{"podcast":{"title":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers","slug":"1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","podcast_index_feed_id":5874010,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/529217/rss","website_url":"https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-radio-crime-solvers/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/a/1/a/0a1a12190707444fe55e3c100dce7605/1001Radio_logo2.jpg","author":"Jon Hagadorn","episode_count":281,"summary":"Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday, Vincent Price's 'The Saint', and Michael Waring's free-lance troubleshooting investigator 'The Falcon'- to name a few. We release new episodes every Sunday at 5pm ET. We're a proud part of 1001 Stories Network. www.1001storiespodcast.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T08:29:05.147245+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010"},"episode":{"title":"THE TAIL OF THE MERMAID and THE OPEN WINDOW   THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE","slug":"the-tail-of-the-mermaid-and-the-open-window-the-adventures-of-philip-marlowe","published_at":"2026-07-08T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-tail-of-the-mermaid-and-the-open-window-the-adventures-of-philip-marlowe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df/ADL6665090787.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df/ADL6665090787.mp3?dest-id=4552092","summary":"The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio , noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: \"It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters.\" ⭐ Podcast Show Notes 1001 Radio Crime Solvers The Adventures of Philip Marlowe \"The Tail of the Mermaid\" & \"The Open Window\" ⭐ THE TAIL OF THE MERMAID ⭐ Summary Philip Marlowe is pulled into a strange case involving a nightclub dancer known as \"The Mermaid,\" whose shimmering act hides a dangerous secret. When a valuable item disappears and bodies begin to fall, Marlowe must navigate a world of backstage rivalries, jealous lovers, and a killer who uses misdirection as skillfully as any performer. The deeper Marlowe digs, the clearer it becomes that the Mermaid's \"tail\" is only the beginning of a much darker story. ⭐ Key Plot Points Marlowe is hired to recover a missing item tied to a nightclub performer. Backstage tensions reveal grudges, hidden relationships, and a motive for murder. A suspicious \"accident\" pushes Marlowe to dig deeper into the dancer's past. Clues point to a setup involving jealousy, greed, and a carefully planned double‑cross. Marlowe confronts the killer in a tense showdown that exposes the truth behind the Mermaid's glittering façade. ⭐ Themes The danger behind glamour and performance How jealousy can twist into violence Marlowe's ability to see through illusion and uncover the truth ⭐ THE OPEN WINDOW ⭐ Summary A quiet evening turns deadly when Marlowe witnesses a murder through an open window — or so it seems. What follows is a tightly wound mystery involving…","meta_description":"The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in thei…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/episodes/the-tail-of-the-mermaid-and-the-open-window-the-adventures-of-philip-marlowe/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-tail-of-the-mermaid-and-the-open-window-the-adventures-of-philip-marlowe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}