The Public Eye: Let George Do It (March 5, 1951)

“The Public Eye” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 5, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives an urgent call from Mrs. Pearson asking him to protect her husband, a prominent public figure, from blackmail. A man named Baines is demanding fifty thousand dollars and threatening to reveal compromising information about an indiscretion involving a woman named Estelle. George agrees to meet the blackmailer, but the situation quickly becomes complicated when he encounters violence.

A city politician's office, a country resort area, and a park bench

Characters: George Valentine, Mr. Pearson, Mrs. Pearson, Baines, Chester, Estelle

Listen for: The details of what Pearson did that's being used against him, and what happens when George confronts the blackmailer Baines

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.