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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.
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United States
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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.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Rub Out – Tales of the Texas Rangers (02-03-52)
5/28/2025
Original Air Date: February 03, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Herb Vigran• Herb Ellis• Nestor Paiva• Parley Baer• Peggy Webber Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:07
Night Chase – Tales of the Texas Rangers (01-27-52)
5/21/2025
Original Air Date: January 27, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Whitfield Connor• Jeanette Nolan• Herb Ellis• Betty Lou Gerson Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:02
Blood Trail – Tales of the Texas Rangers (01-20-52)
5/14/2025
Original Air Date: January 20, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Tim Graham• Henry Rowland• Parley Baer• Barney Phillips Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:17
Clip Job – Tales of the Texas Rangers (01-13-52)
5/7/2025
Original Air Date: January 13, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Ken Christy• Virginia Gregg• Parley Baer• Ernest Newton• Herb Ellis• Lillian Buyeff Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...
Duration:00:31:24
Death Plant – Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-09-51)
4/2/2025
Original Air Date: December 09, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Virginia Gregg• Bill Johnstone• Parley Baer• Charlotte Lawrence• Lamont Johnson Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:25
The Dead Give Away – Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-02-51)
3/26/2025
Original Air Date: December 02, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Lurene Tuttle• Mike Barrett• Hal March• Paul Frees Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:13
The Blow Off – Tales of the Texas Rangers (11-25-51)
3/19/2025
Original Air Date: November 25, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Eddie Marr• Gerald Mohr• Betty Lou Gerson• Ed Begley• Jeanette Nolan Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:00
Wild Crop | Tales of the Texas Rangers (11-18-51)
3/12/2025
Original Air Date: November 18, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Sam Edwards• Barney Phillips• Parley Baer• Mike Barrett Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:04
Open And Shut – Tales of the Texas Rangers (11-11-51)
3/5/2025
Original Air Date: November 11, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Joan Banks• Francis X Bushman• Parley Baer• Vivi Janiss Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:53
Helping Hand – Tales of the Texas Rangers (11-04-51)
2/26/2025
Original Air Date: November 04, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Herb Vigran• Lou Krugman• William Conrad• Ken Christy• Lillian Buyeff Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:33
Death Shaft – Tales of the Texas Rangers (09-30-51)
1/22/2025
Original Air Date: September 30, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Bill Johnstone• Lamont Johnson• Ken Christy• Betty Lou Gerson• Brad Brown Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:33:37
Christmas Payoff – Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-23-51)
12/20/2024
It is 4pm on the afternoon of December 25th 1940 in the small West Texas town of Rockfield. In his office Dr Hartley and his nurse are just clearing up after treating an emergency case, which has taken the doctor away from his family on this Christmas day. As they are preparing to leave the...
Duration:00:32:20
Christmas Present | Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-24-50)
12/4/2024
It is 2:00pm December 21st, four days before Christmas 1931. On a city Street corner in North Texas a man dressed as Santa Claus Suddenly leaves his post beside a large red pot labeled “Help the Poor”. Shivering with cold he enters the newly opened building of the Pamandle Equity Bank and approaches the bank...
Duration:00:32:32
Pressure – Tales of the Texas Rangers (04-01-51)
11/27/2024
Original Air Date: April 01, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Will Wright• Herb Vigran• Ernest Whitman• Roy Glenn• William Conrad• Byron Kane Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...
Duration:00:31:49
Breakdown – Tales of the Texas Rangers (03-25-51)
11/20/2024
Original Air Date: March 18, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Joseph Kearns• Tom McKee• Roy Glenn• Barbara Luddy Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:48
Death By Adoption | Tales of the Texas Rangers (03-18-51)
11/13/2024
Original Air Date: March 18, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Joseph Kearns• Tom McKee• Roy Glenn• Barbara Luddy Writer:• Russell Hughes Adaptation:• Joel Murcott Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:41
The Trap | Tales of the Texas Rangers (02-25-51)
10/30/2024
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, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98...
Duration:00:35:27
Sweet Revenge | Tales of the Texas Rangers (02-18-51)
10/23/2024
It is raining heavily as Judd and Albert Briggs from a neighboring ranch finish their Dinner when Blake Wilkins turns up at the door after two years. Judd doesn’t seem too pleased to see his brother and Albert is pleased to discover that Blake has split up with his daughter Original Air Date: February 18,...
Duration:00:33:00
Death In The Cards | Tales of the Texas Rangers (01-14-51)
9/25/2024
Original Air Date: January 14, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Bill Johnstone• Parley Baer• Jeanette Nolan• Byron Kane• Mike Barrett• Ernest Newton Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...
Duration:00:33:30
Deadhead Freight | Tales of the Texas Rangers (01-07-51)
9/18/2024
Original Air Date: January 07, 1951Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Star:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Herb Ellis• Tom Holland• Byron Kane• Tom McKee• Lillian Buyeff Writer:• Russell Hughes Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK