Adam Graham

Let George Do It Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio

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Adam Graham serves as your host, providing his idiosyncratic as he goes, as we go through the much underrated 1946-54 detective series starring a pre-Johnny Dollar Bob Bailey as Detective George Valentine a World War II vet, who along with his secretary and assistant Brooksie take on every case that's mailed to them.

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Adam Graham

Episodes

Let George Do It: The Host of Casa Diablo 05.09.2025 34:22

Original Release Date: October 13, 2010 George is hired to go to Mexico to bring back a fugitive member of a political machine that is promising to tell the truth-for a price. George and Brooksie find themselves on a bus surrounded by characters all headed for the same place-Casa Diablo. Original Air Date: March 28, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the...

Let George Do It: The Four Sided Triangle 02.09.2025 36:37

Original Release Date: October 6, 2010 George is hired by a Canadian writer to investigate a mysterious death. Original Air Date:March 21, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listene...

Let George Do It: The Motif is a Murder 29.08.2025 35:33

Original Release Date: September 29, 2010 A murderer hires George to be his adversary and find out what ties together a string of seemingly unrelated murders. When George learns too much, the murderer announces his next victim-George Valentine. Original Air Date: March 14, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support...

Let George Do It: The Roundabout Murder 26.08.2025 37:55

Original Release Date: September 22, 2010 A man is charged with murdering a woman he just met by poisoning her, but he insists that the poisoned wine was given to him by someone else. Original Air Date:March 7, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15...

Let George Do It: Your Money or Your Life 22.08.2025 35:44

Original Release Date: September 15, 2010 George takes a case for free to put a loan shark out of business. Original Air Date: February 28, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listen...

Let George Do It: Journey Into Hate 19.08.2025 34:49

Original Release Date: September 8, 2010 *At the request of a concerned sister, George is off to Hawaii to investigate a myserious wire, and finds danger and murder. Original Air Date: February 21, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, I...

Let George Do It: Destination Dead End 15.08.2025 37:19

Original Release Date: September 1, 2010 At the behest of a loving mother, George tries to protect a crooked private investigator. Original Air Date: February 14, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-99...

Let George Do It: One Against the City 12.08.2025 34:05

Original Release Date: August 25, 2010 At the request of a crusading newspaper editor, George is called to a growing small city that is being dominated by local crime bosses. Original Air Date: February 7, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,...

Let George Do It: Mayhem By Experts 08.08.2025 39:06

Original Release Date: August 18, 2010 A surprise birthday party for George turns deadly when a man who was to pretend to be dead as a joke turns out to have actually died. Original Air Date: January 31, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Bo...

Let George Do It: Till Death Do Us Part 05.08.2025 33:25

Original Release Date: August 11, 2010 A wealthy woman suspects her brother-in-law of wanting to murder her sister and hires George to investigate. Original Air Date: January 24, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us...

Let George Do It: The Payoff is Murder 01.08.2025 36:15

Original Release Date: August 4, 2010 *The wife of an aging fighter wants George to help her husband win his last fight–after agreeing to throw it. Original Air Date: January 17, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us...

Let George Do It: The Corpse on a Caper 26.07.2025 33:41

Original Release Date: July 28, 2010 George is given a simple job. Deliver the body of a dead college student to her wealthy family in Mexico. Then the body disappears. Original Air Date: January 10, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,...

Let George Do It: Murder and One to Go 25.07.2025 35:23

Original Release Date: July 21, 2010 A man sends George a $250 retainer to track down a forgotten silent film star, and before George can see him, turns up dead. Original Air Date: January 3, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 8...

Let George Do It: Death in Fancy Dress 22.07.2025 33:10

Original Release Date: July 14, 2010 The latest person to respond to George’s ad, an apparent blackmailer whose victim committed suicide is so repugnant that George offers his services to bring his wannabe client down. Original Air Date: December 27, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Ma...

Let George Do It: The Malignant Heart 18.07.2025 34:08

Original Release Date: July 7, 2010 A woman calls George in to investigate why her husband has changed from a kind and decent success story to a monster over night. Original Air Date: December 6, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Ida...

Let George Do It: Stand in For Murder 15.07.2025 33:10

Original Release Date: June 30, 2010 A man who was in the rackets is trying to go straight, but he’s been blackmailed to come cross country for an undisclosed purpose. He hires George to stand in for him, but when George arrives at the rendevouz, he finds a man murdered, and himself in the frame. Original Air Date: November 29, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net...

Let George Do It: Who Is Sylvia? 11.07.2025 30:49

Original Release Date: June 23, 2010 A businessman asks George to help him confirm suspicions about his wife. George doesn’t do those type of cases, but his curiosity is peaked when the businessman commits suicide-apparently, the second husband to die of poisoning. Original Air Date: November 22, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time b...

Let George Do It: Murder, It's a Gift 08.07.2025 34:50

Original Release Date: June 16, 2010 A pious old man calls George in to help him dispose of his most prized possession-a Wittenberg Bible worth $20,000. But does one of his potential heirs want it enough to kill for it? Original Air Date: November 8, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Ma...

Let George Do It: The Flower Smells of Murder 04.07.2025 32:46

Original Release Date: June 9, 2010 A woman attending college under the G.I. Bill calls George and Claire in to investigate because she suspects someone is out to kill her botany professor. Original Air Date: November 1, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham,...

Let George Do It: The Seven Dead Years 01.07.2025 33:14

Original Release Date: June 2, 2010 A retired insurance investigator hires George to stop the husband of a missing woman from collecting the insurance seven years after the woman’s diappearance. Original Air Date: October 25, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Gr...

Let George Do It: The Little Man Who Was Everywhere 24.06.2025 34:33

Original Release Date: May 19, 2010 A wealthy woman who owns several tenaments hires George to protect her from a former tenant whose wife died in a needless fire. Police also suspect the man of setting a string of arsons of other properties George’s client owns, but George isn’t so sure. Original Air Date: September 27, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support...

Let George Do It: The Hearst was Painted Pink 20.06.2025 34:14

Original Release Date: May 12, 2010 *George finds himself bait when he’s forced to court the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster, so another dangerous mobster can kill him. Original Air Date: September 20, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, B...

Let George Do It: Death Wears a Gay Sports Jacket 17.06.2025 32:59

Original Release Date: May 26, 2010 George is hired anonymously to find a killer who wears a loud sports jacket and has only been seen by several eccentrics. Original Air Date: October 18, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 8371...

Let George Do It: The Father Who Had Nothing to Say 17.06.2025 39:04

Original Release Date: May 5 2010 A man hires George to prove his father, a convicted murderer, innocent of the crime he was convicted of. Original Air Date: September 13, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call...

Let George Do It: The Impatient Redhead 12.06.2025 32:39

Original Release Date: April 28 2010 A red-headed beer heiress hires George to find out why a Spanish nobleman isn’t interested in marrying her. The family’s servant was going to tell George everything, but she commits suicide rather than reveal the family’s secret. Original Air Date: September 6, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time...