Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Join host Adam Graham as we journey through all the old time radio programs featuring Sam Spade. This is the most comprehensive Sam Spade old time radio podcast as we offer the following golden age treasures for your listening pleasureAdaptations of The Maltese Falcon movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson.All circulating episodes starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade including rarer more recently unearthed episodes.Sam Spade comedy appearances including Howard Duff's guest appearances on the radio programs of Jack Carson, Burns and Allen, Joan Davis, and Bing Crosby. Also includes a bit of mystery audio where Howard Du...
Sam Spade: The Fairly Bright Caper
Original Release Date: December 19, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired to attend and keep peace at a combined Halloween and celebrity engagement party.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 31, 1948
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Burns and Allen: Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail
Original Release Date: December 18, 2022
Today's Show:
George Burns and Sam Spade explain to a police lieutenant how Gracie got them thrown into jail for murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1949
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Sara's Private Caper: Sara's 'Sonnets of Fu Yen' Caper
Today's Mystery:
A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950
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Sam Spade: The Insomnia Caper
Original Release Date: December 12, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam goes to get a good night's sleep and instead gets dragged into a murder case by a neighbor.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:October 24, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Sugar Kane Caper
Original Release Date: December 5, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a man to prevent his wealthy stepdaughter from marrying a gangster.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 3, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Dick Foley Caper
Original Release Date: November 28, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a fellow detective to protect him from a released convict he'd sent to prison.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 26, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Hot 100 Grand Caper
Original Release Date: November 21, 2022
Today's Mystery
Sam is hired by the young wife of a wealthy man to find out why he's withdrawn $100,000 from his account.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 19, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Lazarus Caper
Original Release Date: November 14, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a man who was declared dead to prove he's alive.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:September 21, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Stella Starr Caper
Original Release Date: November 7, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a wealthy man to locate a stolen gun. He does so and brings the gun back to find it was used to kill his client.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 5, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Lawless Caper
Original Release Date: October 31, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam overhead a thug taking a rap for a mob boss threaten the life of boss in 1945. Afer being released from prison, the thug calls Sam to prove his innocence after finding the boss murdered in his apartment.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 29, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Vaphio Cup Caper
Original Release Date; October 24, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired to deliver a valuable cup on a train to Los Angeles.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Critical Author Caper
Original Release Date: October 17, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a wealthy widow to find her estranged stepdaughter.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 15, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Blue Beard Caper
Original Release Date: October 10, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by a man who fears his sister is about to marry a man who had three wives die in mysterious accidents.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 8, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Dry Martini Caper
Original Release Date: October 3, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is called in by a businessman who is killed right in front of Sam.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Mad Scientist Caper
Original Release Date: September 26, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired by an inventor who believes a wealthy industrialist has ripped off his invention.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Missing Newshawk Caper
Original Release Date: September 19, 2022
Sam is hired to find a missing investigative reporter who had been writing exposes of major criminals.
Original Air Date: July 18, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Wheel of Life Caper
Original Release Date: September 12, 2022
A woman with amnesia hires Sam to help with the murdered body she found.
Original Air Date: July 11, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Rushlight Diamond Caper
Original Release Date: September 5, 2022
Sam is hired to guard the presents at a loveless wedding, one of which is a priceless diamond with a reputation for bringing bad luck.
Original Air Date: July 4, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Bail Bond Caper
Original Release Date: August 29, 2022
Sam is hired by an old flame whose bail bondsman husband is in trouble.
Original Air Date: June 27, 1948
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Mystery Audio: First Nighter Sam Spade Spoof
Original Release Date: August 28, 2022
Sam Spade is called in to protect Mister First Nighter from being killed.
The real mystery is where this audio came from.
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Sam Spade: Caper with Two Death Beds
Original Release Date: August 22, 2022
Also known as "The Death Bed Caper"
Sam investigates a case with two dying statements, one of which was false.
Original Air Date: June 20, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Prisoner of Zenda Caper
Original Release Date: November 13, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam receives a summons and a $100 retainer from a reclusive silent film star.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1948
Originated from Hollywood
Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher
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Sam Spade: The Gold Key Caper
Original Release Date: August 15, 2022
Sam is hired by a woman to protect her from her recently paroled husband.
Original Air Date: January 25, 1948
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Sam Spade: The One Hour Caper
Release Date: August 8, 2022
Sam leaves an hour before a photo shoot in answer to a call from a printer and has to explain one hour later when he shows back at the office beaten and bruised.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1948
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Sam Spade: The Bow Window Caper
Original Release Date: August 1, 2022
Sam is hired by a doctor whose jealous wife is ruining his practice and has threatened to use a gun.
Original Air Date: November 9, 1947
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Sam Spade: The Adam Figg Caper
Original Release Date: July 25, 2022
Sam is hired by the butler of a wealthy man who has been shot at.
Original Air: October 5, 1947
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Sam Spade: The Convertible Caper
Original Release Date: July 18, 2022
A woman hires Sam Spade to get back a valuable foreign car that was stolen from her after she'd stolen it from someone else.
Original Air Date: June 15, 1947
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Sam Spade: The Calcutta Trunk Caper
Original Release Date: July 4, 2022
Sam is hired by a woman who believes her sister is marrying a Bluebeard.
Original Air Date: June 8, 1947
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Sam Spade: The Dead Duck Caper
Original Release Date: June 27, 2022
A man is poisoned at Effie's mother's birthday party. Then Effie's mother is kidnapped by hoods demanding a duck.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1947
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Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper
Original Release Date: June 20, 2022
Sam Spade finds himself in a jail cell on a murder charge after receiving a murder from a man he believed dead--Casper Gutman.
Original Air Date: January 10, 1948 based on radio episodes from November 24 and December 1, 1946
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Sam Spade: Sam and Psyche
Original Release Date: June 13, 2022
Sam is hired by a psychiatrist who's being blackmailed. The psychiatrist is then murdered.
Original Air Date: August 2, 1946
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Sam Spade: Sam and the Guiana Sovereign
Original Release Date: June 6, 2022
Sam is hired to locate the murderer of a wealthy steamship line-owner...and the collector's coin he carried.
Original Air Date: July 12, 1946
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Screen Guild Theatre: The Maltese Falcon
Original Release Date: May 30, 2022
Private Investigator Sam Spade gets caught up in intrigue over a mysterious object while trying to solve his partner's murder.
Original Air Date: September 20, 1943
Originated in Hollywood
Starred: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre
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Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon
Original Release Date: November 20, 2023
Today's Mystery: Sam Spade's search for the murderer in his partner puts him in the midst of intrigue among four dangerous characters, all trying to gain possession of an enameled jeweled falcon.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1946
Originated from Hollywood
Starring: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade; Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy; Sidney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman; Gerald Mohr
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Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper
Original Release Date: November 6, 2023
Today's Mystery:A nervous man sets Spade on the case of a man who is about to be executed at San Quentin.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1951
Originated from Hollywood
Starring: Steven Dunne as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Paul Frees; Olan Soule; Junius Matthews; Wally Maher; Sidney Miller; Cathy Lewis; Lou Merrill; Edwin Max
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Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper
Original Release Date: October 30, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam goes to a rural county to investigate the theft of $53,000 from a bank where an ex-client works.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1951
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Peggy Webber, Verna Felton, Sidney Miller, Alice Wellman, Charles Smith, Nestor Paiva,
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Sam Spade The Civic Pride Caper
Original Release Date: October 23, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to investigate the collapse of a civic auditorium, for which his client is being blamed.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1951
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie
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Sam Spade The Denny Shane Caper
Original Release Date: October 16, 2023
Today's Mystery:A sixteen-year-old girl hires Spade to find her brother, a notorious criminal.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1951
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Cathy Lewis, Lou Merrill, William Conrad, Paul Frees, Jerry Hausner,Kathleen Freeman, William Tracy
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Sam Spade: The Vendetta Caper
Original Release Date: October 9, 2023
Today's Mystery:A wealthy man hires Sam to find out why an even more wealthy neighbor is trying to ruin him
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1951
Originated from Hollywood
Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Tony Barrett
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Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper
Original Release Date: Octomber 2, 2023
Today's Mystery:Steve is hired to protect a valuable necklace.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951
Originated from Hollywood
Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher, Fritz Feld, Georgia Ellis, Sidney Miller, Olan Soule, Alice Wellman
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