The High Price of a Penny: Let George Do It (August 14, 1950)

“The High Price of a Penny” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 14, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine arrives at Fish Lake after receiving a cryptic letter from lawyer Amos Fell about an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Morm, who face a million-dollar swindle connected to a penny they once spent on a lollipop for their nephew Clifford years ago. On his way to investigate, George discovers that the Morms have just died in a suspicious car accident on a nearby road.

Fish Lake country, at night, with a car wreck scene and Amos Fell's cabin nearby.

Characters: George Valentine, Amos W. Fell, Clifford, Brooks, The boy at the road

Listen for: The mystery of how a penny and a lollipop from years past connect to the Morms' sudden deaths and the involvement of their nephew Clifford, plus the significance of a diamond bracelet in stopping the swindle.

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.