The Man Behind the Frame: Let George Do It (January 8, 1951)

“The Man Behind the Frame” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 8, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is called to the county jail by a man named Vic Burnett to help a young office clerk named Lawrence Ferguson who has been arrested for the murder of Sally Fife, a woman he met at a bar the night before. Ferguson was found fleeing the scene and has confessed, but Valentine decides to investigate the circumstances surrounding the case.

A county jail and surrounding areas of an unnamed city, where a murder investigation is taking place.

Characters: George Valentine, Lawrence Ferguson, Vic Burnett, Lieutenant Johnson, Sally Fife

Listen for: George Valentine's investigation into whether the young clerk actually committed the murder or has been framed, and his questioning of Ferguson's confession.

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.