Off the Record: Let George Do It (December 3, 1951)

“Off the Record” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 3, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired by radio commentator Dan Dana to investigate threatening letters suggesting someone wants him dead. Dana is working on exposing corruption by politician Cory Dennis and plans to broadcast his findings that evening. When a sandbag nearly kills George and Angel outside the radio station, the case turns deadly serious.

A radio station and surrounding city streets in an unspecified American city

Characters: George Valentine, Angel Brooks, Dan Dana, Emerson Craig, Cory Dennis, Lieutenant

Listen for: The mystery of who is sending threatening notes to Dana and whether the sandbag attack is connected to the politician he's investigating; Dana's planned broadcast revealing corruption.

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.