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February 14 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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1 hr 17 min
February 07 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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40 min
January 31 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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40 min
January 24 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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38 min
January 17 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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39 min
January 10 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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38 min
January 03 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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35 min
December 27, 2025 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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37 min
December 20, 2025 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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37 min
December 13, 2025 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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39 min

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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…