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Apr 10, 1949 · 27:53
Rowena Raven has been receiving threatening letters at her home, Ravenswood. This has been going on for a few weeks now…
Apr 13, 1951 · 28:59
Sam has been staying in Westover as the guest of a promising young architect named Garrett Welch. When Sam arrived he…
Apr 17, 1949 · 24:39
Sam has been called in by Dr Ludwig Zoyer, a psychoanalyst. He has a client named Mrs. Hamilton who has suffered from a…
Apr 20, 1951 · 29:39
When Sam returned to his office, he had a message on his desk to say Call North Takaloma 3. The message was from…
Apr 27, 1951 · 28:59
This was the final episode of The Adventure Of Sam Spade interestingly entitled The Hail and Farewell Caper. A small…
Apr 6, 1951 · 29:01
A sixteen year old girl, Sally Joan Michaels, was in Sam's office. She wants Sam to find someone for her, Denny Shane,…
Aug 1, 1948 · 28:52
Sam is reading about the attempted kidnapping of Gordon Martini on the front page of the newspaper when, by complete…
Aug 15, 1948 · 29:10
Gabrielle Leggett had been missing for three weeks since her father’s funeral. She said she was going to their country…
Aug 2, 1946 · 29:05
Dr Gregory Denhoff psychoanalyst needed the help of private detective Sam Spade. It appeared that a man called…
Aug 22, 1948 · 28:50
Mr. Chester Brody has possession of the Vaphio Cup. Jethro Chiswick has offered him princely sum of $200,000. Sam has…
Aug 28, 1949 · 27:16
Sam Spade has gone to visit Dr Kensington who has written to him asking for his help. Mr. Scully is leaving his…
Aug 29, 1948 · 29:55
Sam Spade dictates a letter through Effie to John M Lawless a known gangster who hired Sam Spade yesterday. The subject…
Aug 7, 1949 · 27:06
Sam is at the morgue. Someone has been killed and Sam knows who did it. But, he wishes that he didn't…
Aug 8, 1948 · 28:55
Sam receives a visit from Ned Towers. Ned is worried about his sister, Sylvia Towers, who is engaged to be married to…
Dec 1, 1950 · 28:01
“It took three bullets in the chest to finish off I. J. Barco who’d apparently been standing there pouring a drink.…
Dec 12, 1948 · 24:45
Randall Caruthers is the butler for the McGraw family. He has come to see Sam Spade on behalf of Miss Kathy McGraw as…
Dec 15, 1950 · 29:27
Sam feels like it's a night for spaghetti, a wonderful spaghetti dinner and some Italian hospitality, so he decides to…
Dec 29, 1950 · 29:25
When Sam Spade arrived back at his office he was surprised to discover a small boy sound asleep in a chair in the…
Dec 4, 1949 · 29:42
Sam Spade gets back to his office to find someone sitting in his seat turns out to be another detective whose lost his…
Dec 8, 1950 · 28:04
Blackie Sullivan was still alive but unconscious when Sam Spade and Penny reached him a few minutes later his hoarse…
Feb 16, 1951 · 28:37
Sam gets a call from Agatha Pilbean. She is a soap opera writer. Her husband, Dr Martin Hawkes has gone missing. He had…
Feb 2, 1947 · 25:05
Yesterday, Effie told Sam that she was giving a party for her mother's birthday and that she wanted Sam to come.…
Feb 2, 1951 · 28:20
The String Of Death Caper began two days ago when a woman by the name of Kelley Green, a dancer, walked in to Sam…
Feb 23, 1951 · 28:30
Woodrow Wilson is the managing editor of the Evening Gazette. One of the photographer's from the Gazette had taken a…
Feb 9, 1951 · 28:38
When Sam appears back at the office he has a highly stylized and rather charming saga of horseplayers and the world…
Jan 12, 1951 · 28:01
Sam Spade had had a busy night. It had been some time since he had attended a lecture but last night at eight o’clock…
Jan 16, 1949 · 24:35
Sam is called up to the third floor by Mrs. Kelsey due to a commotion going on between Rosemary Thelma and Joe…
Jan 19, 1951 · 28:08
This case for Sam Spade has all the ingredients of a first class international goulash, a cloak, a dagger, and a man…
Jan 25, 1948 · 22:45
Gold key to an apartment and the need to figure out what it unlocked, The Gold Key Caper was a very complex case,…
Jan 26, 1951 · 30:04
Sam Spade was supposed to be going skiing for the weekend but this weekend in Lucerne, turned out to be the deadliest…
Jan 4, 1948 · 22:59
NOTE: The audio is not great and while audible it adds to the hard boiled grittiness of the episode.
Jan 5, 1951 · 28:00
Killer At Large is a radio station whose sponsors pay $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of a killer at large. The…
Jul 10, 1949 · 27:55
Sam has been hired by Miss Elizabeth Collie to investigate a number of thefts that have occurred at the Miss Wigginson…
Jul 11, 1948 · 28:42
Poppy O'Farrell walks into Sam's office. She has lost her memory and wants Sam to try and trace who she is. All she is…
Jul 18, 1948 · 30:02
Sam Spade arrives at the office of Mr A M Youngblood Publisher, Managing Editor and City Editor of his newspaper at one…
Jul 24, 1949 · 27:16
Sam was in his office when Miss Maimie Gaygan, a beautiful woman unfortunately with a heart of stone, demanded that he…
Jul 25, 1948 · 28:39
Sam receives a visit from a mad scientist, Raymond Fox. He says that Alfred Grierson of Grierson Enterprises has stolen…
Jul 4, 1948 · 28:50
Mrs Rushlight was marrying off her nephew Ralph Rushlight to Lotta Binnett and hired Sam Spade to guard the Rushlight…
Jun 15, 1947 · 23:20
Miss Estrada stole a car from somebody else then somebody stole it from her then Sam Spade got it back for her. She…
Jun 19, 1949 · 26:58
It started when Eve Adams walked into Sam's office. She was angry and she was terribly, terribly hurt. In fact, she had…
Jun 20, 1948 · 29:31
Sam Spade was present at two dying declarations and who could believe that man could say something that wasn’t true at…
Jun 27, 1948 · 29:37
A thrilling radio adventure unfolds as Sam Spade finds himself entangled in a complex web of intrigue involving stolen…
Jun 5, 1949 · 29:25
Mrs. George Overjord contacted Sam Spade from the hotel where she was staying and invited him to come on over to…
Jun 8, 1947 · 24:39
Sam Spade receives a visit from Marsha Hopkins who tells him that she is dreadfully worried about her sister Miss…
Mar 16, 1951 · 27:39
Effie is upset, she has seen Sam in the newspaper with his arms around a woman, a redhead. What was actually happening…
Mar 2, 1951 · 28:36
Bartholomew wants to hire Sam Spade to find his son. The boat that he went out in four days ago sank, but they cannot…
Mar 23, 1951 · 28:52
Mr. Runcible, an insurance man, has hired Sam to "baby-sit" Kimberley Cross. Kimberley Cross is actually a piece of…
Mar 27, 1949 · 24:11
Sam Spade receives a love letter from an un known woman in the post and decides it is either a crank letter, bait or a…
Mar 30, 1951 · 29:06
Chandler Goston has been to visit Sam Spade's offices. He wants Sam to find out everything he can about Monty Cristoff,…
Mar 9, 1951 · 28:34
Marjorie Loveland was staying at fantastic hotel in the city when she was approached by a gentleman named Senor…
May 1, 1949 · 25:00
Sam is greeted on his arrival on Belvedere island by Sharma Leslie. She is the foster daughter of Jonathan Battle, the…
May 14, 1949 · 23:51
Belvedere is a little green hump of an island close to the golden gate bridge and connected to the mainland by a…
May 21, 1949 · 21:53
At 3pm the day before, Spade had returned to his office and found a Mexican girl waiting, wearing clothes that had seen…
May 28, 1949 · 22:15
Louise Miller wants to hire Spade and she’s got $95. She was going to be married to Ben Comiski but a few nights ago he…
Nov 17, 1950 · 28:57
Sam Spade has phoned his office to find his secretary Effie in distress, as she believes that Sam has committed…
Nov 24, 1950 · 28:17
Sam Spade's office door only opened twice a day, once to let him in and once to let him out so when he heard a knock on…
Nov 28, 1948 · 24:47
Sam has a new client, Mr. Eagle the "Gumball King". He is convinced that his competitors are hiring hoodlums to…
Nov 6, 1949 · 24:40
Cheesecake, to Sam, was something that cost 25c from the A la Carte side of a menu up until now…
Nov 7, 1948 · 24:12
Sam knew that Patricia Pearce was trouble as soon as she walked into his office. Her husband was having an affair with…
Nov 9, 1947 · 29:12
When Sam comes to dictate his notes of the Bow Window Caper to Effie today, she's ready with questions! Helmut Rhys has…
Oct 24, 1948 · 26:50
Sam is sleeping one night when he is awoken by a women screaming. No sooner has he fallen asleep again when there is a…
Oct 3, 1948 · 29:52
Mr Cavanaugh has never been quite accepted as stepfather by Fred or Eunice Blair. His youth counted against him as they…
Oct 31, 1948 · 28:38
Sam Spade has an appointment with Hilary Bright. Mr Bright wants Sam to be present at his Halloween Masquerade Ball…
Oct 5, 1947 · 23:52
When Adam Figg walked in to Sam Spade’s office he said he was the butler at Exxon Manor in Los Needos. He came to…
Sep 12, 1948 · 28:39
At around 11.30am a tall, bald, gray faced and dusty man named Mr. Timothy R. Lazarus visits Sam at his office. He has…
Sep 19, 1948 · 28:20
Lorraine Chilcourse visits Sam at his office to discuss her husband Leonard. She believes he is being blackmailed as he…
Sep 25, 1949 · 27:28
Indian Chief Black Cloud wants to employ Sam Spade to find someone. Chief Black Cloud owns 130 oil wells and had come…
Sep 26, 1948 · 29:05
Sam and Dick had been friends since Sam got his license. 5 years ago Dick had testified against Claude Spicer who had…
Sep 3, 1950 · 27:35
Sam had been hired to go and bail a man out. On the way back from picking him up, a native had showed him a shortcut…
Sep 5, 1948 · 24:40
J. Wellington Starr is a very wealthy man, which he is happy to disclose to Sam at his first appointment with the…
Ned · your guide to the archive
Ned here. Forty-odd years I've spent with these old shows — and if you took to The Adventures Of Sam Spade, Detective, I'd wager my last valve you'll love this lot.
