The Iron Hat: Let George Do It (May 12, 1952)

“The Iron Hat” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 12, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives a letter from Robert Cornelius, owner of the Iron Hat restaurant, asking for help recovering stolen evidence of corruption that was taken from his safe. When one of gangster Hager's hoodlums tries to intimidate George into dropping the case, George suspects Hager is behind the theft and confronts him directly.

The city, including George's office and the Iron Hat restaurant

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Hager, Robert Cornelius, Miss Madill, Alan Dolan

Listen for: George's encounter with the intimidating hoodlum at his office, his first meeting with restaurant owner Cornelius who reveals the stolen evidence, and his bold confrontation with the gangster Hager about the break-in

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.