Blind Courage: Have Gun, Will Travel (May 31, 1959)

“Blind Courage” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 31, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin is hired by the wealthy John Sutherland for the surprising sum of $5,000 to teach him to shoot. Sutherland has built a soundproofed room on his estate for practice, but refuses to explain why he needs the skill. Paladin soon discovers the remarkable truth: Sutherland has been completely blind for almost a year, yet remains determined to master marksmanship.

San Francisco, 1875. The Carlsen Hotel and the Sutherland estate on Nob Hill.

Characters: Paladin, John Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland, Hey boy

Listen for: Paladin's growing curiosity about why a blind man would pay such a large sum to learn shooting, and what Sutherland plans to do with this dangerous new skill.

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.