The Money Maker: Let George Do It (August 2, 1948)

“The Money Maker” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 2, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A foreign government's special paper for printing counterfeit currency has been stolen from the Bonded Paper Corporation, and George Valentine is hired to recover it before the thieves can use it. With the help of the police and a reformed informant named Jigger Collins, George must track down Fred Bigelow, a master counterfeiter believed to be behind the theft.

A city with the Bonded Paper Corporation, police headquarters, and the Clam Shell Hotel

Characters: George Valentine, Angel Brooks, Martin Kirsch, Lieutenant, Jigger Collins, Fred Bigelow

Listen for: George going undercover as a recently released convict named Arch Sundit to meet the master counterfeiter Fred Bigelow

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.