Face to Forget: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (June 14, 1950)

“Face to Forget” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 14, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe has been searching for Dave Stroud, a young man who abandoned his job and fiancée Ellen Wyatt without explanation. Marlowe tracks Stroud to a rooming house and learns he's taking the 10 o'clock train to San Francisco. Marlowe boards the same train, hoping to find Stroud and uncover what drove him to disappear.

Los Angeles and aboard a train to San Francisco, 1950s

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Ellen Wyatt, Dave Stroud, The Landlord, Arbags

Listen for: Marlowe's investigation unfolds as he searches the train for his quarry, encountering various passengers including a talkative man named Arbags and a quiet stranger in the dining car.

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.