High Card (500828 & (510702 not)): Let George Do It (August 28, 1950)

“High Card (500828 & (510702 not))” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 28, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine arrives at a small town to investigate a case involving lawyer Ames, whose career was destroyed by suspicion surrounding the unsolved murder of Dorothy Foreman a year ago. When Valentine finds Ames at a late-night card game with friends, one of the players confesses to Foreman's murder and then leaves town with Ames's car, leaving Valentine to untangle the mystery of who really killed Dorothy Foreman.

A small town, centered around a private card game at a club and the Ames household

Characters: George Valentine, Mr. Ames, Mrs. Ames, Chester, Norton, Soto, Mr. Victor

Listen for: The shocking confession during the card game and George Valentine's investigation into why someone would suddenly confess to a year-old unsolved murder

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.