Destination - Dead End: Let George Do It (February 14, 1949)

“Destination - Dead End” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 14, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives a desperate plea from Sophie Pevilman to help her son Richard, a private investigator who has gotten into serious trouble. Richard has been selling information to various criminal operations and now has made a deadly enemy in Matt Downey, who has hired thugs to kill him. George must find a way to protect Richard and his mother from Downey's revenge.

The city, primarily at the Richel-O restaurant and police precinct, with references to River Street in the slums.

Characters: George Valentine, Sophie Pevilman, Richard Pevilman, Matt Downey, Brooks, Lieutenant Riley

Listen for: The interplay between George's quick thinking and Richard's cynical acceptance of danger; George's negotiation with the police to keep Richard safe by shuffling him between precincts; the revelation that Downey has kidnapped Sophie as leverage.

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.