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How to Kill a Woman: Vengeance, Guilt, and a Gunman's Code

How to Kill a Woman: Vengeance, Guilt, and a Gunman's Code

Update: 2025-08-28
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Originally Aired: October 31, 1953


In Gunsmoke #080, “How to Kill a Woman,” Marshal Matt Dillon investigates a series of brutal stagecoach attacks where robbery turns to senseless murder. As suspicion circles a stoic station master and a cold-blooded drifter named Nat Pilcher, Dillon uncovers a haunting backstory of betrayal, obsession, and a killing done in the name of pride. When a woman is gunned down for no reason and vengeance brews on the prairie, Matt must untangle a tragedy rooted in a man's shame and another's thirst for retribution. A bleak and morally complex tale of justice on the frontier.


Cast: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Jack Edwards, Lawrence Dobkin, John Dehner


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western, drama, revenge, guilt, psychological, gunman, WilliamConrad, ParleyBaer, oldtimeradio, classicwestern, stagecoach, prairiejustice, 1950sradio, outlaw, redemption, moralityplay, suspensepodcast

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How to Kill a Woman: Vengeance, Guilt, and a Gunman's Code

How to Kill a Woman: Vengeance, Guilt, and a Gunman's Code