What happens
Candy Johnson, a gambler run out of town in Nevada in the late 1880s, arrives in Yellow Creek during the gold rush and sets his sights on building a town of his own. He crosses paths with Elizabeth Cotton, the daughter of Judge Cotton, a man whose honesty is questionable. Candy wins a standoff with the sheriff Brazos, then builds a saloon and a mission with his money while his relationship with Elizabeth grows tense and charged. This episode of Lux Radio Theatre, presented in the 1940s, stars Lana Turner and John Hodiak.
Nevada and the mining town of Yellow Creek in the late 1880s, during the gold rush
Characters: Candy Johnson, Elizabeth Cotton, Judge Cotton, Sheriff Brazos, Golda, Mrs. Vernon, Mrs. Barnard, Miss Adkins
Listen for: The card-game standoff with Sheriff Brazos and the sparring between Candy and Elizabeth
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.