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December 06, 2025 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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38 min
November 29, 2025 Sam Spade: The Sinister Siren Caper
Original Release Date: September 25, 2023

Today's Mystery:A man hires Spade after receiving an ominous warning that his life is in peril from a dangerous red-headed woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951

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

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35 min
November 22, 2025 Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper
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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37 min
November 15, 2025 Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper
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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38 min
November 08, 2025 Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper
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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39 min
November 01, 2025 Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper
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 min
October 25, 2025 Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper
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.
40 min
October 18, 2025 Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper
Original Release Date: August 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 min
October 11, 2025 Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper
Original Release Date: August 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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37 min
October 04, 2025 Sam Spade: The Cloak and Dagger Caper
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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38 min

About Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

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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…