The White Elephant: Let George Do It (September 11, 1950)

“The White Elephant” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 11, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine receives an unusual letter from wealthy Miss Alice May Edmond, who claims someone is trying to murder her and offers him $1,000 to catch the culprit. When George visits her sprawling 42-room mansion, Miss Edmond reveals her isolated life with her brother Stephen and their elaborate home filled with curios and antiques. Suspicious relatives circle around her, and shortly after George's arrival, he discovers poison in the milk Miss Edmond has just drunk.

Miss Alice May Edmond's 42-room mansion in the commercial district of the city, an old-fashioned house filled with antiques and curios that dominates an entire city block.

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Alice May Edmond, Brooksie, Dr. Jensen, Clarence Morley, Steven Edmond, Pete Deener

Listen for: The mystery of who is poisoning Miss Edmond and why her relatives are circling around her; the significance of her brother Steven and the mansion she refuses to leave.

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.