The Silent Waterfall: Let George Do It (January 9, 1950)

“The Silent Waterfall” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 9, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private investigator George Valentine receives an urgent note from Dora Duncan asking him to visit her home, Waterfall House, on a country estate. When George arrives with his secretary Brooksie, he discovers that Dora is deaf and mute, unable to communicate except by writing. The evening grows tense as various people arrive at the house, including Dora's sister Cynthia, neighbor Jake Mannering, and mysterious references to a man named Everett Stone whom Dora met traveling in India.

Waterfall House, a country estate on South River Road near a waterfall, owned by the Duncan family

Characters: George Valentine, Brooksie, Dora Duncan, Cynthia, Jake Mannering, Everett Stone, Mr. Frail

Listen for: A mystery involving Dora Duncan's disability, her recent return from India, and the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Everett Stone at her isolated home

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.