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37 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 1, 195930 mins
In the late 1800's Bat is asked to San Francisco by old friend Mrs. Dwight Chancellor. San Francisco has rough and deadly areas such as the Barbary Coast to the rich and exclusive areas such as Knob Hill where Mrs. Chancellor lives. She tells Bat her daughter Abby is engaged to her cousin Stuart Chancellor who she feels is a black sheep of the family. She would like Bat to check him out. They hang out at a disreputable casino named the Crest. At the Crest Abby wins as usual while the drunk Stuart is losing. After Stuart's money runs out, Abby takes him into the garden on the cliffs over the ocean to calm him. Abby leaves to ask Colonel Marc James the owner for more credit for Stuart but in reality they are lovers. Due to his position they cannot be seen together. Stuart outside overhears their conversation. Bat arrives wanting to see James so Abby leaves. Stuart takes the opening to force James to give him the $9000 in Stuart's IOUs James holds. James is able to overpower Stuart and take him to the garden where James decides to kill Stuart. Afterwards, Bat investigates James learning the real truth. He comes to confront James who has had enough of Bat.
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 15, 195930 mins
Bat arrives by stage in Great Falls, Montana to collect $5000 plus interest from Fred Sanders a reformed gunman turned rancher. At the hotel a snooty desk clerk is reluctant to help Bat who is to meet Fred there. The Sheriff interrupts to ask Bat's business but Bat says it is personal. He is told that Fred is wanted for murdering a greenhorn the previous night. Bat talks to Jim, the blacksmith and friend, who tells him he thinks Fred is guilty. Bat corners the desk clerk who supposedly saw the shooting but in reality did not. The local music teacher Mildred Conrad was seen coming from Fred's room after the shot. Bat confronts Mildred who confirms Fred is innocent but she refuses to talk to preserve her reputation. Bat joins the posse which thinks Fred is cornered by a flood in a box canyon but he has returned to town on them. He is spotted in town so when Bat and Jim go to wake the Sheriff his nightmare explains partly why is so determined to shoot Fred on sight. It is up to Bat to save an innocent Fred and to get his money back.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 22, 195930 mins
In the 1880s Bat is asked to come to Sapphira, Colorado by Thorn Loomis a close friend who is dying. On his way there he rides through Bundy, Colorado which calls itself the county seat of Stone County. At the saloon he receives a chilly reception as people recognize him. As he enters Sapphira, Colorado there are also signs stating it is the county seat of Stone County. He At the saloon where Thorn is living Bat finds a group of bandits who know him. Suspicious at this point he quickly determines Thorn is not sick but tricked him. He is offering Bat $5000 to help move the books for the county from Bundy to Sapphira. The wealthy founder of Sapphira Virgil Gardiner tells Bat that the election of a county seat was rigged, The railroad needs to decide the future county seat quickly to pick its route. Bat wants nothing to do with the issue so he leaves. On the way out he is forced to kill the Wichita Kid being chased by the Sheriff who the Kid wounds. Bat takes the body and the wounded Sheriff to Sapphira for a doctor. There he is taken prisoner by Thorn and his new deputies but not before he picks up a letter to the Wichita Kid. After reading the letter, he knows Thorn is in danger.
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 29, 195930 mins
In the 1880s Bat is visiting St. Joseph, Missouri. He spots a placard announcing that an old acquaintance Dora Miller will be singing that night. Bat buys a ticket to the box on the right side of the stage while Jason Medford occupies the box on the left side of the stage. At the end Medford gives a bouquet of flowers to Dora while Bat slips back stage to whisk her away for a taxi ride. While riding, they see a man being attacked by two men. Bat intervenes as Dora tells the taxi driver to leave quickly. Bat wakes up to find himself a prisoner charged with attacking the man he tried to save. At his arraignment Dora appears but when she sees Medford there she lies about being with Bat at the attack. Medford surprising Bat posts his bail. After they have dinner, Medford tells Bat he is to leave town with his two henchmen making sure he does. At the railroad station where they drop him, the Sheriff is waiting to arrest Bat - for murdering the man he saved. Bat escapes using his cane and then asks Dora for help but she refuses so he must prove to the Judge on his own Medford's intent.
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 5, 195930 mins
In the spring of 1880 at Sacramento, California Bat arrives with a herd of cattle for cattle dealer Morgan for $1000. During his check-in at the hotel, Bat bumps into Mary Lowery who offers to meet him for dinner that evening at The Lady Luck. While bathing in the hotel, the $1000 is stolen and no one including the hotel detective and sheriff are of any help. The owner Jess Porter of "The Lady Luck" casino approaches Bat with the idea of backing his candidate for mayor to earn a stake but Bat refuses. While on the street he is attacked with a buggy whip by Rachel Lowery who believes he is working for Porter. When she learns he isn't, she tells him her sister Mary is being blackmailed by Porter with letters she wrote. When Bat asks the hotel detective for help he suggests checking with Morgan. At Morgan's place Bat finds himself the target but wounds the hotel detective who happens to have Bat's money and wallet. Bat decides at that point to go after Porter and "The Lucky Lady" for himself and the Lowery girls.
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 12, 195930 mins
In 1884 Bat steadies the stagecoach horses as a freight wagon rumbles by in Whistle Valley, Missouri. His derby blows off and is run over by the freight wagon. Bat confronts the freight drivers for $3 to replace the derby. Their boss Barney Kaster pays the $3 for them. However, when Bat tries to buy a new derby he finds the price is $6 due to the high cost to bring the freight from the riverboats to the town. Barney Kaster has an exclusive contract with the riverboats preventing competition. Bat pays the store owner Sharon Stabler $3 cash for a derby which he picks up at the dock saving the freight cost. In response to his trick Kaster sends two men to break up Sharon's store. Bat follows to stop them. He calls a meeting of the merchants with a proposal to break Kaster's grip if each one will put in $500 to be given to Sharon. Bat and Sharon go to St. Louis where Bat plays the steamboats against the railroads hoping to break Kaster's contract but Kaster doesn't go easily.
Episode 7
Thu, Nov 19, 195930 mins
In the 1870s Bat owns the Frontier Palace casino in Wichita, Kansas. He has extended $2,000 credit to the Bassett brothers who are Marshals on a Saturday afternoon. They can't pay it off until Monday when the bank opens. A cowboy brings the news that the Clements clan has driven a herd in to sell. Rod Clements who is ramrodding the outfit is in a blood feud with the Bassett family. This has Bat worried about collecting the $2,000 he is owed so he tries to prevent a clash by asking the Bassetts to avoid them but they refuse. His next attempt is to ride out to the Clements camp. There he finds Rod ready for a fight but the Clements brothers more interested in finding an education for their eighteen year sister Louise. Bat agrees to take her to a family in Wichita. That evening when he takes her to his casino for dinner she meets Clark Bassett. They immediately take a common interest in each other but they don't know each other's last name. Bat lets Clark take Louise home but it leads to a showdown with Rod putting Bat's money at risk.
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 26, 195930 mins
In 1883 at Hard Rock, Colorado Bat arrives hoping to make a deal with Miss Lili who owns a saloon there. Upon his arrival he encounters Charming Charlie Griswold who Bat knows but doesn't trust looking for a stake which Bat provides. Miss Lili is in a dinner honoring the new sheriff elected to collect the proper taxes from the businesses in town including the railroad. The owner of the railroad John Minor pleads near bankruptcy if forced to pay his taxes. Bat makes a gambling partnership with Miss Lili so he goes to the sheriff to obtain a gambling license. While there the sheriff mentions that Minor has moved his money from the bank to keep the sheriff from taking it. Bat provides some help based on his experience including the sheriff's right to look for cash but there is none. The train leaves early and Bat sees Griswald running for it. Bat overhears a telegraph message coming in and concocts a plan with the sheriff to seize the tax money.
Episode 9
Thu, Dec 3, 195930 mins
In 1885 Bat arrives on the stage in Casper, Wyoming to the sound of gunshots and a man throwing rocks at a Lady Justice statue. When Bat's hat is hit by a rock and he intervenes, he is warned he isn't in control as he was in Dodge City. While talking to old girl friend Belle Sims, he notices a friend Johnny Mills is under arrest. He learns Johnny is charged with murdering a man during a poker game while cheating. Johnny denies cheating and says the dead man fired at him first after trying to bluff him. He has a public defender appointed to his case but during a talk with the lawyer Bat realizes he and everyone else will do nothing to help Johnny. Bat decides to defend Johnny himself with his first task being to serve subpoenas to the witnesses. At the trial the witnesses including Belle continue to lie with the Judge's support. During a recess a frustrated Bat has an inspiration. He decides to let the cards speak for themselves.
Episode 10
Thu, Dec 10, 195930 mins
Bat is in San Antonio, Texas to play cards when he runs into his friend Gen. Zachary Moran. Moran has bet a railroad spur against a horse ranch owned by Latimer on his Kentucky thoroughbred beating Latimer's Texas quarter-horse. Given the distance Bat tells Moran he may lose. With the size of the wager Moran hires Bat to train his horse and win the race. Bat accepts the job. He hires Edward 'Snapper' Garrison from back East to ride the horse. He is a professional jockey uses a different technique than the western riders. He likes to have a good time when not riding giving Bat and Moran problems making sure he is prepared for the race as he likes the women. He likes to entertain people with stories about his Garrison Finish. Latimer, nervous due to Snapper's professionalism, decides to kidnap both Bat and Snapper. He tells Snapper he will have two broken legs and Bat will be killed if Snapper wins the race. Pressure is on both Snapper and Bat to fix the situation.
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 17, 195930 mins
Bat is in Central City, Colorado in 1883 accompanying his acquaintance Teresa Renault at an art auction. She is an ex-saloon girl who has moved into high society after a hitting it big in a mine. She buys an expensive painting over Bat's objections that it is a forgery. He believes the original was burned in Europe along with several other paintings by the same artist. Due to his questioning of the gallery owner Orrin Thackeray he finds himself in Thackeray's office - at gunpoint. To settle the issue Bat and Thackeray agree to have the art critic Willard Quentin verify the painting along with a $10,000 bet by Bat on his decision. However, Quentin verifies the painting as authentic. Bat pays but later makes a visit to Quentin's hotel room finding Quentin drinking. While there Thackeray's henchman Clyde arrives. He knocks Bat out, pours alcohol on him, and then shoots Quentin. Bat finds himself in jail "framed" for murder with a vain Sheriff. Teresa tells Bat Thackeray bought back the painting - the only proof of Bat's innocence giving Bat little time.
Episode 12
Thu, Dec 31, 195930 mins
Bat is in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the exclusive Cheyenne Club to play poker but is asked at gunpoint to meet the Inner Circle made up of large ranchers upstairs. The men and lone woman Grace Williams want Bat to help them persuade men to go against women's suffrage for which they will pay 5000 acres and 500 head of cattle. Bat instead decides to talk to the women finding the leader to be a friend who runs a newspaper in Laramie. One of the ranchers Old Billy North who is a friend of Bat warns him that a $20 hit has been put out on Bat. That night a man Patch Finley tries to kill Bat in Bat's room but Bat lets him go. Bat has the suffragettes setup a booth in the public street to collect signatures. Seeing its success, the Inner Circle sets up their own petition but resort to signing names of the dead. They ask Patch to bring friends to sign their petition using liquor to grease the men but Bat turns it against them using his treatment of Patch to change the men. The Inner Circle resorts to violence to steal the petitions that Bat is to burn before he dies.
Episode 13
Thu, Jan 7, 196030 mins
Bat's old friend Luke Short offers him 50% of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas if he'll help make the place profitable. Bat hires a pretty piano player Dolly McGregor from St. Louis and business picks up, much to the chagrin of owners of rival establishments. The mayor, one of these saloon proprietors, helps enact a new city ordinance forbidding the playing of musical instruments in saloons. After he hires Bat's piano player, the mayor has the ordinance repealed. Bat visits the Governor to get his cooperation by not interfering in Dodge City matters. Bat counters the crooked politician with the "Dodge City Peace Commission," a group of gunslingers led by Wyatt Earp, to force the mayor to come to terms.
Episode 14
Thu, Jan 14, 196030 mins
In Tucson, Arizona after winning a sulky horse race Bat is approached by Roger Purcell and Hugh Blaine who have made a bet for $50,000 over whether all four hooves of a trotter are off the ground at once. Blaine has three days to prove it true. Lost for a way to prove it, Blaine offers Bat ten percent if he can prove his side. Bat tries various experts but when he receives a victory photo from the race, he realizes a camera might catch the proof. He talks to the photographer Casey who says a camera might catch it but one camera might take a long time. Bat suggests they try ten cameras. Meanwhile, Purcell is summoned by Billie Tuesday to whom he owes $50,000. She offers to cover his debts if he marries her. When Purcell learns what Bat is up to, he sends his henchmen to steal the plates but they fail. He then talks Billie into stealing the plates from the photographer. However, Bat finds Casey shot by Billie setting up a confrontation between Bat, Billie, and Purcell that does not go as expected.
Episode 15
Thu, Jan 21, 196030 mins
In the 1880s Bat is in Denver, Colorado to judge a rodeo and because his friend Hugh Blaine had sent a note asking him to come. While judging the rodeo Lee Baxter and Willard Wynant stop by to warn him to leave Denver. His friend Blaine tries to hide from Bat the seriousness of his situation but Bat eavesdrops on Blaine's conversation. Baxter and Wynant have hired pony express type riders to bring news quickly from the mining camps blocking Blaine from making any deals. For an equal partnership in Blaine's company Bat devises a solution - carrier pigeons. It works until the nearly bankrupt Baxter and Wynant spot the pigeons. They hire the beautiful Selena Thorn with her falcons to stop the pigeons. Suspecting problems, Bat tracks a pigeon and discovers Thorn and her helper Eric. Bat is taken prisoner by Eric and Lisa but she thinks Bat is the criminal - not Baxter and Wynant.
Episode 16
Thu, Jan 28, 196030 mins
In the Mother Lode area of California Bat stumbles onto a mine that has hit a strike but hasn't announced it yet. The two miners Ben Wilson and Emile Barole own half the mine. They plan to buy out Charles Hamilton of San Francisco who is a crooked business man and millionaire that owns the other half of the mine. Bat realizes Hamilton won't sell since he will suspect it worth something. Instead, Bat devises a scheme in which the miners sell their half to get the other half if they cut him in on the mine. The scheme works followed by the miners telling Bat the next problem is wood. Wilson thinks he has an in with a lumberman Ted Wilkerson with a daughter Nancy. They find Ted has just died and Nancy sold the company to Hamilton. Hamilton will sell them the wood for one dollar and half the mine. Caught without lumber, the miners want to mine what they can but Bat creates a plan for a flume to bring the wood they need. Hamilton puts several and sometimes deadly roadblocks in their way.
Episode 17
Thu, Feb 4, 196030 mins
In 1886 while on a stagecoach headed to Carson City via Mesquite Springs, Nevada, Bat is with the fiancée Claire Cantrell of Sheriff Buck Peters and a Slim Tobey. Suddenly the stage is attacked with the driver killed and Tobey knocking out Bat. Tobey steals $30 from Bat, leaves a letter on him, and the group kidnaps Claire. At Mesquite Springs Bat tells the sheriff about the incident. The letter wants Eddie Griswell who is to hang released or Claire dies at 3:00 pm. The sheriff has little control due to a mayor and city council who are overbearing. He and Bat suggest releasing Eddie and following him. Due to the delays by the city officials, Peters lets Eddie escape. However, Bat takes his place following Eddie with a posse to follow. Bat is able to track Eddie but there is dissension in the Griswell gang between the Griswell brothers and the four other members. Bat uses the problem to his advantage to rescue Claire.
Episode 18
Thu, Feb 11, 196030 mins
Bat returns to mining town Leadville, Colorado to see Ellie Winters who he left abruptly earlier. However, he finds she is busy involved with a new diamond mine about three miles out of town which is selling stock to raise capital. Bat is instantly suspicious since North American diamond finds have been found to be nearly worthless but the owners of this mine are comparing the find to a renown South African mine. Bat buys one share in the mine for four dollars and visits the mine along with other prospective shareholders. The owners have brought a gem and mining specialist Dr. Harold Dunsmore to evaluate the mine. He and Bat both find diamonds. Next to the mine an old rebel Soda Smith has a camp threatening to kill anyone who comes on his property. Later, Bat visits the mine alone to sneak in but is discovered by the guards. He runs to Smith's camp who runs off the guards and later has a grave by his tent. When Ellie learns Bat is missing and from Dunsmore the mine is crooked, she decides to visit the mine to confront the owners.
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 18, 196030 mins
Bat is on his way to the small town of War Creek, Wyoming Territory when he encounters a gunfight with two men on horseback firing at a man in a wagon. He fires at the men on horseback who runoff but the man in the wagon is dead. Papers on him give his name as Harold Quigley. A noise in a bush alerts Bat to a white dog who goes to the body of Quigley. After burying Quigley, Bat takes the wagon and dog to the Sheriff at War Creek. Bat learns the man was a clerk at the bank and Mr. Fourpaws the dog was his only friend or relative. At the hotel Bat asks the owner Linda Willis to join him for a drink but is rebuffed. Later, in his room the crash of water pitcher brings Willis to Bat's room where Mr. Fourpaws is on top of him. She joins him in the saloon after Bat has a run-in with bankers over their threats to Mr. Fourpaws during which he learns Mr. Fourpaws retrieves money. Willis learns Bat is there to investigate the bank. The bankers tell the Sheriff Bat stole $50,000 Quigley was carrying. He tries to arrest Bat who is forced to investigate the disappearance of the $50,000.
Episode 20
Thu, Feb 25, 196030 mins
Arriving in dangerous Deadwood, South Dakota, Bat spots Lisa Truex, a former employee who stole $2000 from him before skipping town in Denver. Bat confronts Lisa but discovers she is a close friend of Leo Talley who is a powerful man in the Dakota Territories. Lisa says she is broke so in order to stay out of jail, she offers Bat a worthless acre of land for $8000 but Bat agrees to only clear the $2000 debt for the land. Bat converts the acre into the exclusive graveyard "Destiny's Playground" selling plots for $100 apiece giving him a sizable profit. When Bat's plan turns a profits, Leo and Lisa try to have Bat killed in a gunfight with gunslinger Toby Dawson but Bat prevails. Toby has the local undertaker O'Malley prepare a grave for Bat in Destiny's Playground who returns reporting he discovered gold in the first grave. Lisa and her crooked partner frame Bat for running a land-swindle by changing the land records and killing the land office clerk.
Episode 21
Thu, Mar 3, 196030 mins
In 1886 Bat arrives in Abilene, Kansas to learn why he received part of the cane he gave to Jane Taylor long ago when he left her when she became too serious. While asking directions to her ranch in Abilene, Bat is confronted by a man named Colby who Bat handles handily. Upon arrival at the Taylor ranch he is told by Jane's father Ben that he sent the cane to bring Bat there hoping for his help. He and several other ranchers are having trouble with Dallas Agate a cattle dealer who has been driving his herds onto their property on the way to market letting his cattle feed on their grass leaving nothing for the rancher's own cattle. They have put up barbwire fence to stop him but he is threatening to cut through anyway. As Dallas is an old friend of Bat's, at first Bat refuses to help but does talk to Dallas who he finds has changed. Dallas still believes in free grass and refuses to accept the end of free range. Not liking what he hears, Bat agrees to help the ranchers but on his own terms with no gun play if possible. Bat and the ranchers confront Dallas and his hired men as they try to remove the fence.
Episode 22
Thu, Mar 10, 196030 mins
At Dodge City, Kansas Bat is working in a casino for Mr. Landry. He takes Landry's daughter Jeanie to see Hermann the Great perform magic tricks. In one Hermann takes the gun from the holster of audience member Blackie as he tries to draw his gun. Blackie who dislikes Bat suddenly sees a way to use the trick to his advantage. As Bat and Landry take the day's proceeds to the bank for deposit, Hermann stops Bat to give him a card about his performance. Bat and Landry enter the bank with three men following them in who steal Landry's satchel . Bat who finds his gun missing is knocked out. Outside Hermann admits taking the gun as a joke and Blackie admits paying him to do it. Blackie and his friends all say they were in the saloon drinking during the robbery therefore the deputy refuses to arrest them. Landry is concerned about Bat's intention toward Jeanie but Bat wants to clear his name before he leaves town. Landry goes along with Bat's plan to use Hermann to recover the stolen money. Bat proves his conscious is clear but not the gang's.
Episode 23
Thu, Mar 17, 196030 mins
In 1881 on the way to Yuma, Arizona where Bat is giving a friend away at her wedding, Bat sees a dead man hanging by his heels off the road. At Yuma Bat learns the hanging is the trademark of the Yaqui Kid who is half Indian able to pass as a white man but he has never been seen. Later, Bat and the Sheriff learn the dead man is the groom in the wedding Bat so Bat delivers the news to the bride after telling the Sheriff he will participate in the posse after all. The Sheriff has an Indian scout who directs the posse in the direction the Yaqui Kid took. However, Bat tells the Sheriff the scout neglected to tell them there were two riders in boots on shod horses with one much heavier than the other. They trail them to a river where the Sheriff decides to camp. That night while the Sheriff is on guard and the men asleep, a shot is heard followed by the dead Sheriff found hanging by his heels. Bat grabs the scout and washes his face to reveal a white person - the Yaqui Kid - but he escapes as his partner fires on the group. Bat follows the Yaqui Kid while the men go after his partner. Bat finds a trap set for him but a second one catches him.
Episode 24
Thu, Mar 24, 196030 mins
Bat arrives in El Paso, Texas on his way to a fight in Reno, Nevada. During the stopover he enters a bar where a card game is in progress. One of the players Barker tells the others he wishes to stop playing because of the run of luck by Dan Mosely. Mosely takes the comment to imply he cheats. Another player John Martin tells him to ignore it but Mosely confronts Barker at the bar causing him to spill Bat's drink. As Barker pulls his handkerchief for Bat, Mosely kills him. Bat disarms Mosely and calls for the Marshal. Martin tries to buy Bat off but Bat refuses the offer. The Marshal tells Bat he must stay for the trial a couple of days later. In his room Bat finds John La Tour who wants to hire Bat with a 10 carat diamond to return the former Mexican Emperor's wife's jewels from Mexico. Bat takes the job but finds himself the prisoner of the criminal Gabilan who is also John Martin. He gives Bat a tour of his armor collection including a suit of armor and a steel mail vest used by Cortez. Bat is to die by firing squad in the morning after receiving a heavy breakfast made by Linda who works for Martin.
Episode 25
Thu, Mar 31, 196030 mins
On June 14, 1884, while Bat is playing cards with Wyatt Earp and Charlie Bassett in Dodge City, Kansas, his long time friend Ellie Winters is framed for the murder of her fiancé Chance Martin in Durango, Colorado. She is found over his body with her hat pin in his back by the Sheriff. She asks to send for help by wiring Bat who comes to her aid. The Sheriff sets her bail at $50,000 which Bat raises from several friends. Ellie claims there is an older man who can clear her but they have no luck finding him. Ellie introduces Bat to Chance's rancher friend Charlie Ryan but he is cool toward Ellie. According to Ellie Chance was in a high stakes poker game the day before he was killed. An attempt is made on Bat's life but it is unsuccessful. Bat decides to play a bluff of his own. He announces a second witness has been found and that he has hired a well known lawyer to clear her. He has Wyatt Earp come to Durango to play the attorney. They announce a trip to the capital to clear Ellie hoping to use themselves at bait for the killers while he has Ellie return to jail for her protection.
Episode 26
Thu, Apr 7, 196030 mins
In the 1880's during a railroad stop in Headstone, Texas, Bat drops into a local restaurant for a bottle of wine to take with him on the way to El Paso, Texas for a prize fight. He becomes embroiled in a fight with Largo Morgan putting up a poster for his election as Judge. The owner of the restaurant Malachi Brody is the current Judge who quickly convenes court and fines Bat the $82 in change he had coming for the $18 bottle of wine. Due to the delay Bat misses his train. As he finishes his meal he sees Brody take the money box to his office. As Brody tries to put the money in his safe, the light in the office goes out. The box is missing so he stops anyone from leaving the restaurant accusing one of them of stealing his money. However, Bat points out that out he needs evidence as they find the box behind the counter - missing $82 dollars. Bat and Brody have a private discussion where Bat reveals he knows Brody is really soft hearted but may lose his reelection. Bat has a proposal to change the odds and allow Bat to make money.
Episode 27
Thu, Apr 14, 196030 mins
In the spring of 1882 Bat is on a stagecoach headed for Denver, Colorado carrying $3000 in bank notes and the stagecoach is carrying silver ingots. At a stop to water the horses the stage is held up. The robbers take the silver as well as Bat's money. After investigating the area, Bat walks into town where he meets a friend Ivy Dickson in the bar who wants her own casino followed by a meeting with Noah Gannon the stage line owner and Parker James the silver mine owner. Gannon is about to go broke and the mine may have to close if the robberies are not stopped. For a fee of $5000, a new derby, cane, and shoes Bat has an idea on how to stop the robberies. He has the mine pour 600 pound ingots which cannot be carried off. Everyone agrees with the idea which is implemented. As they prepare to celebrate the successful completion of the plan, they learn that instead not only the silver but the stagecoach and men have disappeared including Gannon who drove the stage. Bat investigates the tracks with an eye to what he thinks happened.
Episode 28
Thu, Apr 21, 196030 mins
In 1884 Bat arrives at Fort Bowie in the Arizona Territory to collect payment for a herd of 55 horses he is selling the Army but learns they have not arrived. Billy Willow who is bringing the horses arrives on foot with one foal and a wounded leg. The herd has been stolen and the other four wranglers killed. Bat learns there were only two horses traders in the area and one of them returned to Boston. Bat receives permission to act as a buyer for the Army so he can visit the one horse trader left, Julie Giles. At the Giles ranch he finds a mare that appears to be the mother of the foal but her foreman Ben Roper won't let Bat check the brand. Roper vows he bought the horses from the other horse trader Barney Sommerset who went east. Julie never met Sommerset. Bat is forced to leave but correctly expects Roper to ambush him. Bat catches Roper in the act to take him to Giles to confess but he out talks Bat. Giles arrives with a herd of horses at Fort Bowie to fill the order but Bat has a trick up his sleeve to divine the truth.
Episode 29
Thu, Apr 28, 196030 mins
In 1882 Bat is in Texas moving a herd of Mexican cattle north to sell in Kansas. He wants to sell his herd for a quick profit to an experienced trial boss Clark Chisum who is moving his own herd to Kansas. As soon as Bat introduces himself to trail hand Jeb Mitchell at Chisum's camp, Jeb knocks Bat out. When he awakens, Bat finds himself surrounded by a group of angry trail hands wanting their money back. Chisum breaks up the scuffle but he is no fan of Bat. He tells Bat that last September his men lost their money in Liberal, Kansas in a saloon owned by Bat named Masterson's Arcadia Club. Bat denies any knowledge of it saying he was in Tombstone, Arizona with Wyatt Earp at that time. Bat and Chisum agree to drive their herds together to Liberal, Kansas where Bat can prove his innocence and get the men's money back. At Liberal he goes under the name Bill Masters with Jeb and his own man Rod to the saloon. He soon loses $500 and the trio lands in jail after being told Masterson is unavailable. As usual Bat has an ace up his boot to prove the truth.
Episode 30
Thu, May 5, 196030 mins
In 1885 Bat is on a stagecoach that makes an extra stop in Paradise, Colorado to water the horses. Bat leaves the stage to stretch only to be confronted by the Sheriff and two deputies. They inform him that wearing a gun in Paradise is illegal and that he is under arrest. When Bat strikes back he is knocked out and jailed. Later, when he awakes he is taken to court where he finds the other passenger on the stage is the judge and the stage driver is the court clerk. He is fined $575 which nearly wipes him out and told to leave town. He sends a telegram to which he receives a reply before he is about to leave. When the stage arrives, another young man gets off and is confronted as well about his gun. However, he shoots and kills a deputy who tried to shot at him - the deputy is the judge's relative. Bat realizing the boy is going to hang on the gallows already ready decides to stay to fight the judge and his men. He reveals the answer to the telegram to other citizens who aid him in his plan to change Paradise for the better.
Episode 31
Thu, May 12, 196030 mins
In the early 1880s near Denver, Colorado Bat is with his long time friend and railroad tycoon Hugh Blaine on a trip to examine the ranch and cattle Blaine bought. The 20,000 acre ranch with 9,000 head of cattle is an investment for Blaine. Upon arriving at the ranch Bat and Blaine are told by Blaine's secretary David that there are only 200 head of cattle and the buildings have been stripped. Blaine returns to the real estate agent Lemuel Carstairs who sold him the ranch to cancel the deal. Carstairs says the seller is gone with the money and he has taken his commission. Meanwhile, Bat is dealing faro but losing gambler Powers implies Bat is cheating so Bat kicks him out. As Bat expects, Blaine comes to him for help. Bat holds out for a fee of $1000 to take the job. He visits Carstairs office saying he wants to use his winnings to buy a ranch and cattle. Carstairs indicates he might have a deal as Bat expects. Hoping to gain access to Carstairs affairs, Bat takes his beautiful blonde secretary out for lunch. As they leave Powers enters asking about Katie and Bat. Bat has Blaine provide $15,000 while giving him instructions but Bat's plan finds him digging his own grave.
Episode 32
Thu, May 19, 196030 mins
While in San Bernardino, California in 1882 Bat is in the bank to deposit his $7,000 in winnings. As he stands at the teller window the bank is robbed including Bat's money by a trio of robbers. Bat notices the lead holdup man and a beautiful woman make eye contact. That evening when he walks into his hotel room, someone fires a shot at him. He plays dead until he can disarm the shooter which is the young lady Rosita. Both have a key to the same room. She asks Bat to escort her back to her uncle's home at Los Angles. At one time her family owned a land grant to most of the Los Angles area. Along the way the trio of robbers attacks them but Bat is able to kill one and run the other two off. At Los Angles as he suspected Rosita is carrying the stolen money but before he can recover it, the outlaw leader Juan Torrino appears. As they fight, Rosita escapes with the money. Bat tracks her down at her sick uncle's home. He is celebrating the money to be used to rebuild the ranch. However, circumstances change as Bat tries to decide how to recover the money including Torrino showing up as he an ex-neighbor and fiancé.
Episode 33
Thu, May 26, 196030 mins
In 1882 Bat arrives in Presidio, Texas near the border with Mexico on the stage with another passenger General Millard who owns the Drover's Club. Bat's first trip is to the Sheriff's office where he gives the Sheriff a wanted poster of himself he wants posted. After that he rides to the Hudson Ranch to see Alec Hudson. Alec is not home but his blonde daughter Renee entertains him. Bat tells Alec that he is a cattle buyer wanting to cut out some of the middlemen giving Hudson a bigger profit. Hudson agrees to let Bat stay with him until the herd is ready giving Bat time to investigate Hudson who catches Bat searching his desk. Bat reveals he is working for the federal government investigating diseased Mexican cattle being sold with his and other rancher's herds. Bat's wanted poster is found by Fargo who turns it over to Foster who manages the Hudson ranch. Bat is taken by the rustlers who believe his story about trying steal cattle. Now Bat must use them to find the leader of the smuggling ring.
Episode 34
Thu, Jun 2, 196030 mins
It is 1882 in St. Joseph, Missouri and Bat is having a bad streak of luck. He is with his friend Ellie Winters who offers to buy dinner for them but Bat still has a large bill hidden in the head of his cane which he opens in the lobby where all can see. Later that day, he finds a note under his hotel room door asking him to come to Lucy Carter's room. The young, beautiful Lucy tells Bat her husband died six months earlier and she has been asked to attend a governor's reception that evening. Bat declines being her escort but is told he is to be her bodyguard, not her escort. She wearing a $150,000 diamond necklace so protection is needed. Bat agrees to do the job for $100. After helping her put on the necklace, a ruckus in the hall made by two drunks knocking on her door gets their attention. Bat going through another room enters the hallway to stop the men who leave. Suddenly, Luck screams. Bat enters her room finding her on the floor and the necklace gone with a thief out the window. Bat can't determine how the robbery was done but he won't rest until he recovers the necklace.
Episode 35
Thu, Jun 16, 196030 mins
It is 1884 and Bat arrives in Tucson, Arizona Territory. Bat had staked his friend Steve Fansler who had come there to search for the Lost Dutchman's Mine in the Superstition Mountains north of Tucson. Bat stops at a local bar where Fansler said he bought a map to the mine. As Bat procures another map from the bartender, his conversation is overheard by another patron Allesandro Vallin who is looking for a similar friend. The two take the trail shown on the map until it ends where a dog forces them to take the left trail and leads them to a home owned by a Mr. Smith. He provides the pair with lodgings, baths, and food but they discover Kana, Mr. Smith's aide, has taken their weapons and money. At dinner they meet Angelita who Mr. Smith introduces as his daughter. During dinner they hear a man's screams. Mr. Smith takes them captive saying they will learn the truth the next morning. After sneaking out they learn Angelita is also a prisoner and Mr. Smith has a silver mine with slave labor including Bat's friend Steve. However, their freedom is short lived as they are forced to gamble for their lives.
Episode 36
Thu, Jun 23, 196030 mins
At Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1879 Bat and Frank Holloway have put together $5000 each to open a casino. Frank stumbles into Bat's room having been knifed by a couple of men. They were not successful in stealing Frank's $5000 which was in a money belt. Before dying, Frank gives the money to Bat with the request to turn it over to his brother Dane who is somewhere near the Mexican border. Bat posts a $100 reward for his location in newspapers which brings the Mexican Hidalgo to his room. Hidalgo takes Bat on a three day ride to his employer's large ranch on the border. The owner Andrew Strathmere wants Bat to find and kill Dane who is an outlaw and raider in the badlands. Strathmere is playing host to another neighbor Eva Rogers whose brother was killed by Dane. Bat is led to the badlands where he must find Dane on his own. Upon finding Dane he discovers the truth which he suspected about Dane and Eva. He gives Frank's money to Dane but takes $100. He returns to Strathmere's ranch where they celebrate the death of Dane.
Episode 37
Fri, Jul 1, 196030 mins
In 1883 Bat is visiting Captain Angus MacLeod and his daughter Mary at the San Francisco harbor. When Angus is served a court order to stop the work on moving and rebuilding his clan's Scottish castle in San Francisco, he tries to attack the Marshal but Bat stops him. Angus is arrested as Mary pleads with Bat to help him. Bat and Mary return to the unfinished castle where they learn Mary's fiancé Tracy Crow had the restraining ordered as he is a minority stock holder in the shipping company. He believes Angus is about to bankrupt the company. He withdraws the order to placate Mary while Bat agrees to get the resisting arrest charges dismissed. Under a promise of secrecy Angus tells Bat he has plenty of gold to keep the company going and it will go to Mary. Bat creates the story that he and Angus plan to open the castle as a classy hotel offering the Marshal a pass to it. When Angus meets with an accident in the castle Bat becomes suspicious of the circumstances.