Talika: Have Gun, Will Travel (October 9, 1960)

“Talika” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 9, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin travels to Fort Bleaker in Tucson to investigate why young Lieutenant Amos Leland, the son of an old friend and grandson of a distinguished general, is threatening to resign his Army commission. Upon meeting Amos, Paladin discovers the lieutenant has stumbled upon military irregularities and has begun conducting unauthorized investigations on his own, convinced that someone is trying to kill him and determined to flee rather than face the consequences of his actions.

Tucson, Arizona and Fort Bleaker, 1875. A hotel room in Old Town Tucson.

Characters: Paladin, Colonel Amos R. Leeland, Lieutenant Amos Leland, Pedro

Listen for: A young Army officer torn between duty and conscience, convinced he has uncovered dangerous corruption but taking increasingly reckless actions to expose it. Paladin attempts to convince him to work through proper channels rather than flee into hiding.

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.