About this season
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.
Episodes (18)
1. How Death Valley Got Its Name
Aired 1 October 1952
A group of wagons leave a wagon train to head due west from Salt Lake City. Soon they find themselves trapped in a hot arid desert with their food and water diminishing rapidly.
2. She Burns Green
Aired 14 November 1952
3. The Death Valley Kid
Aired 10 December 1952
4. The Lost Pegleg Mine
Aired 17 October 1952
5. The Little Bullfrog Nugget
Aired 15 October 1952
6. Self Made Man
Aired 12 December 1952
7. The Chivaree
Aired 7 January 1953
8. The Little Dressmaker of Bodie
Aired 12 November 1952
9. Cynthy's Dream Dress
Aired 3 March 1953
10. The Rival Hash Houses
Aired 3 February 1953
11. The Lady with the Blue Silk Umbrella
Aired 9 January 1953
12. Swamper Ike
Aired 3 February 1953
13. The Bell of San Gabriel
Aired 17 March 1953
14. Claim Jumpin' Jennie
Aired 31 March 1953
15. The Bandits of Panamint
Aired 31 March 1953
16. Sego Lilies
Aired 28 April 1953
17. Little Oscar's Millions
Aired 28 April 1953
18. Land of the Free
Aired 26 May 1953