The Cloak of Kamehameha: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (April 23, 1949)

“The Cloak of Kamehameha” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 23, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe travels to Honolulu after being hired to handle a transaction involving a valuable feathered cloak belonging to Hawaiian royalty. A wealthy young woman named Lani Kalya has purchased the cloak to resell for profit, but Marlowe discovers someone else has already claimed his hotel reservation and identity, suggesting complications ahead.

Los Angeles and Honolulu, Hawaii in 1949, involving a taxi ride, an airport, an airplane, and the Halamorna Hotel

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Lani Kalya, Pollard Schimbers, An unnamed Chinese man in a Panama hat

Listen for: The mystery of who is impersonating Marlowe and what complications surround the valuable feathered cloak of Kamehameha

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.