The Kid on the Corner: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (December 3, 1949)

“The Kid on the Corner” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 3, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Philip Marlowe is approached by a street newspaper vendor named Tommy about his missing Uncle Bert Lawson, who has mysteriously left town with two hundred dollars and a cryptic note. Following the trail, Marlowe discovers that Bert is entangled with the Conning family—a house divided by infidelity, where the husband is involved with Carole King, an ice skater at the Igloo nightclub, while his wife Julia squanders the family fortune.

Hollywood, California, including a street on Hollywood Boulevard, the Connings' home, a cafeteria, and the Igloo nightclub.

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Tommy, Uncle Bert Lawson, Lester Conning, Julia Conning, Susan Conning, Carole King

Listen for: A young boy's desperate plea for help finding his missing uncle leads Marlowe into a dangerous tangle of family secrets, infidelity, and hidden trouble.

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.