The Lone Ranger — 1941
155 episodes broadcast in 1941.
The Ranger and Tonto investigate a scheme built around someone posing as a man believed dead; the surviving second disc of this broadcast is missing a roughly two-minute chunk.
The title points to a case turning on a sentence of sixty days to life, suggesting a courtroom or prison angle for the Ranger and Tonto. The broadcast carries added historical weight as Earle Graser's final performance in the title role, delivered the day before his fatal car accident.
Tonto carries the investigation of a scheme against a homesteader largely on his own, with the Ranger written as gravely wounded following Earle Graser's fatal car accident on April 8, 1941, and reduced to pained mumbles and groans.
A band of outlaws plots to kidnap the Lone Ranger, with Tonto working to head off the scheme.
This episode closes out the arc in which the Lone Ranger has been recovering from his wounds, and marks the point at which Brace Beemer, previously the show's announcer, took over the role for the remainder of the series' run through 1954.
This is the first full episode to star Brace Beemer as the Lone Ranger, a transition from Earle Graser handled smoothly enough over the preceding weeks' bridging episodes that the show's audience grew.
The title points to the Ranger and Tonto following a trail marked by a broken horseshoe. This broadcast also coincides with General Mills taking over as the program's major sponsor.
The Ranger and Tonto look into the mysterious disappearance of a stagecoach; the surviving recording of this broadcast suffers from volume drop-outs and distortion.
The Ranger and Tonto's path crosses with the sheriff of the town of Marshville; the surviving recording of this broadcast suffers from volume drop-outs and distortion.
July 16, 1941
Revenge Rides the Wagon Trail
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July 28, 1941
Rustlers at Breakneck Canyon
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Part of the multi-episode "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode turns on Silver's escape, as its title indicates.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title points to a focus on Silver's offspring, though no further plot detail survives in the log.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title suggests events centered on the breaking, or taming, of a horse.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title points to a conflict arising over water.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title suggests a story built around a yellow rose, though no further plot detail survives in the log.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode centers on a race, as its title indicates.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode is set around an election day in the town of Placer.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title points to an escape, though no further plot detail survives in the log.
Part of the "Son of Silver" storyline, this episode's title emphasizes the bond between a man and his horse, fitting subject matter for a story arc centered on Silver's lineage.
This episode opens "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, sending the Ranger and Tonto out on a new mission, as the title indicates.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to a band of outlaws plotting to carve out an empire of their own.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode brings the Ranger and Tonto to their first encounter with the storyline's central threat, as the title indicates.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers events on a bridge.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title stresses unity in the face of a shared threat.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to frontier events making headlines.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on a belt with claimed magical properties.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title places the action at a landmark called Sentinel Rock.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to a fire breaking out under cover of darkness.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title suggests action carried out under a moonless night sky.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title suggests a mismatched or mistaken pairing among its characters.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on a stagecoach run to Richmond.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title concerns a group of settlers bound for Buffalo Valley.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on a roundup near Dodge City.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to forged or falsified dispatches figuring into the plot.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on a night watch standing guard against trouble.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to a conflict breaking out in Wyoming.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title places peril at a stretch of white water called Breakneck Rapids.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title turns on an outlaw who wears a mask of his own.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title concerns a store of gold located across a river.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to the downfall of a character named Torlock.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title indicates the Ranger and Tonto coming to a young woman's aid.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title plays on the old saying about death and taxes, hinting at a scheme built around unpaid or extorted taxes.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title suggests a character presumed dead who reappears.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title concerns a parson in the town of Fairfield; the storyline's scheduled December 8 broadcast had been pre-empted for news coverage of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on a locked iron box and whatever it holds.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title hints at consequences awaiting those who fail in some undertaking.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to the Lone Ranger settling a matter with his fists.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title places an ambush out in the desert.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title invokes the memory of the Alamo.
A special, unnumbered Christmas broadcast — assigned the episode number 606 by the log's keeper simply to preserve chronological order — this episode's title plays on the Three Wise Men for a holiday-themed Western tale.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title centers on the Lone Ranger working out a case through deduction.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title points to a story drawing on an incident or writing associated with Abraham Lincoln.
Part of "The Legion of the Black Arrow" storyline, this episode's title places its action at dusk, to the sound of drums.
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