LQ The Darkest Shadow: Let George Do It (March 10, 1952)

“LQ The Darkest Shadow” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 10, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Lucy Randall, a young woman from a prominent family, visits her lawyer Mr. Senter to make a will, claiming she will die in three days. George Valentine is called in to investigate the mystery. As George talks to Lucy's fiancé Bill Cabell and her older sister Agnes, he discovers that Lucy has undergone a dramatic change in the past few weeks, becoming morbid and emotional, and that something troubling seems to exist between the two sisters.

The city, including a lawyer's office and the Randall family home on Seminole Boulevard

Characters: George Valentine, Lucy Randall, Agnes Randall, Mr. Senter, Bill Cabell, Miss Davis, Miss Brooks

Listen for: The mysterious explanation for Lucy's sudden conviction that she will die, the true nature of Agnes's influence over her sister, and what dark family history may be repeating itself

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.