Tom Dawson, an ex-convict struggling to find work, is visited by a mysterious man named Elsie who offers him $1,000 to commit murder and make it look like robbery. Tom accepts the job and leaves town heading north, but his worried wife goes to the Texas Rangers and tells them everything. Ranger Jason and Sheriff Simms set out to find Tom before he can carry out the crime.With Tom Dawson, Liz Dawson, Elsie, Ranger Jason, Sheriff Simms.Listen for: The tension between Tom's desire to provide for his family and his vulnerability to criminal temptation; the wife's desperate attempt to stop her husband from making a terrible mistake.Every 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