AWHM ep04 Morgan Assembles His Fleet: Afloat with Henry Morgan

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“AWHM ep04 Morgan Assembles His Fleet” is an episode of Afloat with Henry Morgan, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Sir Thomas Modford, governor of Jamaica, receives orders from England to suppress the buccaneers, but he has no wish to lose his share of Henry Morgan's loot, so he makes Morgan a vice admiral with license to sail beyond Jamaica's shores. In Cuba, Dolores Spitzaro, daughter of the governor Don Pietro, hears that Sir Thomas has never seen his kinswoman Antoinette de Lacey, who was captured aboard a British merchantman. Dolores proposes to pose as Antoinette in Jamaica in order to trap Morgan and recover a stolen Aztec necklace. Her father weighs the risks of the plan. Meanwhile, Morgan gives orders to his crew and warns Hunter about his associate D'Arts, and in a tavern Hunter becomes involved in a brawl and a moment with Kitty.

Jamaica and Cuba in the Caribbean during the buccaneer era, including Port Royal and a tavern in Port Royal

Characters: Henry Morgan, Sir Thomas Modford, Dolores Spitzaro, Don Pietro, Antoinette de Lacey, Hunter, D'Arts, Kitty

Listen for: Dolores's plan to pose as Antoinette and her father's cautious response, and Morgan's order to Hunter to round up the crew and warn him about D'Arts

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. 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.