Tales of the Texas Rangers | Old Time Radio

Tales of the Texas Rangers | Old Time Radio

Tales of the Texas Rangers | Old Time Radio brings you classic Western crime drama from the golden age of radio, following Texas Ranger Jace Pearson as he investigates murder, robbery, fugitives, and dangerous criminals across the Lone Star State. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson, Tales of the Texas Rangers became a distinctive blend of Western adventure, detective drama, and police procedural storytelling. Rediscover classic old time radio westerns, Texas Rangers, crime drama, detective stories, Western adventure, police procedural, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tales-of-the-texas-rangers-old-time-radio--7222657/support.

Episodes

September 14, 2026 30 mins
Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Ex-Con,” originally broadcast on NBC on June 29, 1952. This is episode 84 of the radio procedural starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson.

Near the fictional southwest Texas town of High Point, an ex-convict named Carl returns home after his record costs him a job. When he accepts a troubling proposition involving a gun, Ranger Pearson investigates before the dangerous arrangement...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents “Three Victims,” episode 92 of Tales of the Texas Rangers, originally broadcast on August 24, 1952. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this late-run NBC drama.

Near Horton, a roadside shooting leaves investigators with a wounded witness, a troubling accusation, and physical evidence that demands careful scrutiny. Ranger Pearson joins the local sheriff to examine a case...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Night Chase,” originally broadcast on January 27, 1952, is episode 63 of the NBC Radio crime drama. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jayce Pearson.

When rancher Jim Fuller spots suspicious flashlight signals among his calves near Durham, Texas, a nighttime cattle-rustling investigation begins. Ranger Pearson leads the search in this tense, period-set Texas Ranger procedural, produced and d...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents “Knockout,” episode 83 of Tales of the Texas Rangers, originally broadcast on NBC on June 22, 1952. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this contemporary radio procedural.

When elderly rancher George Wilton is found dead in a hotel bathroom, Pearson investigates reports that a man posing as Wilton’s son fled the room. Conflicting witness accounts and a troubling p...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Blood Trail,” episode 62, originally broadcast on January 20, 1952. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama, produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

Set in the Texas Panhandle during the summer of 1929, the case begins when a small-town doctor is found badly injured after a troubling night on Whitney’s Main Street. Ra...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Drive-In,” originally broadcast September 14, 1952, is episode 95 of the NBC crime drama. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jace Pearson, with Tony Barrett and Paul Frees featured in the cast.

Outside the fictional town of Corvell, a routine night at a drive-in theater turns dangerous when a married couple is confronted on the road. With only limited clues to work from, Ranger Pearson follo...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Apache Peak,” originally broadcast on July 22, 1950. This is episode 3 of the NBC crime drama series, starring Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson.

A traveling salesman is murdered on a highway southwest of Wichita Falls, and Ranger Pearson follows the clues west toward the remote country around Apache Peak. Written by Russell Hughes and produced and...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Soft Touch,” originally broadcast October 29, 1950, is episode 17 of the NBC crime-drama series. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jase Pearson in this case-history-style procedural, written by Russell Hughes and produced and directed by Stacy Keach.

When Bill and Judy Ross arrive at Bill’s parents’ isolated ranch near Salt Flats, Texas, they find a terrible crime and a tr...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Clip Job,” episode 61, originally broadcast on January 13, 1952. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama, billed as an authentic reenactment drawn from Texas Ranger case files, with names and places fictionalized.

On a bitter January night in the North Texas town of Bolton, an elderly woman arrives at a drugstore desperate to find a local oil man...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Stick-Up,” episode 88, originally broadcast on NBC Radio on July 27, 1952. The series stars Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson.

In Avon, Texas, a robbery at Tom Baker’s beanery leaves a beloved elderly local dead. Ranger Pearson joins Sheriff Lon Gunther to follow the gunman’s description, a getaway vehicle, and a trail of physical evidence—while an ex-...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Helping Hand,” episode 51, originally broadcast on NBC on November 4, 1951. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this contemporary crime drama, written by Russell Hughes and produced/directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

On a rain-soaked West Texas road, a stranded motorist receives roadside assistance—then is found dead the next day. Ranger Pearson works with local l...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “Breakdown,” episode 36, originally broadcast on NBC on March 25, 1951. The series stars Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson and was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

Set shortly after midnight at the beginning of Good Friday in 1937, the case begins outside Roma, Texas, when Constable Jim Wiley stops to help at a parked car on a lonely road. His discovery draws Ran...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “The Trap,” episode 33, originally broadcast on NBC on February 25, 1951. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this contemporary Ranger procedural.

In West Texas, a truckload of automobile radios is diverted by a false road-warning setup and hijacked. Pearson follows the roadside evidence, the missing truck, and the radios’ serial number...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Travesty,” originally broadcast on June 15, 1952. This is episode 82 of the NBC crime drama, starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson.

When a motorist claims his spare tire was stolen at a highway drive-in—but the sheriff’s office has no record of his reported complaint—Pearson investigates conflicting stories around a roadside café a...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “The Ice Man,” originally broadcast on March 2, 1952. This is episode 68 of the NBC radio crime drama, starring Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson.

When a string of unsettling burglaries troubles farm country near Raynor, Texas, Ranger Pearson follows the limited clues left by a thief known as the “Iceman.” Written by Russell Hughes and d...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents “Living Death,” episode 14 of Tales of the Texas Rangers, originally broadcast on October 8, 1950. Joel McCrea stars as Ranger Jase Pearson in this NBC crime drama, adapted from a case in the Texas Rangers’ files.

After killings separated by miles and weeks are linked by ballistics, Pearson and Ranger Clyde Mooney follow the trail of a narcotics-smuggling operation through the ...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers presents “The Open Range,” episode 8, originally broadcast on August 26, 1950. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this NBC crime drama, written by Joel Murcott and produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr.

When a rancher and his son notice cattle missing from their feeding grounds, their search across the Texas open range uncovers signs of a modern rustling operation. Rang...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Room 114,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1950, is episode 21 of the NBC Radio crime drama. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this dramatized Ranger case.

At the Hotel Alamo in Limpia, Texas, a chambermaid and desk clerk make a grim discovery in Room 114. Pearson’s investigation leads from the hotel into nearby ranch country, where conflicting details and qu...
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Old Time Retro Radio presents Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Christmas Present,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 24, 1950. This is episode 24 of the fact-framed radio crime series starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson.

Just before Christmas in North Texas, Pearson investigates a bold bank robbery committed by two men in Santa Claus disguises. Written by Russell Hughes and directed by Stacy Keach, this...
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Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Dead Give-Away,” originally broadcast on October 15, 1950, is episode 15 of the NBC crime drama. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jase Pearson in this fact-based case adaptation from the files of the Texas Rangers.

Called to a farmhouse outside the fictional West Texas town of Ashton, Pearson and Sheriff Ross confront a violent scene and clues that may be too convenient. As they inve...
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