RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

 RANGER BILL for Thursday,  May 14, 2026, is

RB003 Getting with the Wrong Crowd

George Bruce returns to Knotty Pine after spending time in reform school. The citizens of Knotty Pine refuse to accept him or give him a hand. Bill gets George a delivery job with Frenchy DeSalle’s logging operation where he loses the payroll money.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_56-03-28_ep131_Getting_Along_With_The_Wrong_Crowd.mp3

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RB213/214 The Spirits and THE Spirit

  RANGER BILL for to begin the work week, May 11, 2026 , is

RB213/214  The Spirits and the Spirit, parts 1and 2

Bill and Stumpy and a map maker go on vacation in South America to visit an old abandoned Portuguese fort hidden deep in the jungle along the Amazon River. The local residents are afraid to go to the fort for fear of the spirits of the dead Portuguese soldiers there. Legend says the soldiers were killed by natives who were made slaves to dig gold for the soldiers. Now the spirits of the soldiers guard their ill-gotten gold.

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB213-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+1.mp3

https://archive.org/details/ranger-bill-adventures/RB214-Spirits+and+the+Spirit+2.mp3

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Catkin Caterpillar

   Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 5/9/26

Uncle Bob Devine gets a little visit from Clarabel the catkin caterpillar. Catkins are the long, stringy bundles of tiny blossoms that grow on birch, oak and willow trees in the spring. Clarabel and other catkin caterpillars disguise themselves like those tree blossoms to hide from preditors. These caterpillars and other animals eat catkin blossoms for food, but the blossoms help Clarabel change to look more like the catkin blossoms. In summer, Clarabel will turn brown like the branches she lives on. 

Now let Clarabel finish her delightful story of God's design for catkin caterpillars.

https://moodyaudio.com/products/clarabel-catkin-caterpillar

RB109 The Man Who Lost God

  Our RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, May 9, 2026, is a strange, Old Testament style mystery:

RB109 The Man Who Lost God

Bill's rangers spot large campfires on the top of Razorback Ridge. Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf go to investigate. They find what appear to be animal sacrifices like sacrifices in the Old Testament. No one is sure who is doing this and why. At the same time the wealthy Thompson family send out letters searching for their lost son. Bill has his hands full with two mysteries at once!

It appears as though RB108 The Wrong Valley and RB109 are both stories of men who have lost God, each in their own way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6v3aedPUFk

RB116 The Deadly Laundry Basket

  RANGER BILL for early Saturday morning , May 9, 2026:

RB116 The Deadly Laundry Basket

Bill gets a phone call from Sergeant Jim Donato of West Grove, IL. Jim's neighbor was bitten by a poisonous snake and is barely clinging to life. The snake was hiding in a laundry basket sitting in her garage. Bill thinks a rare plague of swamp rattlers has invaded the town. Bill and Henry fly to West Grove to try to deal with the threat. Then a child is bitten and the town begins to panic. What can the fellas do to protect West Grove from panic and this deadly menace? (A list of the RANGER BILL cast and crew is given at the end of this show.)

https://oldtime.radio/episode/ranger_bill-the_deadly_laundry_basket