Ep.347 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe: The Torch Carriers

from Nostalgic Mystery Radio · host Stevie K.

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 Torch Carriers: Marlowe finds himself investigating the death of a racketeer’s girlfriend. Originally aired January 7th,1950.Support the show

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