Theater of the Mind
Let George Do It
206 episodes · 1946–1954 · Mutual-Don Lee, Mutual · Detective
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"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. Write full details!" Bob Bailey played Valentine, a World War II veteran turned troubleshooter, on the Don Lee network of Mutual from October 1946 to September 1954, with Frances Robinson and later Virginia Gregg as his secretary, Brooksie. David Victor and Jackson Gillis created it, and Standard Oil of California sponsored it. It began with a lighter touch and grew into a straight detective show.
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Episodes
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19468 episodes
- The First Client
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on May 14, 1946. - Kleptomaniac
- The Picnic
- Cousin Jeff and the Pigs
George's country cousin wants help finding a girlfriend, one who likes pigs. - The Brookdale Orphanage
A cowboy movie star who's afraid of horses has promised to ride at an orphanage benefit. - The Robber
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Snookums
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title. - Fifty Shares of Mazooma Limited
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
19471 episode
- Forty-Two on a Rope
A beautiful woman and her pearls send George down a sewer and up a tree.
194832 episodes
- The Smugglers
George's old Army buddy is laid up in a sanitarium after being hurt in Egypt. Smuggled diamonds turn out to be a cover for something else. - Am I My Brother's Keeper?
A man hires George to find his missing brother, who has troubles of his own. - The Bewildered Bird Watcher
A city bird-watcher sees a murder through his binoculars in a penthouse blocks away. - The Wolf Pack
A teenager just out of reform school for stealing cars wants revenge. - Under the River
George and Brooksie work as sandhogs in a tunnel under the river, and turn up sabotage and buried treasure. - The Spirit World
To save a woman from a murder charge, George takes on a phony medium, and uses a ghost to catch the real killer. - Friendship Clubs
A friendship club holds the clue to a missing society woman with a past. - Have Some Excitement
A meek movie bit player about to star in a feature hires George to show him some excitement, and gets murder. - A Piece of Publicity
A trapeze star seems to be writing her own threatening letters for publicity, until she is found strangled. - Problem Child
A framed mother fights to keep her daughter. - Mr. Korawski-American
A racket that preys on frightened people kills an immigrant on his way to citizenship. - Murder Me Twice
A hated drama critic has been murdered twice. - A Close Call
A woman hires George to court her in front of her lover, a big-game hunter, to save the hunter's wife's life. - Cry Murder
A private eye asks George to cry murder if he's found dead, and the next day he is, accused of killing a banker. - The Lie That Came True
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “The Seven Murder.” - The Money Maker
Reams of valuable paper have been stolen from a mill, and a country's fate is at stake. - The Perfect Specimen
A doctor has been secretly paying blackmail to his own son. - The Ghost on Bliss Terrace
A murdered man's empty house seems to be haunted. - The Corpse That Took a Powder
A woman writes George that she plans to kill herself, and then her body vanishes, along with the cleaning woman. - A Minor Case of Murder
A boys' club asks George to prove one of its members didn't stab his stepfather. - The Impatient Redhead
A beer heiress wants to know why her Spanish nobleman has dropped her. What is the curse of the Montoyas? - The Father Who Had Nothing to Say
The son of a convicted murderer wants the old case reopened, even though his father doesn't. - The Hearse Was Painted Pink
A gangster bosses George around and makes him romance a nightclub singer. - The Little Man Who Was Everywhere
A string of fires, and someone is trying to drive a wealthy woman mad. - Death Wears a Gay Sport Jacket
A killer in a distinctive sport jacket has struck four times in one neighborhood, and George is hired anonymously. - The Seven Dead Years
An insurance investigator needs George's help to find a killer from seven years back. - The Flowers That Smelled of Murder
A college girl thinks her botany professor is about to be murdered. - Murder: It's a Gift
A rare Bible is to go to one member of a family, and a body is found in six inches of bathwater without a mark on it. - Who Is Sylvia?
A rich man with a beautiful wife is said to have killed himself, but it smells fishy. - Stand-In for Murder
The mob forces a racketeer into a crime, and murder, a double-cross and a frame follow. - The Malignant Heart
A man seems bent on being the most obnoxious man of 1948, starting with shooting his dog and heading toward murder. - Death in Fancy Dress
A blackmailer may be behind a murder.
194944 episodes
- Murder and One to Go
A silent-screen star living on Skid Row is poisoned. - The Corpse on a Caper
George is hired to bring a body home from Mexico. Somebody steals it, two hoods beat him up, and the doctor who signed the death certificate is murdered. - The Payoff Is Murder
A boxer's wife doesn't want him to throw his next fight, and George uses a disc recorder against the fixer. - 'Til Death Do Us Part
George checks out an heiress's new husband, who may only want her money. - Mayhem by Experts
Mystery writers plan a birthday prank on George with a fake corpse, but the joke turns deadly. - One Against a City
A crusading editor asks George to help clean up a town run by three crooks. - Destination: Dead End
A private detective is marked for death by the mob. - Journey into Hate
Twin sisters on a Hawaiian island, in a plot borrowed from Gaslight. - Your Money or Your Life
George finds that the brains of a loan-shark racket is a beautiful woman. - The Roundabout Matter
A man in a leather jacket, a motorcycle and a poisoned bottle of liquor. - The Motif Is Murder
A voice on the phone tells George where the next murder will happen, but he can't stop it. - The Four-Sided Triangle
George poses as a Canadian novelist to find out whether an accident months ago was murder. - The Host of Casa Diablo
George is sent to Mexico to bring back a witness, and others want the witness to stay put. - The Elusive Hundred Grand
A Las Vegas entertainer hires George to buy an Etruscan vase for $15,000 and sell it for $100,000. - Lady in Distress
A nightclub singer frames Brooksie, and George lands in jail. - Out of Mind
Feuding sisters both love a fake mind reader, who is poisoned but doesn't die. - Vultures on the Wing
A $20,000 investment could pay $500,000, but it's a dangerous one. - Come and Get Me
A man hires George to prove that he is a murderer. - Stranger Than Fiction
An author's wife suspects he's having an affair with a character in his own novel. - A Matter of Doubt
Nobody believes a boy who says he saw a man shot, and then someone tries to kill the boy. - Death in Blue Jeans
A small-town librarian asks George to prevent a murder. He can't, but he does grow a beard. - Serenade to the Southern Star
Working as athletic director on a cruise ship, George tries to keep three smuggling musicians from being murdered. - The Next-To-The-Last Guest
A dying prankster hires George to make his three heirs reveal their secrets. - Laura's House
Ghosts, hypnotism and a very strange house. - The Perfect Alibi
A big gangster's wife hires George, but the gangster wants to stay in jail. - One Chance at the World
Just out of prison, a man asks George to look into his wife's death a week before his release. - The Problem of Joe Martin
A South American company wants to give a man $10,000, and he doesn't seem to want it. - The Empress of Fish Falls
On a fishing trip George reels in a man shot three times in the back. - The End of Summer
George meets a mad artist and a murder. - Everything Is Nice
A man hires George to protect his daughter, and then both are murdered. - Valley Sunset
A fourteen-year-old girl on a huge farm asks George to help her; she's being kept prisoner. - The Coward
A man accused of cowardice and of killing thirty-seven people is found dead after a threatening telegram. - The Man Under the Elm Trees
Someone has tried to kill an old man in a boarding house, and an insurance investigator is murdered. - Double Death
A man hires George to find his wife, and George suspects the man killed her. - The Rose Petal Staircase
A disabled man cared for by two spinster sisters is killed on a staircase built long ago for a happy marriage. - Every Shot Counts
A movie cowboy asks George to prevent a murder, and the prime suspect is blind. - The Dark Chain
Who stole the brooch belonging to the mother of a huge man with the mind of a child? - Run Until Dead
A witness against a racketeer dies, and then the prosecutor disappears. - Sweet Poison
An artist's housekeeper asks George to find out who killed her cat, but someone is after the artist too. - No Riders
A waitress asks George to look into a truck driver's death; he was dead before his truck crashed. - Too Near the Sky
George and Brooksie are invited to a party in a thirty-second-floor penthouse, with the elevator out, full of weapons, death masks and murder. - Partner in Panama
George goes to Panama to pay off a supposedly dead gangster so a movie about him can be released. - Follow That Train
A Christmas story: Santa Claus writes to George for help, Brooksie disappears and the toys are stolen. - Snow Blind
A husband in danger goes skiing, and death comes along.
195047 episodes
- Needle in the Haystack
Twelve prize roses are stolen in Pasadena just before the Rose Bowl. - The Silent Waterfall
A wealthy woman who can't hear and won't speak is found dead near the waterfall on her land. - Juniper Lane
The death of the neighborhood's 'wicked witch.' - The Floaters
Two people are murdered at a seedy motel on the Mexican border. - The Ugly Duckling
A famous composer dies, leaving a secret sonata. - The Old Style
A museum curator receives a music box, then more arrive, each one with a murder. - Go Jump in the Lake
A Valentine's Day show: a man is in trouble with a gambler. - The Tears of Sorrow
A desert motel, an angry cook, his wandering wife, a salesman and a corpse in a silver coffin. - The Brothers McIntosh
A nice man is murdered, and his not-so-nice brother says he had a deadly enemy. - Portrait by Priscilla
A portrait is stolen from an art studio, and both the woman in it and its owner turn up murdered. - Mix-Up in La Cruza
George flies to Mexico to steal $100,000 in diamonds from his own client, but someone beats him to it. - Death Begins at .45
George and Brooksie find a famous gangster dead on a houseboat, and a respectable doctor is killed with the same gun. - The Chair of Humanities
A professor's wife is poisoned: murder or suicide? - Picture with a Black Frame
A sleazy photographer tries to draw George into blackmail, and then the blackmailer is murdered. - The Ant Hill
A slot-machine mechanic is shot. Who is the mysterious Mr. Black? - Portuguese Cove
A retired sea captain and a feuding fishing family. - Sudden Storm
A man confesses to a string of murders, then disappears. - The Witch of Mill Hollow
A small-town editor reports that the townspeople have burned a woman they believed was a witch. - The Iron Cat
An inventor bound for an asylum asks George's help, and the doctor who was to take him is killed. - Solo in Whispers
A phonograph record of an opera singer leads to the singer's death. Why does he whisper? - Most Likely to Die
A college practical joke turns into murder. - The Scream of the Eagle
A dead heiress seems to be back, and the one man who knew the truth has died in a traffic accident. - Island in the Desert
A Mexican detective is shot while writing to George about a fire-insurance case. - Eleven O'Clock
A woman acts strangely every night at eleven, and a psychology professor experimenting with hypnosis admits he's behind it. - The Golden Lizard
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Voice of the Giant
The owner of a giant clock is killed, and his daughter confesses. - Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity
George is hired as bodyguard to a man who doesn't exist. - The High Price of a Penny
A wealthy couple dies in a car crash, then the photographer who took pictures of the wreck is killed. - The Treasure of Millie's Wharf
A parrot with a map, a dead sea captain and sunken treasure. - High Card
A lawyer's wife needs George's help: who killed Dorothy Fullman? - Second Degree Affection
A convicted man is shot dead outside the courthouse, and his sister, who never liked him, wants the truth. - The White Elephant
A woman writes that George will inherit $1,000 if he catches her killer, then is poisoned in front of him. - Cover for an Hour
A messenger locks George in a closet, and a body found there is identified as George Valentine. - Tag! You're It!
A dead blonde with a note in her purse, and murder in a radio studio. - The House That Jack Built
A man hires George to help him blow the lid off the town. What is he really after? - The Spider and the Fly
A bluebeard against a black widow. - It's a Mystery to Me
A mystery writer is crazy about a woman who says she never wants to see him again. - The Hand in the Coconut
A hunter and the hunted, and which one gets the girl? - Sedan from the City
A factory owner everyone loves is shot at his home. - A Visit from Merlin
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title. - Angel's Grotto
A wealthy man in a wheelchair falls two hundred feet into a grotto a week after his wedding. - Cause for Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving story about a tough ten-year-old who won't talk. - Nothing but the Truth
The 'last honest man in the West' isn't. - And Hope to Die
A famous scatterbrained actress is blackmailed for $10,000, and then killed. - The Bookworm Turns
Break-ins at a bookstore and a rare Robert Burns book lead to murder. - Opportunity Knocks Twice
Suicide or murder? The dead man's drunken nephew has George's name in his pocket. - Santa Claus in Glass
A Christmas story. Bob Bailey steps out of character to wish listeners a merry Christmas.
195137 episodes
- The Man Behind the Frame
A young clerk is framed for murder. - Tune on a Triangle
George is tricked into rescuing a trapeze artist from a ledge as a publicity stunt, and a mad strongman has his gun. - Knock on Wood
A landlord's problem tenant leads to three murders. Ken Peters plays George while Bob Bailey is sick. - Christmas in January
A critic who celebrates Christmas out of season, a movie star's gift and murder under the tree. - Tongalani
A meek little man sets out to learn what, or who, a 'tongalani' is. - The Marauder
George and Brooksie are hired to hunt a mountain lion. - How Guilty Can You Get?
A worried millionaire is dead by the time George arrives, and soon his doctor is dead too. - See Me Once, You've Seen Me Twice
A man is warned to stay away from Lucy, but there are two Lucys. - The Public Eye
A politician's wife asks George to save her husband from a blackmailer, who is then found murdered. - The Prairie Dog
A friend of George's is pushed under a train, and the trail leads to a pawnshop. - Murder for Two
A woman is murdered, and her husband doesn't seem upset to be suspected. - No Escape from the Jungle
A chemist from Rangoon, a missing man, a fake black-pearl necklace and a corpse. - The Eight Ball
George is offered $1,000 to stay off a case, and a dead man named George Valentine has already turned up. - Uncle Harry's Bones
Uncle Harry's bones are found, and the whole town is suspected of a five-year-old murder. - The Noose Hangs High
Two reclusive brothers see the shadow of a noose, and emeralds are at the bottom of it. - Sabotage
George and Brooksie fly to a Bolivian tin mine troubled by sabotage. - The Discovery of Ponce, the Lion
A killer is back in town to get the people who testified against him. - Big Brother
A dancer and her jealous big brother. - Sucker Stunt
George proves a man guilty of robbery and ends up giving him an alibi for murder. - The Man from Jaune Cache
Amnesia, a man overboard and a brother-in-law arriving from South America. - Is Everybody Happy?
A rich man who supports many people is shot dead. - What Became of Terry Cable?
A missing man's watch turns up in a pawnshop, and the search leads to warehouse fires. - Drop Dead
A parrot keeps saying 'drop dead' until its former owner does. - The Fearless Clown
A circus clown is killed by an elephant, and a young woman confessed before it happened. - Deal Me Out and I'll Deal You in
A man hires George to find a friend he means no good. - Murder on Vacation
A vacation in a small seaside town, an unfriendly welcome, buried treasure and murder. - Blue Plate Special
George is hired to get back a piece of antique china by any means. - Framed for Hanging
A stolen payroll, a murder and a nervous watchman. - No Way Out
A frightened young man is caught up in a racket and a shooting. - A Crime Too Simple
A man dumps a body off a pier and is shot by the Coast Guard. - The Woman in Black
A mysterious mystic returns to his temple after twenty years. - Destination: Danger
George and Brooksie fly to Panama on a mysterious mission. - The Meddler
A college student asks George to look into an aging matinee idol's suicide attempt, and her mother's death is no accident. - Off the Record
A radio commentator about to reveal a scandal is shot on the air. - The Last Payoff
An ex-convict going straight has his room searched, and murder follows. - Stolen Goods
A $20,000 necklace is slipped into Brooksie's shopping bag, and then she disappears. - Christmas Letter
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
195233 episodes
- A School of Sharks
A newspaperman driven to suicide by loan sharks, and George goes undercover. - The Bad Little God
George is hired to guard a valuable idol. - A Matter of Honor
Strange tricks at a magicians' convention lead to murder. - The Common Denominator
A woman foresees two murders, and both happen. The third doesn't. - Surprise! Surprise!
A dying uncle promises a surprise in his will, then disappears, and so does everyone else. - Cortez Island
A woman hires George to find her husband, who went looking for pirate treasure and found smugglers. - The Symbol Three
A voice predicts three accidents, and the third breaks the pattern. - Starlight Pier
Accidents keep hitting an amusement park, always on a Friday. - The Deadly Pines
Who is setting forest fires in the timber country? - The Darkest Shadow
A woman makes out her will, sure she'll die in three days. - Three Times and Out
Poisoned milk, a car bomb and a gunshot all fail to kill a man. - The Graystone Ghost
An architect's widow wants help getting rid of the ghost haunting her moated house. - The Forgotten Murder
An old lady asks George to look into a fifteen-year-old murder, and the trail leads to a South American gold mine. - War Maneuver
A meek toymaker is framed for a hit-and-run, and toy soldiers lead George to sabotage. - Operation Europa
George and Brooksie go from Paris to Istanbul after famous stolen diamonds. - Come to the Casbah
On a job for the French in Algeria, George begins to think he's working for the wrong side. - The Iron Hat
A crusader against city graft asks George to recover stolen documents. - It Happened on Friday
George flies to a South Pacific island to rescue a writer held prisoner by Communist agents. - The Violent Van Pattens
An old sea captain is murdered on Fog Island, and then another member of the family is shot. - The Mystic
A wealthy woman is under the spell of a mystic, and George and Brooksie attend a seance. - Seed of Destruction
George and Brooksie look for a man who seems to have vanished without a trace. - Human Nature
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Once a Crook
A woman is sure her brother is innocent of safecracking. - Chance and Probability
A man with a sure-fire gambling system is murdered, and his formula is missing. - The Four Seasons
George is run off the road and four miniature paintings he was delivering are stolen. - The Dead of Night
A murdered man leaves a note accusing his wife, but the note is a forgery. - Calle Reposo
George goes to Cuba to bid at a tobacco auction and is kidnapped to keep him away. - There Ain't No Justice (HSG Syndication)
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Portrait of a Suicide (HSG Syndication)
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Dead on Arrival
George and Brooksie meet a gentle old man in a bus station, then find him shot and his body stolen. - The Stand-In
George poses as a man who will be murdered if he marries his fiancee. - Tonight the Mayhem's Going to be Different
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on November 21, 1952, the date used here. - Touched by an Angel
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 19, 1952, the date used here.
19531 episode
- Red Spots in the Snow
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on April 10, 1953, the date used here.
19543 episodes
- The Man Under the Elm Tree
A crazy old man and a scheming old woman. Olan Soule plays George in the 1954 revival. - The Coward (Olan Soule)
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Ghost of Ireland Betty
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.