Prairie Dog: Let George Do It (March 12, 1951)

“Prairie Dog” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 12, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine investigates the death of Jerry Mace, a private investigator for an insurance company found dead on the railroad tracks. The victim was apparently robbed and pushed in front of a train. George learns that Mace was working on a case involving the Prairie, a rough district in town, and traces the investigation to a pawn shop run by a man named Felix.

A city with a railroad station and the Prairie, a run-down commercial district from Front Street to Third Street where the investigation takes Valentine to a pawn shop.

Characters: George Valentine, Lieutenant Johnson, Miss Brooks, Angel, Felix, Sergeant

Listen for: A man being pushed onto railroad tracks, the discovery of an empty pawn shop that just closed, and George's confrontation with Felix the pawnbroker about a stolen watch.

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.