Mix-Up in La Cruza: Let George Do It (April 17, 1950)

“Mix-Up in La Cruza” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 17, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives a mysterious letter from a diamond dealer named Pasco van Tifel asking him to steal a valuable diamond necklace. George and his assistant travel to the small town of La Cruza, where they meet a divorced countess wearing a hundred-thousand-dollar diamond necklace. The situation quickly becomes complicated when multiple people begin asking questions about George's identity and business in town.

La Cruza, a small tropical town with swimming pools and palm trees, primarily at a hotel and bar

Characters: George Valentine, Mrs. Brooks, Pasco van Tifel, Mr. Hill, the hotel manager

Listen for: The mysterious letter that sets George on this unusual job, the countess's diamond necklace and her plans to sell it, and the hotel manager's sudden turn against George when other people start inquiring about him.

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.