The Robber: Let George Do It (November 8, 1946)

“The Robber” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 8, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private investigator George Valentine is called to the Harding bookshop by the widow of an eccentric book dealer who died in his sleep. Mrs. Harding suspects her husband hid money in the shop and believes someone broke in to search for it, possibly her late husband's nephew Frank. Valentine and his assistants begin investigating the mysterious death and the missing money.

The Harding bookshop and surrounding areas in an unnamed city

Characters: George Valentine, Claire, Sonny, Mrs. Harriet Harding, Frank, Alice Barry the nurse, Dr. Mark

Listen for: A cryptic clue about Mary and her little lamb that emerges during Valentine's interview with the nurse, setting the stage for a search through the children's book section of the shop.

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.