The Eager Witness: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (August 27, 1949)

“The Eager Witness” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 27, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Philip Marlowe testifies at the trial of Earl Jernigan, a gambler accused of murdering horse trainer Kurt Hopper. When a prominent real estate broker named Leonard Gaines provides an alibi claiming Jernigan spent the entire day with him, the case seems to collapse. But Marlowe is hired by Gail Hopper, the victim's daughter, to prove Gaines is lying and uncover the real killer before the jury votes.

Los Angeles and Sunland Sulfur Springs resort, 1949

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Earl Jernigan, Leonard Gaines, Gail Hopper, Debbie Jansen, Eugene Maory, Langley, Judge Albert Winston

Listen for: A murder at a health spa, a blackmail scheme that goes wrong, courtroom testimony that turns the case upside down, and gunplay in the dark woods.

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.