Angel's Grotto: Let George Do It (November 13, 1950)

“Angel's Grotto” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 13, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired to investigate the death of John Moraga, a wealthy man confined to a wheelchair who fell 200 feet from a cliff into Angel's Grotto while visiting his family ranch. Emily Flood, Moraga's nurse, insists it was murder despite the lack of physical evidence, and George must untangle the complex web of family resentments to discover the truth.

A family ranch with Angel's Grotto, a dramatic clifftside location with a waterfall, overlooking rocks 200 feet below

Characters: George Valentine, Emily Flood, John Moraga, Herman, Jake, Mary

Listen for: The revelation of John Moraga's plans to cut off his family financially and move to Florida, and the family tensions that emerge during the dinner scene

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.