)• Paul Harvey (Yellow Hand) Special Guest:• Sidney Skolsky•...
Ballad of the Iron Horse | CBS Radio Workshop (03-03-57)
A railroad locomotive and its experiences during the Civil War and the westward expansion. Original Air Date: March 03, 1957Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joan Banks• Richard Crenna• Joe DeSantis• John Dehner• Jack Moyles• Daws Butler Narrator:• William Conrad Writer:• Charles B. Smith Producer:• William N. Robson Music:• Fred Steiner...
Roughing It | CBS Radio Workshop (10-05-56)
Mark Twain's 1872 semi-autobiographical travel book detailing his adventures in the American West from 1861–1867, serving as a prequel to The Innocents Abroad. Original Air Date: October 05, 1956Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Luis van Rooten (Sam Clemens) Special Guests:• D.J. Thompson• Eddie Marr• Daws Butler• Peter Leeds• Howard McNear•...
Inside the FBI | Adventure Ahead (08-26-44)
Western FBI investigation of a murder that took place in Texas. Original Air Date: August 26, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Adaptation:• Howard Carraway Author:• John J. Floherty Director:• Joseph F. Mansfield Music:• Doc Whipple For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by...
Rawhide | Lux Radio Theatre (03-22-55)
Original Air Date: March 22, 1955Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Donna Reed• Jeffery Hunter Special Guests:• William Conrad (Rafe Zimmerman)• Lawrence Dobkin (Tevis)• Tim Graham (Sam Todd)• Parley Baer (Yancy)• Jack Kruschen (Gratz) Producer:• Irving Cummings Writer:• Leonard St Clair Music:• Rudy Schrager Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie...
Shane | Lux Radio Theatre (02-22-55)
Original Air Date: February 22, 1955Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Western StoriesPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Alan Ladd (Shane)• Van Heflin (Joe Starrett)• Ruth Hussey (Marian Starrett) Special Guests:• Tim Graham• Tyler McVey• Peter Votrian Producer:• Irving Cummings Writer:• S. H. Barnett Music:• Rudy Schrager Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
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