The Colonel and the Lady: Have Gun, Will Travel (April 12, 1959)

“The Colonel and the Lady” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 12, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin is hired by Colonel Lathrop, a man writing a history of the Old West, to locate a woman named Gloria Morgan who was once a prominent figure in the mining camp of Lord Star Nevada during the silver boom. As Paladin begins his investigation, he discovers that the Colonel's motivations may not be what they seem, and he learns that the Colonel's wife may be suffering because of his obsession with finding Gloria Morgan.

Sacramento, California, 1875, and the mining camp of Lord Star Nevada

Characters: Paladin, Colonel HP Lathrop, Mrs. Lathrop, Hey Boy, Indian servant girl

Listen for: Paladin's investigation into the mysterious Gloria Morgan and the revelation of the Colonel's true motives behind his search.

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.