What happens
Johnny Dollar, a former soldier, joins Gabe, his old comrade and a prospector, and Gabe's wife Lily on a trek into the jungle to find gold. Johnny is uneasy about Lily, who has grown restless and has been talking about her husband's death. As the three travel on foot and then by river, tensions over Lily, the gold, and who can be trusted grow sharper. The episode is part of the Suspense radio series, first broadcast June 5, 1960.
A jungle and mountain region, reached on foot and then by river, where the three search for gold.
Characters: Johnny, Gabe, Lily
Listen for: Pay attention to the arguments between Johnny, Gabe and Lily about the gold, Lily's remarks about her husband, and the tense scenes on the river.
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.