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# Let George Do It – "Go Jump In The Lake"

When George Valentine answers that fateful phone call on a rain-slicked Chicago evening, he has no idea that a simple favor will plunge him into the murky depths of lakefront corruption and murder. A desperate voice on the other end pulls our hero into a web of blackmail, missing persons, and secrets that someone would kill to keep buried. As George prowls the shadowy docks and smoky back rooms from Michigan Avenue to the waterfront, each clue leads him closer to a truth that grows darker and more dangerous. With only his quick wit, quicker fists, and an encyclopedic knowledge of the city's criminal underworld, George must navigate between double-crossing hoods, femmes fatale with their own agendas, and a killer who's already claimed at least one victim. The tension builds like a storm over Lake Michigan—will George solve this case before he becomes the next body the lake gives up?

*Let George Do It* remains one of radio's finest detective dramas, a show that captured the authentic grit of the postwar crime noir universe with crackling dialogue and breakneck pacing. Bob Bailey's portrayal of George Valentine—the everyman detective willing to take any case for a modest fee—made the character an audience favorite during the show's eight-year run on the Mutual Network. Episodes like "Go Jump In The Lake" showcase why the series earned its devoted following: tight scripts that waste no time on exposition, sound design that places you directly into each scene, and stakes that genuinely feel dangerous.

Tune in now and discover why listeners huddled around their radio sets in 1950 couldn't wait to hear what new trouble George would find himself in. This is detective radio at its finest—no commercials, no padding, just pure noir storytelling that proves radio's golden age was truly golden.