A drifter attempts to rob Tom Baker's roadside café but shoots and kills the old cook, General, during a struggle for a gun. The thief escapes in a stolen red pickup truck with bullet holes in it. Ranger Jason Pearson and the sheriff track down the truck's owner, Ed Jaffe, a man with a criminal past, and must determine whether he was involved in the robbery and murder.With Ranger Jason Pearson, Tom Baker, General, Sheriff Gunther, Ed Jaffe, Martha Jaffe, The robber/killer.Listen for: The tense robbery scene in the café, the investigation that follows, and the questioning of Ed Jaffe about his stolen truckEvery recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Live around the clock: Tales of the Texas Rangers on Stupid Potato