Philip Marlowe Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Philip Marlowe: The Man on the Roof

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

August 19, 2015Marlowe is hired by a woman to save her son from a dangerous set-up. Original Air Date: April 4, 1950Support the show monthly at patre...

Philip Marlowe: The Deep Shadow

08 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: August 5, 2015Philip Marlowe searches for a man’s missing fiancée. Original Air Date: March 21, 1950Support the show monthly...

Philip Marlowe: The Vital Statistic

01 Nov 2025

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Original Release Date: July 29, 2015Marlowe is hired to protect a woman from a rival in a pair of slacks. Original Air Date: March 14, 1950 Support ...

Philip Marlowe: The Monkey's Uncle

25 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: July 22, 2015A Scottish animal trainer calls Marlowe into a case involving a chimpanzee. Original Air Date: March 7, 1950Suppo...

Philip Marlowe: The Big Step

18 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: July 15, 2015A waitress asks Marlowe to look into what’s bothering a friend. She’s disappeared along with a gun. Original A...

Philip Marlowe: Ladies Night

11 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: July 8, 2015Phil is hired to find to find a writer for a magazine publisher in this episode featuring an all-female guest cast...

Philip Marlowe: The Grim Echo

04 Oct 2025

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Original Release Date: July 1, 2015While in a storm, Phil ends up at a house where everyone has a motive to kill him. Original Air Date: February 14,...

Philip Marlowe: The Long Arm

27 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: June 24, 2015Marlowe goes to Bay City to help a man whose wife has been murdered with him being the prime suspect. Original Ai...

Philip Marlowe: The Hairpin Turn

20 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: June 17, 2015A man calls in Marlowe to investigate the man his child is about to marry. Original Air Date: January 28, 1950 S...

Philip Marlowe: The Bid for Freedom

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 10, 2015A mentally imbalanced woman escapes from a sanitarium and Marlowe fears her husband will be a target. Original Ai...

Philip Marlowe: The Covered Bridge

06 Sep 2025

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Original Release Date: June 3, 2015Marlowe is taken by gunpoint to drive three people to Mexico and he’s determined to find out what the score is. ...

Philip Marlowe: The Torch Carriers

30 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 27, 2015Marlowe finds himself investigating the death of a racketeer’s girlfriend. Original Air Date: January 7, 1950Supp...

Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built

23 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 20, 2015Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve. Original Air Date: December 31, 1949Support the show ...

Philip Marlowe: The Little Wishbone

16 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 13, 2015Marlowe falls in love, but the woman he’s in love with has a secret. Original Air Date: December 10, 1949Support ...

Philip Marlowe: Kid on the Corner

09 Aug 2025

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Original Release Date: May 6, 2015A teenage newsboy asks Marlowe to find his uncle and Marlowe stumbles into the middle of a case of murder and suicid...

Philip Marlowe: Birds on the Wing

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 29, 2015When a wealthy playboy falls in with some aerialists and gets a threatening letter, Marlowe is hired by the boy’...

Philip Marlowe: The Fine Italian Hand

26 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 22, 2015An old man who runs a carousel hires Marlowe to  find out if his son is really loved by the woman his son is co...

Philip Marlowe: The Green Witch

19 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 15, 2015Marlowe is hired to guard a wealthy businessman at a Halloween masquerade party.Original Air Date: October 29, 19...

Philip Marlowe: The Smokeout

12 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 8, 2015Marlowe investigates the murder of a woman who tried to hire him and tries to find “the woman in a black,” a m...

Philip Marlowe: The Strangle Hold

05 Jul 2025

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Original Release Date: April 1, 2015Marlowe has to prove that a big-time wrestler crooked or his client radio producer will face a slander judgment.Or...

Philip Marlowe: The Open Window

27 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: March 25, 2015An Amnesiac woman turns to Marlowe to find out who she is and why she thinks she should be in Vancouver, BC.Origi...

Philip Marlowe: The Tale of the Mermaid

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 18, 2015Marlowe is hired by a man in a coma with only vague information as to what he’s looking for, only that whatever...

Philip Marlowe: The Fatted Calf

14 Jun 2025

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Original Release Date: March 11, 2015Marlowe is hired by a cartoonist  who is concerned about his assistant’s wife’s unusual behavior.Original Ai...

Philip Marlowe: The Baton Sinister

24 May 2025

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Release Date: March 04, 2015Marlowe is hired to delivery a tapestry. He’s beaten up and the tapestry is stolen.Original Air Date: September 17,  19...

Philip Marlowe: The Rustin Hickory

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 25, 2015A teacher from Nebraska hires Marlowe to solve a murder and keep her name out of the paper.Original Air Date: September...

Philip Marlowe: Bum's Rush

10 May 2025

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Release Date: February 18, 2015Marlowe’s Aunt in Montana asks him to find her boyfriend, a hobo who went to Los Angeles.Original Air Date: September...

Philip Marlowe: The Eager Witness

03 May 2025

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Release Date: February 11, 2015A last minute defense witness in a murder trial through the conviction of a career criminal doubt and the daughter of t...

Philip Marlowe: The Lady Killer

26 Apr 2025

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Release Date: February 04, 2015A handsome young man tries to hire Marlowe but is murdered before Marlowe takes the case.Original Air Date: August 20, ...

Philip Marlowe: The Indian Giver

19 Apr 2025

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Release Date: January 28, 2015Marlowe investigates a case of stolen pottery and as usual someone gets killed.Original Air Date: August 13, 1949Support...

Philip Marlowe: The August Lion

12 Apr 2025

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Release Date: January 21, 2015A friend of Phil’s who hasn’t seen in six months come to Marlowe’s apartment with the body of a dead woman and ple...

Philip Marlowe: Mexican Boat Ride

05 Apr 2025

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Release Date: January 14, 2015Marlowe goes South of the Border when a rich man hires him to find out why his wife took a boat ride despite being death...

Philip Marlowe: The Headless Peacock

29 Mar 2025

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Release Date: January 07, 2015A woman hires Marlowe to help her fiancé who has a gambling problem.Original Air Date: July 16, 1949Support the show mo...

Philip Marlowe: The Dude from Manhattan

22 Mar 2025

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Release Date: December 31, 2014Philip Marlowe goes to a friend’s dude ranch and finds himself drawn into a domestic dispute with a guest, a wife, an...

Philip Marlowe: The Key Man

14 Mar 2025

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Release Date: December 24, 2014Marlowe is hired to protect a businessman from being murdered before leaving for New York.  When the man is murdered, ...

Philip Marlowe: The Busy Body

08 Mar 2025

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Release Date: December 17, 2014Marlowe investigates a case where a body is found and keeps disappearing.Original Air Date: June 18, 1949Support the sh...

Philip Marlowe: The Pigeon's Blood

01 Mar 2025

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Original Release Date: December 10, 2014Marlowe recovered to recover rubies owned by French survivors of the Nazi occupation.Original Air Date: June 1...

Philip Marlowe: The Unfair Lady

22 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: December 3, 2014Marlowe goes South of the Border to find who’s behind a series of diamond thefts. Original Air Date: June 4,...

Philip Marlowe: The Ebony Link

15 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: November 26, 2014Marlowe helps a disabled man who is being blackmailed over his wife for the second time in six months. Origin...

Philip Marlowe: Night Tide

08 Feb 2025

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Original Release Date: November 18, 2014Marlowe is hired by a businessman who is concerned that a dock worker he sent to prison is out for vengeance.O...

Philip Marlowe: The Promise to Pay

01 Feb 2025

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Original Air Date: November 12, 2014A young businessman hires Marlowe after he’s blackmailed over a marker he gave to a gambler that could ruin his ...

Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch

25 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: November 5, 2014Marlowe is hired by the father of a wild daughter who has fallen for a motorcycle stunt rider and whose partner...

Philip Marlowe: The Lady in the Mink

18 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: October 22, 2014Philip Marlowe is hired to find a woman’s sister before she commits murder. Original Air Date: April 30, 194...

Philip Marlowe: The Cloak of Kamehameha

11 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: October 22, 2014Marlowe is sent to Hawaii to facilitate the sale of an all-feather cloak to find someone bordered his plane und...

Philip Marlowe: Heat Wave

04 Jan 2025

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Original Release Date: October 15, 2014Marlowe is hired the identity of a burlesque dancer by a woman who think she’s her sister.Original Air Date: ...

Philip Marlowe: The Name to Remember

28 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: October 8, 2014Marlowe is hired to find out the identity of a man with a t-shirt who has been stalking his client. The client i...

Philip Marlowe: The Last Laugh

21 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: October 1, 2014Marlowe attends the reading of a willing only to find the testator very much alive–but not for long. Original...

Philip Marlowe: The Green Flame

14 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: September 24, 2014Marlowe has to find a dead columnist got a story that landed his magazine in court for libel.Original Air Dat...

Philip Marlowe: The Dancing Hands

07 Dec 2024

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Original Release Date: September 17, 2014Philip Marlowe is hired by a twin sister in a piano sister act to investigate a man. Original Air Date: Marc...

Philip Marlowe: The Grim Hunters

30 Nov 2024

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Original Release Date: September 10, 2014Marlowe is lured to a party as a human item in a scavenger hunt. Things take a serious turn when he finds the...

Philip Marlowe: Friend from Detroit

23 Nov 2024

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Original Release Date: September 3, 2014Marlowe is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from a man who runs a lunch counter, begging Marlowe’...

Philip Marlowe: The Lonesome Reunion

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: August 27, 2014Marlowe goes to Phoenix to carry simple papers but finds himself in the midst of robbers fighting and kill over ...

Philip Marlowe: The Long Rope

09 Nov 2024

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Original Release Date: August 20, 2014Marlowe is hired by an elderly man to transport a string of pearls to Chicago but arrives to find the man who hi...

Philip Marlowe: Easy Mark

02 Nov 2024

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Original Release Date: August 13, 2014Marlowe to help a woman’s husband whose in trouble with blackmailers and finds a backwards case. Why would bla...

Philip Marlowe: The Orange Dog

26 Oct 2024

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Original Release Date: August 6, 2014Marlowe starts out looking for a woman’s missing sister and instead finds himself in Chinatown on the trail of ...

Phillip Marlowe: The Black Halo

19 Oct 2024

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Original Release Date: July 30, 2014Marlowe looks for a woman who works for a major perfume company.Original Air Date: January 15, 1949 Support the s...

Philip Marlowe: The Restless Day

05 Oct 2024

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Original Release Date: July 23, 2014Marlowe’s hopes of a day off are spoiled when a man who was assumed dead by accident shows up asking Marlowe to ...

Philip Marlowe: The Old Acquaintance

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: December 30, 2019Marlowe is hired on New Year’s Eve to a locate a missing fiancée who disappeared at the same day a dangerou...

Philip Marlowe: The Hard Way Out

21 Sep 2024

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Original Release Date: July 9, 2014Marlowe is hired by the owner of a business to find an embezzling general manager in hopes of straightening him out...

Philip Marlowe: The Blue Burgonet

14 Sep 2024

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Release Date: August 31, 2021Marlowe is hired to guard a valuable shipment of silk, but everyone thinks he knows something about an item called the bl...

Philip Marlowe: The Heart of Gold

07 Sep 2024

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Original Release Date: July 2, 2014A woman hires Marlowe with a $50 bill and he finds her dead when he goes to visit it. Original Air Date: October 2...

Philip Marlowe: Where There's a Will

31 Aug 2024

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Original Release Date: June 25, 2014Marlowe is hired to help four people find jewels left to them by a woman who hated them.Original Air Date: October...

Phillip Marlowe: The Cloak of Kamehameha and Hawaiian Fantasies

25 Aug 2024

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Original Release Date: August 25, 2024Today's Mystery: Marlowe is sent to Hawaii to facilitate the sale of a feather cloak belonging to the famous Haw...

Philip Marlowe: The Panama Hat

17 Aug 2024

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Release Date: June 18, 2014A woman hires Marlowe to investigate anonymous threats against her husband by a man in a Panama hat. Original Air Date: Oc...

Philip Marlowe: Persian Slippers

10 Aug 2024

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Original Release Date: June 11, 2014The only clue Marlowe has to the disappearance of a wealthy woman is the name of a skid row fortune teller. Origi...

Philip Marlowe: Red Wind (Gerald Mohr)

03 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 4, 2014Marlowe witnesses a murder and is drawn into the problems of a woman being blackmailed. Original Air Date: September 26, 19...

Lux Radio Theater: The Lady in the Lake

27 Jul 2024

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Original Release Date: May 28, 2014 Philip Marlowe looks for a missing wife at the behest of the missing woman’s husband’s secretary who wants to...

Philip Marlowe: Robin and the Hood

20 Jul 2024

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Original Release Date: August 24, 2021Marlowe’s hired to protect the lead in a Technicolor production of Robin Hood from his identical twin brother:...

Philip Marlowe: Trouble is My Business

13 Jul 2024

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Original Release Date: May 21, 2014  Philip Marlowe is hired to look into the wedding of a wealthy young man to a woman with dubious motives.Origina...

Philip Marlowe: The King in Yellow

06 Jul 2024

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Original Release Date: May 14, 2014Marlowe substitutes for house detective and kicks a raucous musician out of the hotel only to later find him dead.O...

Philip Marlowe: Daring Young Dame on the Flying Trapeze

29 Jun 2024

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Original Release Date: August 17, 2021A trapeze performer hires Marlowe to protect a circus from dangerous gamblers his partners owe money to. Origin...

Philip Marlowe: The Red Wind (Van Heflin)

22 Jun 2024

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Original Release Date: May 7, 2014Philip Marlowe witnesses a murder in a bar and becomes involved in the sad case of a married young woman. Original ...

Lux Radio Theater: Murder My Sweet

15 Jun 2024

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Original Release Date: April 23, 2014Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) becomes involved in a mixed up case of stolen jade, a missing girlfriend,  blackmai...

Hollywood Star Time: Murder, My Sweet

27 Apr 2016

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Original Release Date: April 27, 2016Philip Marlowe investigates a missing woman and then gets caught in a murder surrounding stolen jewels. Original...

Philip Marlowe: Sound and Unsound

20 Apr 2016

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Original Release Date: April 20, 2016An elderly landlady hires Marlowe to investigate a strange sound in one of her tenants’ apartment. Original Ai...

Philip Marlowe: The Medium Was Rare

13 Apr 2016

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Original Release Date: April 13, 2016Marlowe is hired by a wealthy woman to recover stolen jewels. Original Air Date: September 8, 1951Support the sh...

Philip Marlowe: Nether Nether Land

06 Apr 2016

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Original Release Date: April 6, 2016A woman wakes Marlowe up in his apartment, asks for help and then disappears. Original Air Date: September 1, 195...

Philip Marlowe: Heir for G-String

30 Mar 2016

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Original Release Date: March 30, 2016Marlowe goes searching in the seedy part of town for an heir to $5,000. Original Air Date: August 25, 1951Suppor...

Philip Marlowe: The Young Man's Fancy

23 Mar 2016

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Original Release Date: March 23, 2016Marlowe becomes concerned at the strange of behavior of a man who runs a neighborhood fruit stand. Original Air ...

Philip Marlowe: The Long Way Home

16 Mar 2016

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Original Release Date: March 16, 2016An older man hires to Marlowe to find his pretty young wife. Original Air Date: August 4, 1951Support the show m...

Philip Marlowe: The Good Neighbor Policy

09 Mar 2016

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Original Release Date: March 9, 2016A mix up with his phone lines leads Marlowe to a snippy neighbor and a gun in his back. Original Air Date: July 2...

Philip Marlowe: Life Can Be Murder

02 Mar 2016

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Original Release Date: March 2, 2016Marlowe meets a beautiful woman at an English pub, drops her off at a ritzy house, and is called when a dead body...

Philip Marlowe: The Dear Dead Days

24 Feb 2016

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Original Release Date: February 24, 2016Marlowe is hired by an elderly widow to find her ex-chauffeur and ends up in a case involving a missing art c...

Philip Marlowe: A Seaside Sabbatical

17 Feb 2016

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Original Release Date: February 17, 2016Marlowe travels thirty miles to find a client changed his mind but then things get complicated. Original Air ...

Philip Marlowe: The Big Book

10 Feb 2016

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Original Release Date: February 10, 2016At the request of a cobbler, Marlowe investigates the apparent suicide of an aging starlet. Original Air Date...

Philip Marlowe: The White Carnation

03 Feb 2016

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Original Release Date: February 3, 2016Marlowe is hired to find a groom who disappeared on the eve of his wedding. Original Air Date: September 22, 1...

Philip Marlowe: The Final Payment

27 Jan 2016

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Original Release Date: January 27, 2016Marlowe sets out to find stolen jewels at the request of a man on death row. Original Air Date: September 15, ...

Philip Marlowe: The Fifth Mask

20 Jan 2016

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Original Release Date: January 20, 2016Marlowe refuses a client who refuses to tell him the truth. When he finds her body, he sets out to find who ki...

Philip Marlowe: The Soft Spot

13 Jan 2016

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Original Release Date: January 13, 2016Marlowe is hired to search skid row for an old man who his client said stole some silver. Original Air Date: Se...

Philip Marlowe: The Collector's Item

06 Jan 2016

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Original Release Date: January 6, 2016Marlowe is hired by a client to keep an eye on a man he fears will steal a rare Confederate Coin. When the clien...

Philip Marlowe: The Dark Tunnel

30 Dec 2015

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Original Release Date: December 30, 2015Marlowe begins a search for a woman at the behest of her small town boyfriend. Original Air Date: August 18, 1...

Philip Marlowe: The Quiet Magpie

23 Dec 2015

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Original Release Date: December 23, 2015A man is on trial for murdering his father and Marlowe’s hired to find the real killer. Original Air Date: A...

Philip Marlowe: The Parrot's Bed

16 Dec 2015

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Original Release Date:  December 16, 2015Marlowe searches for a missing sailor with a map to a fortune in black pearls. Original Air Date: August 4, ...

Philip Marlowe: The Glass Donkey

09 Dec 2015

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Original Release Date: December 9, 2015Marlowe searches for the killer of an old flame. Original Air Date: July 28, 1950Support the show monthly at ...

Philip Marlowe: The Last Wish

02 Dec 2015

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Original Release Date: December 2, 2015Marlowe tries to find the wayward son of a dying man before the man dies. Original Air Date:July 19, 1950Suppo...

Philip Marlowe: The Iron Coffin

25 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: November 25, 2015A woman hires Marlowe for fear her daughter’s fiancé is a danger to himself and her daughter. Marlowe find...

EP1733: Philip Marlowe: The Girl from Pitchfork Corners

18 Nov 2015

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Original Release Date: November 18, 2015When Marlowe’s client is disinterested in the results of his investigation, Marlowe curiosity is peaked and ...

Philip Marlowe: The Sword of Cebu

15 Nov 2015

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Original Release Date: August 12, 2015Marlowe is hired to find a sword over which his client’s partner was killed. Original Air Date: March 28, 195...

Philip Marlowe: The Pelican's Roost

11 Nov 2015

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Original Release Date: November 11, 2015Marlowe is called in by a wealthy woman who is in danger from a former suitor. Original Air Date: June 28, 19...

Philip Marlowe: The Uneasy Head

04 Nov 2015

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Original Release Date: November 4, 2015When someone slips Marlowe a mickey while he’s waiting for a would-be client, he wants to find out why. Orig...

Philip Marlowe: The Gold Cobra

28 Oct 2015

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Original Release Date: October 28, 2015Marlowe is hired to deliver a gold cobra statue to Chicago, but finds him caught in a web of lies and murder. ...