The Lonesome Reunion: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (February 12, 1949)

“The Lonesome Reunion” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 12, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by Kay Gordon to deliver a mysterious satchel to her brother Joe Gordon in Phoenix. But when a criminal named Marty Stapka steals the bag through an open window, Marlowe learns the satchel contains valuable financial documents worth $120,000. The theft connects to a bank robbery in the small town of Lonesome, Arizona two years prior, and Marlowe must travel there to unravel the tangled affair.

Arizona, beginning in Phoenix and heading to the small town of Lonesome, Population 802

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Kay Gordon, Joe Gordon, Marty Stapka, Sam Dietrich, Gigi Ganther

Listen for: The confusion and complications that mount as Marlowe realizes he's been caught in the middle of a scheme involving stolen goods, ex-convicts, and a two-year-old crime.

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.