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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.129 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Eager Witness

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. Philip Marlowe was Los Angeles's toughest detective in the groundbreaking series by Raymond Chandler that helped establish the "hard-boiled" detective subgenre. The Eager Witness: Marlowe tracks down the real killer after a witness at a trial seems to be too eager to testify. Originally aired August 27th,1949. Support the show

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.

0:21.5

I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.

0:26.8

For this episode, I bring you The Adventures of Philip Marlow, episode title The Eager Witness,

0:33.7

originally aired August 27, 1949, where Marlow tracks down the real killer after a witness of a trial seems too eager to testify.

0:44.9

So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

0:50.8

Thank you for listening.

0:57.0

Get this and get it straight.

0:59.2

Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel had wind up in the gutter, the prison of the grave.

1:03.7

This started with a man on trial for his life and an A1 citizen eager to testify.

1:08.7

But there it was interrupted, and it wasn't until I found a corpse in a bubbling bath,

1:12.7

gunplay in the woods, and lots of blackmail

1:14.6

that the real eager witness had a chance to talk.

1:19.7

From the pen of Raymond Chandler,

1:21.4

outstanding author of mystery,

1:22.8

comes his most famous character and crime's most deadly enemy.

1:26.4

As we present,

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Music most famous character and crimes most deadly enemy. As we present,

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

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Now, with Gerald Moore, starred as Philip Marlowe,

1:46.2

we bring you tonight's exciting story, The Eager Witness.

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The Vision 88 of the Superior Court of the state of California and for the County of Los Angeles is now in session.

2:04.6

The Honorable Albert Winston, Judge presiding, everybody rise.

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