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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
Drive In – Tales of the Texas Rangers (09-14-52)
12/31/2025
Original Air Date: September 14, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson)Special Guest:• Tony Barrett• Paul FreesWriter:• Charles E. IsraelProducer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:36:11
Christmas Payoff | Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-23-51)
12/20/2025
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:00:31:49
Misplaced Person | Tales of the Texas Rangers (08-31-52)
12/17/2025
Original Air Date: August 31, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson)Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Herb Ellis• Henry Rowland• Dan Riss• Virginia Gregg• Dick BealsWriter:• Charles E. IsraelProducer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:39
Christmas Present | Tales of the Texas Rangers (12-24-50)
12/4/2025
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:00:33:39
Cover Up | Tales of the Texas Rangers (08-17-52)
12/3/2025
Original Air Date: August 17, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson)Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Paul Frees• Betty Lou Gerson• Lamont Johnson• Leo Curley• Lou KrugmanWriter:• Charles E. IsraelProducer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:57
Last Stop | Tales of the Texas Rangers (08-10-52)
11/26/2025
Original Air Date: August 10, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Leo Curley• Bert Holland• Ken Christy• Whitfield Connor• Jeffery Silver Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:51
Double Edge | Tales of the Texas Rangers (08-03-52)
11/19/2025
Original Air Date: August 03, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Virginia Gregg• Frank Gerstle• Parley Baer• Paul McVeigh• Robert Bice Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:32:36
Stick Up | Tales of the Texas Rangers (07-27-52)
11/12/2025
Original Air Date: July 27, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Tom Tully• Leroy Leonard• Parley Baer• Juney Ellis• Lamont Johnson Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:34:18
Round Trip | Tales of the Texas Rangers (07-20-52)
11/5/2025
Original Air Date: July 20, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:33:33
Finger Man | Tales of the Texas Rangers (07-13-52)
10/29/2025
Original Air Date: July 13, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Hy Averback• Bob Sweeney• Paul Frees• Parley Baer• Bert Holland Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from:...
Duration:00:31:48
The Boomerang | Tales of the Texas Rangers (07-06-52)
10/22/2025
Original Air Date: July 06, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Elizabeth Slifer• Ralph Moody• Howard McNear• Parley Baer• D.J. Thompson Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from:...
Duration:00:33:49
Ex Con | Tales of the Texas Rangers (06-29-52)
10/15/2025
Original Air Date: June 29, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Duration:00:31:59
Knockout | Tales of the Texas Rangers (06-22-52)
10/8/2025
Original Air Date: June 22, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Parley Baer• Virginia Gregg• Gerald Mohr• Herb Ellis• Jeanette Nolan Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from:...
Duration:00:32:02
Travesty | Tales of the Texas Rangers (06-15-52)
10/1/2025
Original Air Date: June 15, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Byron Kane• Ken Christy• Paul Frees• Michael Ann Berret• Jess Kirkpatrick• Tony Barrett Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...
Duration:00:30:40
Illegal Entry – Tales of the Texas Rangers (06-08-52)
9/24/2025
A Mexican knifes a fellow countryman and kidnaps a girl. An escape on a train filled with sheep leads Jace and the Rangers on a cross-country race. Jose escapes from jail and the hunt begins once again. Original Air Date: June 08, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:•...
Duration:00:33:02
Sell Out | Tales of the Texas Rangers (06-01-52)
9/17/2025
A clerk, who witness her boss get shot after a robbery gone bad, gives information to the Rangers that doesn't seem to match the evidence. Original Air Date: June 01, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Writer:• Charles E. Israel Producer:• Stacy Keach...
Duration:00:32:55
Jailbird | Tales of the Texas Rangers (05-25-52)
9/10/2025
Jim Hackett serving a life term for armed robbery and murder escaped from a Texas state prison. He was assisted in his escape by a woman thought to be his wife Original Air Date: May 25, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Writer:•...
Duration:00:33:53
Smart Kill | Tales of the Texas Rangers (05-18-52)
9/3/2025
A dead body found in a burning building leads Jace Pearson to a killer. Original Air Date: May 18, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Tony Barrett• Parley Baer• Virginia Gregg• Barney Phillips• Betty Lou Gerson• Howard McNear Writer:• Charles E....
Duration:00:33:38
Unleashed Fury | Tales of the Texas Rangers (05-11-52)
8/27/2025
Charlie Brock, an escaped mental patient, is on the loose and cunningly evades recapture. Original Air Date: May 11, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Special Guests:• Herb Ellis (Clay Morgan)• Harry Lang (Charlie Brock)• Whitfield Connor (Ralph Lang)• Hope Summers (Jenny Lang)•...
Duration:00:32:20
Little Sister | Tales of the Texas Rangers (05-04-52)
8/20/2025
A girl returns home to get her little sister involved in a life of crime, starting with a hold-up at a movie theatre. Original Air Date: May 04, 1952Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Tales of the Texas RangersPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson)• Virginia Gregg (Billie Lou Simpson)• Marianne Richmond (Buna Simpson)•...
Duration:00:31:49