The Lonely One: Have Gun, Will Travel (January 10, 1960)

“The Lonely One” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 10, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin arrives in a small town hired by banker Melvin Jeffery to drive away Court Newman, whom Jeffery believes is courting his daughter Myra only for her money. However, Paladin discovers that Court is actually an old army acquaintance, and Myra insists that she genuinely loves Court and will not be separated from him.

A small town in the foothills, 1875, including the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, the Jeffery home, and a local saloon.

Characters: Paladin, Melvin Jeffery, Myra Jeffery, Court Newman

Listen for: Paladin's reunion with his former military colleague Court Newman and the conflict between Myra's love for Court and her father's determination to keep them apart.

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.