Lina Countryman: Have Gun, Will Travel (May 15, 1960)

“Lina Countryman” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 15, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin is hired by a San Francisco merchant to escort his schoolteacher daughter Lena Countryman back to the city after the sheriff warns of death threats against her. When Paladin reaches the small town of Valaya, Lena reluctantly explains that Dutch Talbot, a wanted outlaw, blames her for his son's death and is coming to kill her. As Paladin and Lena travel together, they are ambushed on the road and taken captive by Talbot's men, who bring them to a remote location where Dutch Talbot waits.

San Francisco and the small town of Valaya in 1875, a peaceful community on the banks of a river near San Pablo Bay.

Characters: Paladin, Lena Countryman, Dutch Talbot, Mr. Countryman, Alex (hotel staff), The Colonel, Sheriff

Listen for: The growing tension between Paladin and Lena as she reveals why she's been threatened, and the sudden ambush that puts both their lives in danger.

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.