The Hairpin Turn: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (January 28, 1950)

“The Hairpin Turn” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 28, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Philip Marlowe is hired by Mr. Vanimonee to investigate his headstrong 26-year-old niece Kay and her mysterious boyfriend. When Marlowe visits a local private investigator named Mutt Pomeroy for information, he finds the office ransacked. Following leads to a man named Cliff Lace, Marlowe discovers a tangle of romantic complications involving multiple women and dangerous secrets.

Los Angeles, including the Vanimonee estate on Sunset Boulevard, Mutt Pomeroy's office on Bronson, and Cliff Lace's bungalow at the foot of the Hollywood Hills.

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Kay Vanimonee, Mr. Vanimonee, Mutt Pomeroy, Cliff Lace, Estelle

Listen for: The sound of gunshots from Kay's target range in a converted garage; Marlowe's hard-boiled narration connecting the clues; tension-filled dialogue as Marlowe confronts Cliff Lace about the ransacked office and learns of conflicting romantic entanglements.

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.