Somebody Out There Hates Me: Have Gun, Will Travel (March 6, 1960)

“Somebody Out There Hates Me” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 6, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin receives a newspaper clipping containing a public death threat from Bartolot Tejada, a man he sent to prison years ago, who declares he will kill Paladin on March 14th in the town of Bedrock. Paladin travels to Bedrock to meet his would-be killer face-to-face.

San Francisco and the town of Bedrock, 1875

Characters: Paladin, Miss Wong, Arthur Jensen, Bartolot Tejada

Listen for: A tense confrontation between Paladin and the vengeful ex-convict Tejada, who has orchestrated his arrival at the same hotel

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.