Golden Radio Theater
Home/Western/Lightning Jim
Western · Syndicated

Lightning Jim

· 39 broadcasts

Lightning Jim is a juvenile Western adventure series about United States Marshal "Lightning" Jim Whipple, his horse Thunder, and his deputy Whitey Larson, riding the frontier and setting the West to rights. Each half-hour story folds a piece of real Western history into the marshal's adventures -- Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Deadwood Dick, the Pony Express, and the building of the Union Pacific railroad all turn up. The program began on the West Coast around 1938 as The Adventures of Lightning Jim and returned in the 1950s as a syndicated Ziv transcription series; roughly 98 programs were produced, of which about forty survive. The old-time-radio record credits silent-screen legend Francis X. Bushman -- star of the 1925 Ben-Hur -- as Marshal Whipple, with Henry Hoople as Whitey Larson, though the surviving OTRR set itself names no cast. Like many children's Westerns of its era, the show carries dated, stereotyped portrayals of Native Americans. The surviving discs are undated and no per-episode plot text survives in the free record, so this catalog carries the full titled run without invented synopses.

Collection status: 39 of 39 held (100% complete)
◆ ◆ ◆

Episode Spine

undated

date unknown Jesse James Helps the Marshal Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Outlaws Son Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Meets Wild Bill Hickok Listen (MP3)
date unknown Whitey Pays a Debt Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Races Against Death Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim and Calamity Jane Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Shows Black Bear the White Mans Trail Listen (MP3)
date unknown Belle Starr The Female Outlaw aka Canyon of Lost Souls Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Snake Strikes Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Visits Broken Horn Listen (MP3)
date unknown Union Pacific Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim and Disorder in the Court Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jims Brand Listen (MP3)
date unknown Huldah Takes Charge Listen (MP3)
date unknown Whitey Appoints a Deputy Marshal Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Meets Texas Lil Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Meets Deadwood Dick Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mad Killer Dirk Listen (MP3)
date unknown Thunder To The Rescue Listen (MP3)
date unknown Helps Kansas Kate Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Meets Little Bear Listen (MP3)
date unknown Little Bear Repays a Debt Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Prevents a Lynching Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Judgement Of Colonel Colt Listen (MP3)
date unknown A Marshal Quits the Service Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Pony Express Listen (MP3)
date unknown Little Lord Bernard Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Silver Bullet Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wrong Man Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Trappers Trap Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Devils Dishpan Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Tornado Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Vengeance of El Muerto Listen (MP3)
date unknown Death Rides with Gold aka Jerichos Gold Mine Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Snares a Hawk Listen (MP3)
date unknown Lightning Jim Springs a Trap Listen (MP3)
date unknown A Lawmans Badge Listen (MP3)
date unknown A Parson Takes a Hand Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Mans Range Listen (MP3)
The Story

Lightning Jim is a juvenile Western adventure series about United States Marshal "Lightning" Jim Whipple, his horse Thunder, and his deputy Whitey Larson, riding the frontier and setting the West to rights. Each half-hour story folds a piece of real Western history into the marshal's adventures -- Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Deadwood Dick, the Pony Express, and the building of the Union Pacific railroad all turn up. The program began on the West Coast around 1938 as The Adventures of Lightning Jim and returned in the 1950s as a syndicated Ziv transcription series; roughly 98 programs were produced, of which about forty survive. The old-time-radio record credits silent-screen legend Francis X. Bushman -- star of the 1925 Ben-Hur -- as Marshal Whipple, with Henry Hoople as Whitey Larson, though the surviving OTRR set itself names no cast. Like many children's Westerns of its era, the show carries dated, stereotyped portrayals of Native Americans. The surviving discs are undated and no per-episode plot text survives in the free record, so this catalog carries the full titled run without invented synopses.

Full story — coming soon while it's being curated.
Gallery
Art pending