The August Lion: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (August 6, 1949)

“The August Lion” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 6, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private investigator Philip Marlowe finds a dead woman in his apartment, brought there by his old acquaintance Judd, who confesses he was involved with the victim, Eileen Voss, a stockbroker. Judd begs Marlowe to find the real killer before police discover his involvement and expose his criminal past. Marlowe discovers a gold lion tie clasp at the victim's home and encounters a dimpled man searching for Voss, who claims she owed him fifty thousand dollars.

Los Angeles, including Marlowe's apartment, Eileen Voss's home at 91 Hollycrest Drive, and the Garden Room nightclub.

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Judd, Eileen Voss, Detective Lieutenant Matthews, The dimpled man, Judy Monday, Burlaffy

Listen for: Marlowe's growing web of clues connecting a mysterious lion-adorned tie clasp, a debt of fifty thousand dollars, and the performers at the Garden Room nightclub.

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.