The Bedside Manners: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (May 30, 1950)

“The Bedside Manners” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 30, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private investigator Philip Marlowe, recovering from a broken leg in his apartment, takes on a case for Odine Patterson when her brother Maynard receives a blackmail demand for fifty thousand dollars from someone called Fish. Maynard can't remember what happened during a drunken night out at the Colony Club, so Marlowe begins investigating from his sickbed, tracing Maynard's movements through gambling establishments and trying to identify the mysterious Fish before the deadline passes.

Los Angeles, including Philip Marlowe's apartment, the Colony Club, and various gambling locations in the valley

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Odine Patterson, Maynard Patterson, Fish, Fay Hoffman, Hunger Malloy, Sid Rayfield

Listen for: The mystery of who Fish is and what happened to Maynard Patterson during his blackout; Maynard's fragmented memories of a large old-fashioned house with high ceilings and ornate chandeliers

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.