The Man Under the Elm Trees (Olan Soule): Let George Do It (September 13, 1954)

“The Man Under the Elm Trees (Olan Soule)” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 13, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine arrives in the small college town of Mayville at the request of Del Hannigan, who fears his sister Tisha—a widow with a substantial life insurance settlement—is being manipulated by a smooth-talking boarder named Stevenson who claims to sell jewelry. George poses as a friend visiting the Packler boarding house, where he encounters the eccentric Skinny Adams and begins to investigate Stevenson's true intentions.

Mayville, a small college town during a faculty welcoming picnic at a boarding house.

Characters: George Valentine, Del Hannigan, Tisha Packler, Skinny Adams, Stevenson, Mrs. Packler

Listen for: The mysterious boarder Stevenson's background and his relationship with Tisha Packler; the significance of Skinny Adams and his unusual behavior; what Hannigan suspects Stevenson is really after beyond flattery.

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.