The Man From French Guiana: Let George Do It (June 25, 1951)

“The Man From French Guiana” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 25, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired to find a missing brother-in-law named Sid Forrest who abandoned his sister. A mysterious man wearing a white linen suit appears, and when George confronts him, the stranger is found with an address and a calling card belonging to someone from French Guiana. The man claims to have lost his memory from a fight at the waterfront, but George discovers the name on the card belongs to someone who died six weeks ago.

A city office and various locations including a waterfront area, with connections to French Guiana.

Characters: George Valentine, Mr. Scott, Mary, Sid Forrest, Jack McDonald, Joe, Mrs. Forrest, Mr. Ambler

Listen for: The mystery of the amnesiac man with the calling card, the search for Sid Forrest, and the revelation that the name on the card belongs to a dead man.

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.