Let George Do It - The Corpse That Took A Powder (8-23-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod

Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954). Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: "Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine." Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, aka Brooksie (Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff). As Valentine made his rounds in search of the bad guys, he usually encounted Brooksie's kid brother, Sonny (Eddie Firestone), Lieutenant Riley (Wally Maher) and elevator man Caleb (Joseph Kearns). Sponsored by Standard Oil, the program was broadcast on the West Coast Mutual Broadcasting System from October 18, 1946 to September 27, 1954, first on Friday evenings and then on Mondays. In its last season, transcriptions were aired in New York, Wednesdays at 9:30pm, from January 20, 1954 to January 12, 1955. John Hiestand was the program's announcer. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. The background music was supplied by Eddie Dunstedter on the organ.

THIS EPISODE:
August 23, 1948. Mutual-Don Lee network. "The Corpse That Took A Powder". Sponsored by: Standard Oil, Chevron. George Valentine gets a letter from Marsha Palmer, telling him that she's going to commit suicide. Later, at her apartment, the scrub woman disappears, and so does Marsha's dead body! Bob Bailey, Bud Hiestand (announcer), David Victor (writer), Don Clark (director), Eddie Dunstedter (music), Frances Robinson, Gwen Delano, Harry Lang, Herbert Little Jr. (writer), Jacqueline DeWitt, Ralph Moody, Tony Barrett, Wally Maher. 29:44.