Am I My Brothers Keeper: Let George Do It (April 12, 1948)

“Am I My Brothers Keeper” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 12, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Martin Bettner seeks George Valentine's help locating his estranged brother Phil, whom he wishes to reconcile with after years apart. When they track Phil down through an informant named Renee Clemens, George and his associate Miss Brooks discover Phil's apartment—and inside it, the body of a man named Lou Henning, stabbed in the back, with evidence suggesting Phil owes Henning money from gambling debts.

A city apartment at 356 Morena Street; hotel and streets of an unnamed town; standard stations

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Martin Bettner, Renee Clemens, Lou Henning, Lieutenant Johnson

Listen for: The mystery of whether Phil Bettner is guilty of murder, and the race between police and Henning's mob to find him first

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.