The Dollhouse in Diamond Springs: Have Gun, Will Travel (February 14, 1960)

“The Dollhouse in Diamond Springs” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 14, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin travels to Diamond Springs to find bank robber Grant Hallack and recover stolen money, hired by bank owner Mr. Baldwin. He reconnects with an old Army acquaintance, Wake Lachten, who invites him to stay at his home and mentions that Wake's wife Lydia witnessed the robbery firsthand. When Paladin meets Lydia, she refuses to discuss the traumatic incident, and the next morning Paladin learns she has mysteriously left town on the eastbound stage, returning to Boston.

Diamond Springs and San Francisco, 1875. The story moves from the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco to the town of Diamond Springs and the Lachten home.

Characters: Paladin, Wake Lachten, Lydia Lachten, Mr. Baldwin, Grant Hallack, Hey Boy, Miss Wong

Listen for: Paladin's investigation into the bank robbery and his growing suspicion about Lydia's sudden departure and her reluctance to discuss her experience with the robber.

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.