Framed for Hanging: Let George Do It (September 24, 1951)

“Framed for Hanging” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 24, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives a mysterious summons from A.W. Ankerz, a wealthy businessman, asking him to meet at the Dewey Company office at 5:30. Ankerz hints he needs advice about a personnel matter involving someone who might commit murder. When George arrives, he finds the office closed, but discovers a letter from Ankerz on a table. Before he can read it, George encounters a security guard named Joseph Portland who mistakes him for an intruder and pulls a gun.

The Dewey Company office in an unnamed city, late afternoon into evening.

Characters: George Valentine, A.W. Ankerz, Jerry Frame, Angela Barkley, Joseph Portland, Mr. Dewey

Listen for: A cryptic message about a personnel problem and potential murder, mistaken identity leading to a tense confrontation with an armed security guard, and mysterious connections between employer and employee.

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.