Tuesday Night Detectives — Philip Marlowe (The Panama Hat) & Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (The Royal Street Matter)

Tonight on Tuesday Night Detectives, two great radio detectives take on cases separated by nearly a decade of the golden age of radio. First, Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s private detective Philip Marlowe in “The Panama Hat,” from The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. CBS’s Gerald Mohr series began in September 1948 and became the definitive radio incarnation of Chandler’s detective. Then Bob Bailey takes over as America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator in “The Royal Street Matter” from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. By late 1956 the series had returned from its celebrated five-part serial format to weekly half-hour cases, with Bailey continuing as Johnny Dollar. Between tonight’s two mysteries is an original Mayfield Cigarettes radio commercial, preserved here as a piece of period advertising and broadcasting history. Settle in for another evening of mystery, hard-boiled detectives and classic radio drama on Vintage Classic Radio. Tonight’s programmes: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe — “The Panama Hat” Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Royal Street Matter” Visit vintageclassicradiopodcast.com for more from Vintage Classic Radio and The Archive.