The Hiding Place: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (May 9, 1950)

“The Hiding Place” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 9, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by Mrs. Bryant to find her son Chip, who disappeared six months ago. A cryptic letter arrives from a woman named Toby asking Chip to meet her at "the house with a big wheel" in San Luis Obispo. Marlowe travels north to investigate and uncovers connections to a jewel robbery, a car accident, and a mysterious estate owner with dark secrets.

Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, California; an old stone estate called Escobar with a water wheel on the grounds

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Mrs. Martha Bryant, Chip Bryant, Toby Packler, Lou Race, Adam Escobar

Listen for: The mystery of the hidden jewels, the connection between the jewel heist and Chip's disappearance, and what really happened at the house with the water wheel

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.