The Unfair Lady: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (June 4, 1949)

“The Unfair Lady” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 4, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired to travel to a remote mining town in Mexico near the Arizona border to catch a thief systematically stealing diamonds from Mr. Bjornsson's mine. Upon arrival at the isolated compound, Marlowe meets the multi-millionaire mine owner, the stern Captain Lupino who guards the property, and the Austins who are staying as guests while their own house is being built. A mysterious tall man with wavy hair was spotted near the grounds the previous night, and Marlowe learns that a black market diamond smuggler named Nut Campbell has been operating in the region.

A diamond mining compound at Rislow, a remote hamlet 100 miles south of Nogales, Arizona, near the Mexican border, featuring a large open-pit mine surrounded by barbed wire fencing and armed guards.

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Mr. Florie, Mr. Bjornsson, Captain Juan Lupino, Helen Austin, Kelly Austin, M.J. Calder, Nut Campbell

Listen for: Marlowe's investigation into the diamond thefts and his encounters with the suspicious characters at the mine, particularly his conversation with Helen Austin and the mysterious Calder.

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.