Tales of the Texas Rangers

Hosted ByAndrew Rhynes

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, to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.

The Trap | Tales of the Texas Rangers (02-25-51)

The two colleagues were delivering a cargo of car radios valued at $39,000 when their truck is sent on a detour to a dead end. The truck and its cargo is hijacked and Rover and Simms are both needlessly killed.

Original Air Date: February 25, 1951
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Tales of the Texas Rangers
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Star:
• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson)

Special Guests:
• Tony Barrett
• Whitfield Connor
• Herb Ellis
• Parley Baer
• Wilms Herbert
• William Conrad

Writer:
• Russell Hughes

Adaptation:
• Joel Murcott

Producer:
• Stacy Keach

Song Writer:
• Sam Coslow

Composer
• Robert Armbruster

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

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