Five Days to Yuma: Have Gun, Will Travel (July 10, 1960)

“Five Days to Yuma” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 10, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin accepts a seemingly straightforward assignment to transport a prisoner named Jeremy Thompson to Carson City, Nevada for the governor, with payment of $2,000 plus expenses. As Paladin and his cherub-faced prisoner travel by stagecoach toward their destination, Thompson confidently predicts that his mysterious accomplice will prevent them from reaching Carson City, leaving Paladin to wonder what dangers await on the road ahead.

San Francisco and the route to Carson City, Nevada, 1875; begins at the Carleton Hotel in San Francisco, moves to a stagecoach journey with stops at Elk Grove and other waypoints.

Characters: Paladin, Jeremy Thompson, Wilson, Mr. Finlitter, An old woman passenger, A whiskey drummer passenger, The stagecoach driver

Listen for: The mention of Thompson's mysterious accomplice and hints of trouble ahead; the interactions between the passengers on the stagecoach, particularly the talkative old woman and the whiskey drummer.

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.