The Tears of Sorrow: Let George Do It (March 27, 1950)

“The Tears of Sorrow” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 27, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine arrives at Stillman's Last Chance, a remote desert motel, to help a traveling salesman who was mysteriously beaten and warned to stop asking questions. Upon investigation, George discovers that Charlie, a cook at the motel, has died under suspicious circumstances, and a valuable silver casket lies hidden in his locked room. As George questions the motel's inhabitants about Charlie's death and the casket's contents, he uncovers motives rooted in greed and jealousy among those at the establishment.

Stillman's Last Chance, a remote motel and bar in the desert near the California-Arizona-New Mexico border.

Characters: George Valentine, Guthrie, Max Stillman, Lucy, Charlie, Doctor, The Cook

Listen for: The mystery of what killed Charlie and who knew about the valuable silver casket hidden in his room.

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.