Episodes

  • Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper

    Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper
    Nov 22 2025
    Original Release Date: September 18, 2023.

    Today's Mystery:Sam tries to help a retired teacher who lost $1,000 to an old con game.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Ed Mack, Verna Felton, Lou Merrill, Tony Barrett, Shirley Mitchell, Nester Paiva, Jerry Hausner

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    36 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper

    Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper
    Nov 15 2025
    Original Release Date: September 11, 2023

    Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to look into the disappearance and likely death of a crab fisherman.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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    37 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper

    Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper
    Nov 1 2025
    Original Release Date: August 28, 2023

    Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he's so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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    48 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper

    Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper
    Nov 8 2025
    Original Release Date: Septembe 4, 2023

    Today's Mystery:A newspaper editor hires Spade to go undercover as a tenant at an apartment building where someone appears to have captured a shooting on their camera

    .Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher

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    38 mins
  • Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper

    Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper
    Oct 25 2025
    Original Release Date: August 21, 2023

    Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by a gambler to find out if an ex-Jockey cheated him and two tough friends out of $1500 by promising them a chance to profit on "a sure thing."

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Gentleman Joe

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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    40 mins
  • Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper

    Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper
    Aug 14 2023
    Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to find a sea captain, and then finds himself in the middle of desperate characters fighting over a string of pearls.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: Feburary 2, 1951

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad

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    37 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper

    Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper
    Aug 7 2023
    Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a man who received a threat after scheduling a ski weekend with a bunch of volatile guests.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1951

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad, Jay Novello

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    36 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Cloak and Dagger Caper

    Sam Spade: The Cloak and Dagger Caper
    Oct 4 2025
    Original Release Date: July 31, 2023

    Today's Mystery :A mysterious woman comes to Sam Spade's apartment dressed as a harem girl, tries to poison Spade, and accidentally kills herself.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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    37 mins