Out of Evil: Have Gun, Will Travel (December 13, 1959)

“Out of Evil” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 13, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin travels to Carson City to investigate the theft of $10,000 in gold from Roy Tarpley's mansion. Tarpley insists that Johnny Yeager, a young hired hand who was recently fired, stole the money and disappeared. However, Tarpley's daughter Elaine reveals she knows Johnny's whereabouts and claims he is innocent.

Carson City and the Washoe Mountains near Carson City, Nevada, 1875. The Tarpley mansion in the mountains and the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco.

Characters: Paladin, Roy Tarpley, Mrs. Tarpley, Elaine Tarpley, Johnny Yeager, Hey Boy

Listen for: A young woman's desperate plea to help the man she loves and plans to marry, and questions about whether the obvious suspect is truly guilty of the theft.

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.