The Problem of Joe Martin: Let George Do It (August 15, 1949)

“The Problem of Joe Martin” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 15, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired by Señor Stoso to track down Joe Martin, a man who survived a plane crash in South America and refuses to answer letters about a $10,000 settlement from the aircraft company. Valentine travels to Martin's isolated coastal home to deliver the money, but finds the household tense and evasive, with Martin himself mysteriously absent on constant walks.

A house on the coast near a foggy, isolated area; Joe Martin's home

Characters: George Valentine, Señor Stoso, Joe Martin, Mrs. Martin, Lawrence Kegley, Douglas Dole, Rick Wind, Brooks

Listen for: The mystery of why Joe Martin avoids contact and refuses the settlement money; the tension in his household and the suspicious behavior of those around him.

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.