No Way Out: Let George Do It (October 1, 1951)

“No Way Out” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 1, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives a desperate letter from Larry Baker, a short-order cook turned cleaning shop manager who has become trapped in a criminal operation. Larry explains that he's being forced to receive and hide mysterious packages at his shop, threatened with death if he talks to anyone, yet facing arrest if he continues. George and his assistant Miss Brooks stake out the shop to identify the mysterious boss and uncover what Larry is really involved in.

Morgan Park, a cleaning shop at 119 Murray Street, and Burwick Towers apartment building in the city

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Larry Baker, Hilton

Listen for: George and Miss Brooks pose as an engaged couple to avoid suspicion while investigating Larry's predicament, then break into Hilton's apartment to search for clues about the criminal operation

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.