The Scream of the Eagle: Let George Do It (July 3, 1950)

“The Scream of the Eagle” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 3, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired to protect an heiress named Matilda Jonathan from a ruthless lawyer named McNeil who plans to swindle her out of a five-million-dollar inheritance. However, George discovers that Matilda drowned over a year and a half ago, and her body was never found. Now a young woman named Irma has appeared claiming to be Matilda, recovered from amnesia, but multiple imposters are also staking claims to the fortune.

A lawyer's office in the city, with references to a mountain town and a lake where Matilda supposedly drowned.

Characters: George Valentine, Jameson, Mr. McNeil, Irma, Johnny, Fernandez, Broxton, James P. O'Meara

Listen for: George investigates whether Irma is the real Matilda Jonathan by checking for identifying marks and evidence. A sailor named Fernandez is brought in to identify her, but he's killed by a hit-and-run truck before he can do so. George discovers scratches on Fernandez's arms from handling birds, connecting him to falconry and Matilda's past.

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.