The Eight Ball: Let George Do It (April 2, 1951)

“The Eight Ball” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 2, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine arrives in Summer Springs, hired by mysterious local politicians to find a big-time collection racket operator. When he checks into his hotel room, he discovers a dead man who appears to have been mistaken for him—a necktie salesman named Harold Stark. George must now work around this complication to discover who the imposter killer is and find the criminal he was hired to locate.

Summer Springs Hotel and the town of Summer Springs

Characters: George Valentine, Brooksie, Lemuel, Nielsen, Emmet, The Mayor, Vic, Harold Stark

Listen for: George Valentine, a private detective hired to investigate a payoff racket, finds himself framed when a man mistaken for him is murdered in his hotel room. He must solve the case while staying ahead of the police.

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.