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Tonto: Tales of the Lone Ranger

Presented by OTRPODS

Step into the untamed frontier with Tonto, a bold new journey into the legendary world of The Lone Ranger.

Through the eyes of the Lone Ranger’s trusted companion, this series revisits the most thrilling, heroic, and unforgettable adventures from one of radio’s greatest Western sagas. Ride alongside justice as masked legends, outlaws, and lawmen collide across dusty trails, hidden canyons, and frontier towns where danger is always just over the horizon. With rich storytelling, restored audio, and timeless performances, Tonto brings these classic tales back to life for a new generation, while honoring the spirit of the originals that captivated millions. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or discovering these stories for the first time, the call of the West is waiting.

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164 episodes

  1. The Man Least Suspected

    Apr 22, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: May 18, 1938 The Lone Ranger #828, "The Man Least Suspected," the masked rider arrives in Green Tree to investigate a series of mysterious thefts plaguing the town. Young Cole Williams, a twenty-year-old bank employee, finds himself under suspicion despite his protests of innocence to his worried mother. His employer, banker Jason Rudd, claims suspicion falls on Cole because the robbery victims all withdrew cash from the bank recently, and only Cole would know their identities. However, Cole points out that others would have that knowledge too, including Rudd himself and former sheriff Baldy Bronson, whose porch overlooks the bank. When word arrives that dangerous bank robbers are heading toward Green Tree, Rudd, Sheriff Kurt Orson, and the wheelchair-bound Baldy Bronson devise a plan to protect the bank's funds by hiding the cash in an unlocked back closet rather than the safe. Only four people know about the secret location: Rudd, the sheriff, Baldy, and Cole. When the money vanishes overnight and Baldy claims to have seen someone matching Cole's description near the bank in the darkness, the sheriff prepares to arrest the young man and force a confession.

  2. No Worse Enemy

    Apr 21, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 16, 1938 The Lone Ranger #827, "No Worse Enemy," a wagon train on the western frontier faces a crisis as internal conflict threatens to tear the party apart. Peter Ridley, the wagon master, and his longtime friend Amos Carver have become bitter enemies, quarreling over leadership and decisions. Scout Sam Dougal secretly fans the flames of discord between the two men, pushing them toward a final confrontation. When the dispute over buffalo hunting reaches a boiling point, Carver announces that he and half the wagon train will split off at the fork where the Oregon and Santa Fe trails divide, leaving Ridley to take the other route with his supporters. Meanwhile, Tonto discovers a gang of outlaws posing as trappers in the nearby hills. When he attempts to spy on their camp, he is spotted and captured after being grazed by a bullet. The masked rider's faithful companion now finds himself at the mercy of Rick Logan and his men, who are clearly connected to the wagon train's troubles. As the truth about Sam Dougal's treacherous scheme begins to emerge, both Tonto and the divided wagon train face mounting danger.

  3. New Fangled Justice

    Apr 20, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 13, 1938 The Lone Ranger #826, "New Fangled Justice," opens with a heated confrontation between Sheriff Steve Tucker and U.S. Marshal Dan Callaway over the changing nature of frontier justice. Tucker is furious that smooth-talking Slim Carter has escaped prosecution for the murder of Bart Jones and the robbery of Pete Frisbee's savings, claiming the new requirement for solid proof lets criminals go free. Callaway insists that the old vigilante methods must give way to proper legal proceedings where a man is innocent until proven guilty. Tucker threatens to bring wealthy mine owner Zeke Merrill to confirm Carter's guilt, but Callaway dismisses it as mere hearsay. The tension escalates when Tucker discovers that Zeke's daughter Nancy is preparing to marry Slim Carter and leave for the East. Carter claims Zeke has given his blessing, but Tucker is convinced the cunning criminal is lying. When Tucker tries to stop the marriage, Carter pulls a gun on him. The sheriff vows to bring Zeke back from his mine claim to expose the truth, while Nancy remains convinced that Carter is an innocent man being persecuted by outdated frontier justice.

  4. Framed For Murder

    Apr 15, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: May 11, 1938 The Lone Ranger #825, "Framed For Murder," the Masked Man and Tonto arrive in the town of Potsdam to find the streets deserted. Everyone has gathered at the courthouse for the trial of young Bob McAllister, accused of murdering Joe Findlay and robbing him of valuable bonds. Only old Lem Purvis remains outside, and he's convinced that Bob has been framed by someone in town. Despite damning evidence—including the murder knife found in Bob's desk at the express office and his lack of an alibi—Lem insists the young man is innocent based on his years of judging character. The jury quickly returns a guilty verdict, and Judge sentences Bob to hang at sunrise. Bob's only concern is for his ailing mother, who needs money he has hidden away, but he refuses to tell anyone in town where it is, fearing the real killer will steal it. Deputy Larson shows sympathy for the condemned man, while Sheriff Green remains cold and suspicious. As Bob sits alone in his cell that night, the Lone Ranger and Tonto approach the jail, determined to uncover the truth and save an innocent man from the gallows.

  5. Ammunition For The Indians

    Apr 15, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 9, 1938 The Lone Ranger #824, "Ammunition For The Indians," the Lone Ranger and Tonto discover an abandoned stagecoach that was carrying ammunition to Fort Pearson. When they encounter stage driver Mort Leeds fleeing from Indians, he spins a dramatic tale of being attacked by Chief White Bear's braves, claiming they killed his guard and stole the weapons. However, the Lone Ranger notices several suspicious details: the stagecoach bears no bullet holes, Leeds wears a suspiciously full money belt, and his story doesn't add up. As the masked man and Tonto decide to investigate further, Leeds returns to Redwood as a hero and meets secretly with Army Quartermaster Eric Kramer. The two reveal they're actually working with Chief White Bear in a conspiracy to sell military ammunition to the Indians. With White Bear having already paid them for a second load of arms, and Captain Meadows unknowingly about to share details of the next shipment, the Lone Ranger faces a dangerous scheme that threatens to fuel an Indian uprising while corrupt men profit from both sides.

  6. Kidnapped Boy

    Apr 14, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 6, 1938 The Lone Ranger #823, "Kidnapped Boy," opens with Black Jack Martin and his gang of outlaws desperately needing money after being driven from their last hideout. Martin hatches a scheme to kidnap seven-year-old Billy Garrett, son of wealthy rancher Steve Garrett, and hold him for ransom. When Sheriff Wilson warns Steve about Black Jack's presence in the area and advises him to watch his son closely, the rancher dismisses the threat, confident that his twenty skilled ranch hands can protect him. However, young Billy has a mind of his own and keeps wandering off despite his father's warnings. The kidnapping unfolds quickly when Billy disobeys orders to stay on the porch. After Tonto, the Lone Ranger's faithful companion, brings the wandering boy back from a store once, Billy slips away again. This time a stranger lures him with candy and disappears with the child out the back door. Steve and Sheriff Wilson discover Billy's cap on the ground along with a ransom note demanding ten thousand dollars. With the outlaws holding all the cards and threatening the boy's life, the situation becomes desperate.

  7. Bart Colt Gang

    Apr 14, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: May 4, 1938 The Lone Ranger #822, "Bart Colt Gang," The masked rider of the plains and his faithful companion Tonto pursue the notorious Bart Colt gang after the outlaws raid the ranch of old Zach Andrews, making off with a thousand dollars in cash and two thousand dollars worth of cattle. But Colt has an even more ambitious scheme in mind. The cunning outlaw deliberately lets Dave Sanders, foreman at the Andrews ranch, overhear false information about a planned bank robbery in Silver Springs. Colt knows that Dave will rush to warn his brother Andy, the county sheriff, sending a posse out of town chasing shadows. With the lawmen racing toward Silver Springs, Bart Colt plans to double back and raid the now-defenseless town, looting the bank, stores, and supplies. His scheme goes deeper still: by making it appear that Dave deliberately misdirected the posse, Colt aims to destroy the reputations of both Sanders brothers and get the ineffective deputy Lem Moody appointed as the new sheriff. As Sheriff Andy Sanders organizes his posse despite Moody's suspicious objections, the Lone Ranger and Tonto close in, determined to bring the outlaws to justice before Colt's elaborate trap can spring shut.

  8. Mine Claim Scheme

    Apr 13, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: May 2, 1938 The Lone Ranger #821, "Mine Claim Scheme," a suspicious land deal in the mining town of Bixby threatens to defraud honest prospectors of their fortunes. When miner Lem Purvis celebrates selling his supposedly worthless claim to eastern businessman Carter Dodson for two hundred dollars, the disguised Lone Ranger recognizes something is amiss. Assay clerk Tom Gordon suddenly announces he made a terrible mistake, revealing that Purvis's mine is actually worth twenty-five dollars a ton while another miner's claim is worthless. An enraged Purvis nearly shoots Gordon before the Lone Ranger intervenes, but suspicions run deep that Gordon deliberately switched the samples to benefit Dodson. Following Gordon to Dodson's quarters, the Lone Ranger and Tonto overhear a conversation that confirms their suspicions of a systematic scheme targeting the town's miners. With Gordon manipulating assay reports and Dodson swooping in to purchase valuable claims at bargain prices, the masked rider must expose this elaborate fraud before more honest prospectors lose their livelihoods to the unscrupulous pair.

  9. Train Wreck Plot

    Apr 13, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: April 29, 1938 The Lone Ranger #820, "Train Wreck Plot," danger comes to the quiet railroad town of Broken Bow when the sinister outlaw Snake Laughlin puts a deadly scheme into motion. Mike Murphy, the engineer of a westbound train stopped overnight in town, finds himself confronted at gunpoint by Snake and his gang. The outlaws demand that Mike pull his train west on the single track before the eastbound arrives in the morning, ensuring a catastrophic collision in the desert. To force his cooperation, they claim to have kidnapped Betty Calkins, the daughter of the town's telegraph operator and the woman Mike hopes to marry. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, already suspicious of Snake's presence in town, witness the confrontation and spring into action. While Tonto follows Snake and his captive engineer to locate their camp and search for the missing girl, the Lone Ranger rides to the Calkins home to determine if Betty has truly been abducted. With only hours until the eastbound train arrives and innocent lives hang in the balance, the masked rider must unravel Snake's plot and rescue Betty before Mike is forced to make an impossible choice.

  10. Trap For A Gambler

    Apr 12, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: April 27, 1938 The Lone Ranger #819, "Trap For A Gambler," the masked rider arrives in Mud Flat, a lawless town controlled by crooked gamblers and criminals. The central conflict ignites when fifteen-year-old Tommy Goodwin falls victim to gambler Harve Riggs, who cunningly lures the boy into his establishment and swindles him out of fifty dollars—money desperately needed to pay the family's store bill. When Tommy's father Bart confronts Riggs to recover the stolen money, the situation escalates into violence, with Riggs prepared to kill Goodwin over the confrontation about his marked cards. The Lone Ranger intervenes just in time, shooting the gun from Riggs' hand and preventing murder. Recognizing that one confrontation won't clean up the corrupt town, the masked man sends Tonto to fetch Henry Parker, a reformed gambler from Dodge City who might hold the key to exposing the criminal element controlling Mud Flat. As the Goodwin family contemplates leaving town in despair, the Lone Ranger listens outside their window, planning his next move to bring justice to this desperate community.

  11. Toll In Cattle A

    Apr 12, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 25, 1938 The Lone Ranger #818, "Toll In Cattle A," When rancher Clem Peabody arrives at Eagle Pass with his herd of two thousand longhorns, he discovers that notorious outlaw Big Bill Lawson has taken over Pop Carter's general store and erected bars across the pass. The elderly Pop Carter explains he was forced to sell his land or face death, and now Lawson demands an outrageous toll: two bits per head of cattle, or one quarter of each rancher's herd. With no other route to market, Peabody has no choice but to sign a note for five hundred dollars, fuming at the legal robbery. At the Longhorn Cafe, Peabody shares his predicament with fellow cattlemen, who realize that every rancher in the valley faces the same extortion. The Lone Ranger and Tonto overhear Peabody's story in the crowded cafe. The masked rider, disguised without his mask, listens carefully as the cattlemen discuss their dilemma. The Lone Ranger recognizes a crucial weakness in Lawson's scheme: the outlaw wants cash, not cattle, because his criminal reputation would make selling branded livestock nearly impossible. As the episode continues, a plan begins to form.

  12. Murder Of Pony Express Rider

    Apr 11, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: April 22, 1938 The Lone Ranger #817, "Murder Of Pony Express Rider," finds the masked rider investigating a brutal outlaw gang terrorizing the town of Greenville from their hideout in the nearby hills. Colonel Dawson, commander of the cavalry garrison, faces mounting anger from townspeople and his own daughter Sally after yet another deadly raid claims multiple lives. Despite the pleas of Sheriff and citizens alike, the Colonel insists he cannot act without official orders from Washington. The outlaws continue their attacks with impunity, but their success isn't just luck - their leader Wolf reveals he has spies feeding him inside information. When Wolf learns that authorization for Colonel Dawson to attack has finally been sent from Washington via Pony Express, he dispatches men to ambush the rider and steal the crucial orders. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, investigating the gang's activities in the area, hear gunshots near the trail and rush to investigate. They discover the aftermath of Wolf's deadly plan to keep the cavalry from ever receiving permission to clean out the outlaw hideout, leaving Greenville's fate hanging in the balance.

  13. The Price Of Wool

    Apr 11, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: April 20, 1938 The Lone Ranger #816, "The Price Of Wool," tensions boil over between cattlemen and sheep herders fighting for control of precious rangeland. At the center of the conflict stands Maggie Morton, a tough-minded woman who leads the sheep herders with an iron hand and keeps the fragile peace from erupting into open warfare. When cattleman Pete Prindle visits her ranch, Maggie runs him off before he can speak his mind, though her foreman Jim Potter notices him leaving and suspects the cattlemen are plotting something dangerous. Potter's concerns prove well-founded when he learns that Prindle has called a secret meeting of all the local cattlemen that very night. Meanwhile, the Lone Ranger rides into the territory after hearing about the brewing trouble between the two factions. As he investigates, he overhears conversations on both sides of the dispute and learns that Prindle has devised a mysterious scheme involving money that he claims will solve the cattlemen's problem once and for all. With emotions running high and both groups organized for potential conflict, the masked rider must work quickly to prevent bloodshed on the range.

  14. King Of The Country

    Apr 10, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 18, 1938 The Lone Ranger #815, "King Of The Country," finds the masked rider heading to San Cruz County, where Zeke Parsons has consolidated power as sheriff, postmaster, and storekeeper. Zeke discovers a legal loophole allowing him to force able-bodied citizens to work on county roads without pay in lieu of taxes. What begins as legitimate government work quickly transforms into something far more corrupt. Zeke grows overconfident and begins using the conscripted labor to improve his private property, building roads on his own land while threatening resisters with jail time or worse. When townspeople like Lige Cummins and Sam begin protesting the illegal arrangement, Zeke uses his position as sheriff and his deputy Ben to intimidate them into submission. The jail fills with those who refuse to work, and Zeke denies food to prisoners who cannot pay. As tensions escalate and Zeke's threats grow more menacing, the stage is set for the Lone Ranger's intervention to restore justice to San Cruz County and end Zeke Parsons' tyrannical reign.

  15. Reward Money

    Apr 10, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: April 13, 1938 The Lone Ranger #813, "Reward Money," finds longtime partners Jake Caldwell and Lim Purdy facing a midnight intruder who steals their life savings and wounds Lim in the struggle. The wily Lim had anticipated the robbery that's been plaguing the area, cleverly spreading flour on their porch to capture a clear footprint. The distinctive boot print, unusually large, points to only two or three men in town who could wear such a size. Sheriff arrives to investigate and suspects Big Wally Burke, a lazy but good-natured man known more for drinking than honest work. The tension escalates when the scene shifts to Wally's home, where his surprised wife Mary watches him count a substantial pile of cash. Wally claims it's reward money for helping catch five killers over Pecos Way, given to him by a masked man at Flat Rock the previous night. Just as Wally prepares to take the money to the bank and promises his wife he's a changed man, the Sheriff arrives at their door. The evidence seems damning, but questions linger about Wally's story and whether the footprint will match his boots.

  16. The Raiders

    Apr 9, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: April 11, 1938 The Lone Ranger #812, "The Raiders," a mysterious band of outlaws terrorizes the Southwest, burning ranches, stealing cattle, and leaving no survivors. When the Lone Ranger and Tonto spot flames rising from the Box X Ranch, they race to the scene and discover two badly wounded men: ranch owner Tom Holstead and Sheriff Burns. The lawmen are shocked to see a masked man and an Indian, fearing at first they're part of the outlaw gang, but the Lone Ranger quickly proves his intentions are noble. As he tends to their wounds, he reveals a disturbing pattern: this gang has struck multiple ranches at three-week intervals, moving systematically westward, and no one has ever found their trail or recovered the stolen cattle. The next day, the Lone Ranger shares his theory with Sheriff Burns after Tonto tracks the cattle trail to the railroad tracks. Using a sharp stone to diagram the attacks, the masked man demonstrates how the outlaws have been using trains to transport stolen livestock, explaining why they've remained undetected. With this knowledge, he predicts the next target will be the Bard Cummins Ranch. The sheriff is convinced but worried they lack enough men to fight the heavily armed outlaw army.

  17. Red Part 1

    Apr 9, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: April 6, 1938 The Lone Ranger #810, "Red Part 1," the Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at the town of Fargo only to be confronted by armed deputies Kurt and Jim, who suspect the masked man might be a mysterious outlaw known as "The Red." This enigmatic thief has been robbing from the wealthy and helping the desperate, most notably stealing five hundred dollars from banker Sims to secretly pay off the mortgage of an elderly, bedridden rancher named Jones and his wife. When the deputies demand that the Lone Ranger remove his mask, tensions escalate into a shootout. The masked rider and Tonto escape into the nearby woods, but Tonto is wounded by a rifle shot. As the Lone Ranger tends to his injured companion, the deputies track them down and capture the unconscious Tonto while the masked man is away fetching water. Meanwhile, at the home of elderly Elijah Longworth, Deputy Forsyth announces his capture and reveals a plan to use Tonto as bait to trap both the mysterious Red and his suspected partner, the Lone Ranger. Forsyth remains convinced the two strangers are connected to the Robin Hood-like outlaw, setting up a dangerous predicament for our heroes.

  18. Night Stage To Dalton

    Apr 8, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 30, 1938 The Lone Ranger #807, "Night Stage To Dalton," presents a treacherous plot against a new stagecoach line's inaugural run. When the night stage departs Paso Doble carrying gold and passengers, including Betty Stevens, danger lurks ahead. The driver is Buck, a reformed man whom the Lone Ranger previously helped, now given a second chance at an honest life. Unknown to Buck, his guard Butch Larson is part of Black Mike's outlaw gang, and they've devised a cunning scheme. The criminals alter a signpost to redirect the stage toward Salter's Creek, where quicksand lies beneath the water. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, riding toward Dalton, discover the tampered signpost and rush to investigate. They arrive to witness the outlaws pushing the stage into the quicksand-filled creek, planning to make it appear that the gold sank with the coach while they escape with their plunder. With Buck's life hanging in the balance and the outlaws' plot nearly complete, the masked man must act swiftly to save his friend and bring the criminals to justice.

  19. Faked Bank Robbery

    Apr 8, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 28, 1938 The Lone Ranger #806, "Faked Bank Robbery," opens with the despised moneylender Jed Kramer working late in his bank when a masked thief holds him up at gunpoint and steals ten thousand dollars. The robber reveals he's one of the many men Kramer has swindled through predatory lending practices, but his identity remains a mystery. When the alarm is raised, a townsman named Abe Turner claims to have seen someone running toward the livery stable carrying a box. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, suspecting Abe himself may be the culprit, secretly follow him home. Their suspicions prove correct when they watch Abe return with the stolen cash box. However, the situation becomes more complicated when they discover Abe's wife and sick baby living in desperate poverty. Confronting Abe inside his home, the Lone Ranger learns that the desperate father stole the money to save his starving family from Kramer's cruel lending practices. When the masked man insists the money must be returned, the desperate Abe refuses to give up what he sees as rightfully his, setting up a tense confrontation between justice and desperation.

  20. Revenge For Mendoza

    Apr 7, 2026 · 30 min

    Originally Aired: March 25, 1938 The Lone Ranger #805, "Revenge For Mendoza," a mysterious band of hooded outlaws on swift black horses terrorizes Greenville, Texas, robbing elderly citizens of their life savings. After the raiders strike the home of Hank and Maggie Crumpart, the Lone Ranger arrives to investigate and discovers a chilling pattern: every victim served on the jury that condemned a half-breed named Manuel Mendoza to hang for murder. The outlaws never kill their victims, maintaining a strict code against bloodshed, but when word spreads that a man named Zeke Lucas has been shot dead during the latest raid, tensions escalate. The Lone Ranger pursues the raiders into the hills near the Rio Grande, while back at their remote rancho headquarters, the gang's leader removes her hood to reveal herself as Senorita Mendoza, daughter of the hanged man. When she learns that one of her men, Pedro, violated her strict orders and killed someone, she demands he face consequences for breaking her sworn pledge. Now the Lone Ranger and Tonto must stop this vendetta before the remaining six jurors become targets of revenge.

  21. Coming Of Age

    Apr 7, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: March 23, 1938 The Lone Ranger #804, "Coming Of Age," the Lone Ranger and Tonto come upon a burning house near Osage and attempt to help, only to be met by rifle-wielding Zeke Saunders, who claims to be the owner and insists he wants the house to burn. When Zeke threatens to shoot, the masked rider and Tonto subdue and rope him while they investigate the suspicious fire. Meanwhile, in town, Zeke's ward Nancy Randall visits with Dick Stevens and his mother, unaware of the destruction at home. As Nancy approaches her coming of age—when she'll inherit her father's money that Zeke has managed for years—Dick questions whether Zeke will be able to account for it all. When Nancy, Dick, and the sheriff arrive at the fire, they find Zeke tied up. He claims two robbers—a masked man on a white horse and an Indian companion—attacked him and burned the house. The sheriff organizes a posse to hunt down the supposed criminals, not realizing he's now searching for the Lone Ranger and Tonto. As the mystery deepens, the masked rider investigates Zeke's strange behavior, suspecting something far more sinister than a simple house fire.

  22. Pitfall Trap

    Apr 6, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 21, 1938 The Lone Ranger #803, "Pitfall Trap," finds the masked rider and Tonto investigating a ruthless protection racket in the Southwest. Jim Burton has made himself absolute master of the territory, forcing ranchers and townspeople to pay him tribute or suffer devastating consequences. When rancher Tyler refuses to pay, Burton callously shoots his prized bull as a warning. Those who defy Burton face poisoned cattle, burned homes, and even murder at the hands of his gang of outlaws and hired gunmen. The law remains helpless against Burton's iron grip on the region. After answering what he believes is a distress signal, the Lone Ranger learns the full extent of Burton's reign of terror from Tyler and the widow Simmons. The masked rider discovers that many of Burton's gang members are wanted criminals from other territories, which gives him an idea to break the outlaw's power. Making a bold move, the Lone Ranger storms into a cafe where Burton and his men are gathered, taking wanted murderer Scar Lewis at gunpoint while promising to return for more of the criminals Burton is harboring.

  23. Amos Franklyn Sheepherder

    Apr 6, 2026 · 28 min

    Originally Aired: March 16, 1938 The Lone Ranger #801, "Amos Franklyn Sheepherder," the classic conflict between cattlemen and sheep ranchers threatens to explode into violence. Amos Franklin, a sheepherder in Mariposa, faces mounting pressure from local cattlemen who claim his flocks are ruining the range and fouling the watering holes. When a cowman named Vince Bennett arrives at Franklin's door in the middle of the night, he delivers a grim warning: Franklin's herder has been hog-tied, his dog killed, and his sheep scattered helpless across the gullies. The cattlemen want Franklin gone, and this is their final warning. Into this powder keg rides the notorious outlaw Scar Gordon, who presents himself as Franklin's unlikely savior. Gordon offers to provide hired guns to help the sheepherder defend his rights, positioning himself as a friend while concealing his true motives involving revenge against cattleman Bo McPherson. As Franklin reluctantly considers hiring Gordon's gang of wanted men, Tonto discovers the scheme and races to alert the Lone Ranger. With a range war brewing and Franklin's valuable sheep herd at stake, the masked rider must intervene before Gordon's manipulation turns a territorial dispute into deadly bloodshed.

  24. Homesteader Jeb Martin

    Apr 5, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 14, 1938 The Lone Ranger #800, "Homesteader Jeb Martin," finds the masked man and Tonto encountering desperate homesteader Jeb Martin and his family fleeing California with a sick child. Martin explains that while the government granted settlers land in California, Spanish landowner Ortega refuses to recognize these claims, holding firm to an earlier grant from the Spanish governor for hundreds of thousands of acres. Dozens of pioneer wagons sit camped at Ortega's southern boundary, their occupants ready to fight for the land promised to them, while Ortega threatens violence against anyone who trespasses. After helping the Martin family and learning of the brewing conflict, the Lone Ranger convinces the reluctant Jeb to return to California rather than give up on his dreams. Meanwhile, a U.S. Marshal visits Ortega's ranch house, attempting to negotiate a peaceful settlement. With Ortega using only a fraction of his vast holdings and other landowners having cooperated with homesteaders, the Marshal tries to persuade the stubborn rancher to compromise before violence erupts between the two groups, threatening to spark a larger conflict between nations.

  25. Andy Beechum Prospector

    Apr 5, 2026 · 29 min

    Originally Aired: March 11, 1938 In The Lone Ranger #799, "Andy Beechum Prospector," hardworking prospector Andy Beechum has finally struck gold after years of searching, but his triumph may be short-lived. To work his claim, Andy borrowed money from local moneylender Mark Nelson, unaware that his employee, the surly Black Mike, has been secretly reporting to Nelson about the mine's true value. While Mike tells Andy the claim shows no promise, he reveals to Nelson that they're on the verge of hitting the mother lode. A chance encounter brings reformed gambler Rod Ramsey to Andy's home, where he shares his search for the mysterious masked man and his Indian companion who once saved his life. The Lone Ranger and Tonto are already investigating the suspicious situation at the mine. Having overheard Mike's deceptive reports to Andy, they suspect a conspiracy between the crooked worker and the moneylender to steal the claim. As Tonto trails Black Mike to town to gather evidence, the stage is set for the masked rider and his allies to expose the scheme before Andy loses everything he's worked so hard to find.