The Chair of Humanities: Let George Do It (May 1, 1950)

“The Chair of Humanities” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 1, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is called to Dearly College by Gloria Cable, wife of Professor Edward Cable who holds the Chair of Humanities. When George arrives, he finds Gloria packing to leave for a mental health facility, but then the Professor confides that he believes someone is attempting to murder him. A mysterious visitor named Bill Rasseter arrives demanding money, adding to the mounting tensions at the college household.

Dearly College, on faculty row at the home of Professor Cable

Characters: George Valentine, Gloria Cable, Professor Edward M. Cable, Jesse, Bill Rasseter

Listen for: The mysterious circumstances surrounding Gloria's sudden departure, the Professor's startling claim of being in danger, and Bill Rasseter's suspicious visit demanding money.

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.