The Old Style: Let George Do It (February 6, 1950)

“The Old Style” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 6, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective George Valentine is contacted by Jeremiah Stark, an antiquarian who runs a curio shop specializing in artifacts from famous murders. Stark receives an anonymous music box in the mail with a love poem printed on it and a tag bearing tomorrow's date on the bottom—suggesting a murder is planned. Valentine investigates the mysterious sender, a tall graying man Stark saw two days ago, tracing him to Mr. Elmington, a wealthy retired barrel hoop manufacturer.

A curio shop on South Lane, a barber shop, and an apartment building in the city

Characters: George Valentine, Jeremiah Stark, Angel, Mr. Elmington, Joe Murphy, Emily Castell, Manicurist

Listen for: The mysterious music box with its sentimental poem, the cryptic date tag predicting murder, and the discovery that links the music box to a young manicurist named Emily Castell

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.