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Gunsmoke: Old West Stories

Bull

Posted February 17, 2026 · 21 min

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Originally Aired: November 3, 1957 In Gunsmoke #291, “Bull,” Marshal Matt Dillon faces one of the most troubling cases in Dodge City when a drunken buffalo hunter named Bull Hogan kills a young man in what appears to be a fair fistfight. The town swears it was an honest brawl—but the victim lies dead, and Bull flees before dawn. As Dillon tracks the powerful frontiersman to a lonely sod hut, questions begin to mount. Was it truly a tragic accident of brute strength, or did someone else seize the moment to commit murder? With tensions high and a thousand-dollar reward tempting the worst kind of opportunist, Dillon must rely on instinct rather than appearances. What unfolds is a tense tale of mob judgment, greed, and frontier justice—where the strongest man in the territory may not be the most dangerous one. Cast: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis Tags: western, frontierjustice, MattDillon, Chester, DocAdams, KittyRussell, buffaloHunter, fistfight, murdermystery, DodgeCity, oldtimeradio, classicwestern, radioDrama, 1950sradio, crime, reward, manhunt, Gunsmoke

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