RANGER BILL for Friday, May 31, 2024, is:
RB137 Broken Bootstraps
Bob Benfelt is a struggling, young rancher and an incurable pessimist. Satan has broken his bootstraps. Ranger Bill takes Bob to see the Double Box M Ranch and its owners Myron and Hazel. Myron tells the story of his struggles as a young rancher and of his search for the courage to go on.
Ranger Bill for Thursday, May 30.2024, is
RB136 The Crisis
(aka Stumpy’s Sight) – Stumpy gets hurt while riding trail. Bill suspects that Stumpy can’t see very well. Bill makes the Old Timer go to the eye doctor. The news isn’t good – cataracts. Stumpy needs surgery before he goes blind. But fear is keeping the Old Timer from getting the operation he needs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzHT2KUbmjQ&list=PLlUoyloCGlWxz_1Q5-ziI8gPVY8-RQiFQ&index=93&t=47s
Our RANGER BILL for Wednesday afternoon May 29,2024, is:
RB134 The Cattle Rustlers of Cocanino
The Joe and Jack Jackson, identical twins, own the Big J Ranch. They mysteriously lose part of their cattle herd. The Jacksons suspect rustlers, but modern communications stopped rustling years ago. The boys keep losing cattle a few at a time. They finally ask Ranger Bill to check into their mystery. A mystery man, Mr. Dark, may be the key to this mystery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gGDqkPZqY
Ranger Bill for
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, is
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - 5/25/24
Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Kevin the Red Kangaroo who calls Australia his home. Kevin is one of 14 different species of kangaroos.
https://moodyaudio.com/products/kevin-red-kangaroo
RB008 is our RANGER BILL adventure for early Saturday morning, 5/25/2024:
They Called It the Jinx
A new bridge is being built over 1200-foot-deep Dead Man’s Gorge. Tom Farris has been called in to be the construction foreman. The construction crew doesn’t want Tom as their foreman. They call him a jinx. He has caused many needless accidents because he pushes his men too hard. Will Tom’s job end as quickly as it has started, or will an accident or accidents jinx the whole bridge project?
RANGER BILL for this Friday afternoon, 5/24/24, will leave you shivering:
RB132 Avalanche Rescue
Bill and Henry are busy knocking down avalanches on the Big Six Mountains. Novice skier Jenny Bender aims to tackle those steep hills regardless of the risk. Bill closes the Big Six to any skiers until he and Henry clear all the dangerous drifts. Jenny sneaks out to go skiing before Bill opens the slopes. A huge avalanche threatens the ski lodge and the headstrong young lady.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep064_Avalanche.mp3
Our RANGER BILL for Thursday, 5/23/24, is:
RB131 One Mile Down
Bill and Gray Wolf try to find Lt. Garnet Greentree, missing for 40 years in the Andes Mountains in Peru. The only clue to the missing man's whereabouts is a gold medallion that Bill was given while working for the Peruvian government, stamped with the letters "GG". Bill and Gray Wolf passed the medallion on to the Greentree family who desperately hope to find Garnet.
RANGER BILL to begin our work week, 5/20/24, is:
Danger! Deer Crossing - RB128
Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf are part of a huge team of soldiers, law enforcement officers and rangers. Their job - keep anything, man or animal, out of the blast zone of an atomic bomb test. Despite their best efforts, a family of deer (and two spies) manage to slip into the test. The deer are exposed to the blast and must be found! But will they and those spies be able to elude capture? Gray Wolf may hold the key to a safe and successful end to this test.
Our Tuesday, 5/21/24, RANGER BILL is one long search for a heartless poacher:
RB129 The Secret of Seal Island
Bill and his rangers have a poacher in the national forest. This man has been able to hunt illegally at will and still avoid even being seen. Gray Wolf names this man lupe garu, Wolverine (the glutton). Wolverine disappears then shows up in Alaska poaching fur seals. Washington asks Bill and Gray Wolf to travel to the Arctic Circle to find and capture this criminal. Can the fellas even locate Wolverine in the Arctic, let alone capture him?
RANGER BILL for Wednesday, 5/22/24, is truly one of their biggest adventures yet:
RB130 The Mountain that Moved
Stumpy and Henry go fishing on Old Thunderhead. Strange sounds start coming from the mountain. Then a seismologist, Mr. Chenowith, arrives to investigate strange readings coming from the mountain. Earthquakes trap Henry and Stumpy and threaten their lives. Then Old Thunderhead actually begins to move, leaving huge chasms and blocking all the mountain's roads. Bill must find a way to rescue his friends before it's too late.
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, May 18, 2024, is
RB007 Miracles aka Pray for a Miracle aka Miracle Mystery
Henry and Freddy go on a hike. Freddy is not a Christian. Freddy wrestles with faith and miracles. The boys need a miracle when Freddy falls into Half-Mile Gulley and breaks his leg. Flood waters from a broken dam threaten to drown both boys. It will take a miracle to save them.
Our early Saturday morning Ranger Bill
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for May 18,2025
Uncle Bob Devine greets Marietta Manatee who lives in the warm coastal waters near southern Florida. She is a mammal and loves eating the grasses that grow in those coastal waters. Tim talks with and learns from the Word of God.
https://moodyaudio.com/products/marietta-manatee-water-mammal
RANGER BILL for Friday, May 17, 2024, is:
RB0126 The Gospel Goes to Reform School
Warden Dawson rules the reform school with an iron hand. Bill wants to come in and offer the boys education, sports, and Bible study. The warden finally lets Bill come. Then a riot breaks out at the school. Will Bill or the warden be able to bring peace to the school?
Our RANGER BILL tale for this Thursday, 5/16/24, is filled with great danger and even greater bravery:
RB124 Soup Truck
A truck carrying nitroglycerin blows up just outside the town of Landslide. The mayor closes Landslide to all dangerous truck traffic. Closing Landslide will put the explosives company out of business and hurt many other businesses. Bill must find a way to prove to the mayor that even nitro can be taken safely through Landslide.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_xx-xx-xx_ep056_Soup_Truck.mp3
Ranger Bill for Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2024, is:
RB123 - River of FireRANGER BILL for Tuesday 5/14/24 is RB122
A Prisoner on Ice Island
Knotty Pine's city council wastes time debating how to pay for a fence that is critically needed to keep kids off the ice flows on the Shady River. Two boys do get stuck on an ice flow, and that flow is heading for a drop into a deep gorge! Bill must find some way to safely reach and rescue the boys!
RANGER BILL to begin a new work week, 5/13/24, is one scary adventure:
RB121 The Locked Bag
Miles runs the snake farm. He milks poisonous snakes for their venom. Miles shows up at ranger headquarters as white as a sheet. Somehow Miles lost a locked bag containing a deadly king cobra. The bag could be broken into, and the snake could then get out. Bill, Miles and the boys must find the bag and the snake before someone gets hurt or killed!!!
Our exciting RANGER BILL tale for Saturday morning, May 11, 2024, is:
RB006 The Fire Bug or, in Bill's own words, The Iron Fire Bugs
The railroad engines in Randolph Thompson's Red Valley Freight Line are threatening to burn up all the trees in Giant Pine National Park. Many of Thompson's engines are old coal-fired steam engines. Randolph pushes the engines hard so that they belch out volumes of smoke and sparks, setting the nearby dry forest ablaze.The early Saturday morning Ranger Bill
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for May 11,2024:
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Carlton Caribou who lives in the northern regions of North America.
Thursday's RANGER BILL for 5/9/24, is:
RB119 Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
Bill and the boys and Maggie Murphy take 50 boys from their church to camp for three weeks. Henry has some problems as lifeguard during swim times. Stumpy and Gray Wolf lead a snipe hunt. Bill deals with one boy's home sickness. But Maggie must deal with a filthy kitchen, feeding 50 hungry boys, and then a food thief. She threatens to leave if the thief isn't caught. Bill must find the guilty boy or lose the best cook west of the Mississippi! Find out what happens to Mrs. Murphy's famous chowder too!!!
OTRR #161
Let's post a RANGER BILL to begin a new work week (5/6/24):
RB115 - Three-Legged Deer
Two hunters can't find any deer. So, they decide to shoot little Jerry White's injured pet deer, Torpedo. One of the men even punches Jerry in the face! Jerry's parents ask Ranger Bill to find the men and bring them to justice. People in town are in a rage over the hunters' actions. The hunt is on for the hunters. Will Bill be able to find the men and bring justice and order back to the town of Three Forks?
(The folks who made Ranger Bill each week are credited at the end of this show.)
RANGER BILL for a Wednesday afternoon, 5/8/24, is RB118
The One-Wire Fence
Jeremiah Sykes is a rancher and preacher on Elk Mesa. Young Herb Bradshaw, son of powerful rancher Thunder Bradshaw, is starting up his own ranch using electric fences. Jeremiah is misusing the Bible to oppose electric fences. Thunder and Jeremiah may go to war over Herb and his ranch. Bill and our rangers must be strong and on constant alert to deal with this range war!
Missionary Ken Wolfgang of HOLYness BIBLEs for the blind has recently remastered the 229 or so RANGER BILL mp3 files that can be found across the internet. The quality of the mp3s is quite good. Even the recently discovered "Moose Plague" mp3 is improved.
If you would be interested in a free copy, contact Ken at:
Missionary Ken Wolfgang
HOLYness BIBLEs for the blind
P.O. Box 471
Ashtabula, Ohio 44005
1 440 997 5303 Office-land line
1440 789 9411 Cell
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Our Ranger Bill exciting adventure this Sunday, 5/5/23, is RB085
This Lord's Day's, 5/5/24, RANGER BILL adventure is
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 5/4/24, is one knock-down, drag-out fight
RB110 The Battle at Jenkins Manor
It's been many years since Stumpy's wife died; and he has finally decided that he doesn't have the time or energy to take care of himself and his house. Bill convinces him that he needs a housekeeper. Bill nominates Maggie Murphy for the job.
Maggie is a strong woman. She needs to be strong, a widow with four boys to care for. She acts much like a drill sergeant, which doesn't set well with Stumpy.
Stumpy is so desperate for a better home life that he hires Maggie, Stumpy's worst fears about allowing Maggie in his house are quickly realized and the battle begins!
Our Ranger Bill hair-raising adventure for early Saturday morning, 5/4/24, is RB113
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday, May 4,2024:
Uncle Bob Devine welcomes Larry Leopard. Larry explains why God gave him spots and how many spots he has. Find out how fast he runs, how high he climbs, and much more.
RANGER BILL has his hands full for early Saturday morning, 1/14/23, with:
RB114 The Hardhead
Colonel Anders must take a couple of months off for surgery. A man from Washington, George Benton, comes to Knotty Pine to fill in for the colonel. Mr. Benton is rude and expects ALL the rules to be followed to the letter without deviation or exception!!! Bill refuses to follow Mr. Benton's rule book. Benton suspends Bill, and the rangers revolt.
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_59-02-11_ep046_The_Hardhead.mp3
Wednesday's RANGER BILL for 5/1/24, is:
RB112 The Mad Bats
Bats invade the attic of the Phipps' home, and one even bites Edna Phipps. Bill and Stumpy go to evict the bats and discover the bats are sick with rabies! The boys get help fighting off the bats from some feathered friends. One of the Phipps' neighbors causes Bill even more trouble than those pesky bats.
RANGER BILL for Tuesday, April 30, 2024, with:
RB111 The Prehistoric Monster
The circus has arrived at Junction City. A full-grown bull rhino is its main attraction. This particular rhino doesn't like being in the circus. The huge beast breaks his chains and charges off into the forest. Bill and the boys are called in to find and shoot the marauder before he hurts anyone or does any serious damage. Can our rangers safely corner this prehistoric monster? Will Stumpy's pride endanger the hunt and possibly endanger lives too?
