The Indian Giver: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (August 13, 1949)

“The Indian Giver” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 13, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe is called to a curio dealer's shop after a mysterious pottery bowl is stolen. The bowl bears unusual inscriptions that fascinate both an archaeologist and a woman claiming Apache heritage, each eager to possess it for their own reasons.

Los Angeles, a curio shop and downtown streets at night, the Walker Hotel

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Alex Van Nord, Fenor, Mona Waters, Uncle George Waters

Listen for: The mystery of who truly owns the pottery bowl and what its inscriptions reveal about Apache heritage

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.