Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostalgic Mystery Radio.

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

For this episode, I bring you, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode titled The Torch Carriers,

originally aired January 7, 1950, where Marlowe finds himself investigating the death

of a racketeer's girlfriend. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy the nostalgic

mystery radio. Thank you for listening.

Get this and get it straight.

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

This time each carried a torch and each was burned by it.

They healed, the hero worshipper, and the hard-bitten blonde.

And all because of a woman already two days dead.

From the pen of Raymond Chandler,

outstanding author of crime fiction,

comes his most famous character in... The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

... adventures of Philip Marlowe. In just a moment, tonight's story, but first, a message from the four dealers of America.

Tonight, more than 110,000 enthusiastic motorists on new 1950 fords.

Here's what Donald L. Gibson, a pilot from Kansas City, says about his 50 Ford.

As a pilot, I'm naturally interested in engines, and that's why I bought a 50 Ford.

That V8 really ticks along, and ticks is just the right word,

because it's as smooth and quiet as the Swiss move and the good watch. And it's not just the Ford engine that's fine. The ride is just like flying

in smooth air and the car handles like a dream. Anyone who's thinking of buying a new car

should certainly take a check ride in the 54th. We Ford dealers are swamped with comments like that.

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