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Tales of the Texas Rangers Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

by Adam Graham

Some called it, "Dragnet on Horseback." But this 1950-52 Old Time crime Series focused on the exploits of the Texas Rangers and provided keen insights into the work of one most storied police forces in the world and vital nature of their work investigating major crimes across the state of Texas, often operating hundreds of miles away from the metropolitan resources that other fictional lawmen enjoyed. Ranger Jayce Pearson (Joel McCrea) portrays the resourcefulness, and ingenuity of the Texas Rangers as he investigates everything from cattle theft, arson, robberies, and shocking murders in rural areas with not witnesses and few clues in cases, many of which were taken from the files of the Texas Rangers. Host  Adam Graham presents every circulating episode of the series and includes his commentary after each episode as well as responding to listener comments and feedback.

Latest episodes

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Death in the Cards

Original Release Date: March 26, 2022 A rancher's stepson reports his father was murdered by a professional gambler. Original Air Date: January 14, 1951 Support the sh

Oct 31
36 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Deadhand Freight

Original Release Date: March 19, 2022 A dead woman is found without identification sowed up in a duffel bag and dropped at a trail beside railroad tracks. Original Air

Oct 24
36 min

Tales of Texas Rangers: The Devil's Share

Original Release Date: March 12, 2022 A man kills his brother and frames a sharecropper. Will Ranger Pearson be able to get to the truth? Original AIr Date: December 31

Oct 17
39 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Cactus Pear

Original Release Date: March 5, 2022 Jace Pearson investigates the murder of a ranch hand. Original Air Date: December 17, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://pat

Oct 10
35 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Lucky Dollar

Original Release Date: February 19, 2022 A shopkeeper's wife is murdered in a robbery. Original Air Date; December 10, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon

Oct 3
37 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Room 114

Original Release Date: February 12, 2022 A man is found murdered in a hotel room. Original Air Date: December 3, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.great

Sep 19
39 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Hanging by a Thread

Original Release Date: February 5, 2022 A Sheriff gets a call from a ranch threatening suicide. He arrives at the ranch the call was made from to find the owner hung to

Sep 12
39 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Blood Relative

Original Release Date: January 29, 2022 A storekeeper is murdered after having an argument with his recently paroled nephew. Original Air Date: November 12, 1950 Suppo

Sep 6
36 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers:White Suit

Original Release Date: January 22, 2022 Jace hunts down an escaped prisoner. Original Air Date: November 5, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetec

Aug 15
39 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Soft Touch

Original Release Date: January 15, 2022 Jace investigates the shooting murder of a woman and her four-month-old baby in her home. Original Air Date: October 29, 1950 S

Aug 8
41 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Dead Giveaway

Original Release Date: January 8, 2022 A man and his wife arrive at his parents’ ranchhouse to find them both murdered. Original Air Date: October 15, 1950  Support th

Aug 1
36 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Living Death

Original Release Date: December 25, 2021 Two killings set the Texas Rangers on the trail of a ring smuggling narcotics across the border.  Original Air Date: October 8,

Jul 25
38 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Christmas Present

Original Release Date: August 31, 2024 Original Release Date: December 18, 2021 Two men, pretending to be charity Santas, hold up a bank on Christmas Eve. Original Air

Jul 11
40 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Clean Up

Original Release Date: December 11, 2021 Ranger Jace Pearson and another ranger go undercover to uproot the corruption in an oil boomtown. They’ll start out by solving t

Jul 4
42 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Candy Man

Original Release Date: December 4, 2021 A candy-loving killer blackmails a short-term prisoner to help him break jail.  Original Air Date: September 16, 1950 Support t

Jun 27
36 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Plays for Keeps

Original Release Date: November 20, 2021 A corrupt constable kills the local sheriff and gets charged with investigating the murder. However, his plans faces a major obs

Jun 20
36 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Open Range

Original Release Date: November 13, 2021 Ranger Pearson investigates modern-day rustlers who stole a heard of Cattle and murdered a rancher.  Original Air Date: August

Jun 13
40 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Fools Gold

Original Release Date: November 6, 2021 Ranger Pearson investigates a bank robbery gone wrong that left a bank teller, one of the robbers, and a five year old boy and hi

Jun 6
40 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Broken Spur

Release Date: October 30, 2021 A rancher is killed and his home is burned to the ground.  Original Air Date: August 12, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreo

May 30
37 min

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Quicksilver

Original Release Date: October 23, 2021 Ranger Pearson investigates the murder of an entire family on their ranch and has few clues to work with.  Original Air Date: Au

May 23
44 min

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#64
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40
days in the top 100 since Nov 2024

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