The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Insomnia Caper,” originally broadcast October 24, 1948. Episode 122 stars Howard Duff as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine.

A restless night becomes anything but quiet when a lovers’ quarrel outside Sam’s room keeps him awake and draws him into a nearby murder investigation. Originally heard on CBS and preserved in circulation as an Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast, this is a compact late-night case with Spade at his sharpest.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
25:47 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Calcutta Trunk Caper,” originally broadcast on June 8, 1947. Episode 50 of the CBS series stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private eye Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine.

Hired by Marsha Hopkins to investigate the man her sister plans to marry, Spade follows a troubling trail from a hotel filled with luggage to the waterfront—and an unexpected passage aboard the S.S. Lurene, ostensibly bound for Calcutta. False identities and mounting danger turn a straightforward background check into a high-seas predicament.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
25:18 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Mad Scientist Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 25, 1948. Episode 109 stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine.

Inventor Raymond Fox hires Spade after claiming that a business rival has stolen the formula for Penetron, a radiation-resistant plastic. But encounters with an industrial concern, a patent attorney, and a psychiatric hospital leave Spade sorting through competing stories of fraud, instability, and impersonation. Written by Bob Tallman and Gil Doud, this Wildroot Cream-Oil-sponsored broadcast was directed by Doud in William Spier’s absence.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Bow Window Caper,” originally broadcast on November 9, 1947. Episode 72 of the CBS series stars Howard Duff as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine.

Dr. Helmut Rees hires Spade to investigate troubling behavior around his Pacific Avenue home, where a strained marriage, anxious staff, and a suspicious watcher near a low bow window suggest that more is going on than a domestic dispute. Written by Robert Tallman and Gil Doud, this broadcast was sponsored by Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
29:57 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Betrayal in Bumpus Hell Caper,” originally broadcast January 16, 1949. This archival episode is identified as episode 134.

Relaxing in his San Francisco apartment with a lurid Western novel, Sam Spade finds himself pulled into an increasingly troubling dispute upstairs. The comic, self-aware story playfully shifts between an apartment-house mystery and Spade’s colorful imagined Western. Howard Duff stars as Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine; the script is by Robert Tallman and Gil Doud.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
25:22 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Shot in the Dark Caper,” originally broadcast February 23, 1951. This NBC sustaining episode stars Steve Dunne as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie.

When a newspaper editor spots what looks like a gun being fired from an apartment-house window in the background of a news photograph, he turns to Sam to investigate. Posing as a tenant, Sam follows the lone visual clue in a hard-boiled mystery written by John Michael Hayes and directed by William Spier.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Overjord Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 5, 1949. Howard Duff stars as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine. The episode is also known by the alternate title “The Corpse in the Murphy Bed.”

At the Hotel Velvizio, a woman calling herself Mrs. George Overjord hires Spade to recover a missing, uninsured $30,000 necklace before her husband learns it is gone. The seemingly straightforward hotel theft soon brings Spade into contact with an old confidence-man acquaintance and a tangle of suspicious visitors, false identities, and uneasy surprises.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents this original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
30:25 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Quarter Eagle Caper,” originally broadcast November 28, 1948. This is episode 114 of the CBS series, starring Howard Duff as San Francisco private eye Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine.

Spade is hired by Junius J. Eagle, the self-styled Gumball King, to investigate a peculiar run of smashed vending machines and stolen gum. What begins as an oddball assignment soon points toward a far more valuable missing item. Produced and directed by William Spier, the episode originally aired with Wildroot Cream-Oil sponsorship.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
26:01 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Dry Martini Caper,” episode 110 of The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, originally broadcast on CBS on August 1, 1948. Howard Duff stars as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine; the episode was produced and directed by William Spier.

When reports surface of an apparent kidnapping attempt against San Francisco businessman Gordon Martini, Spade is called to Martini’s Marina Boulevard home—and quickly finds himself following a dangerous trail of sparse clues. This archival recording preserves a brisk late-1940s mystery from the Wildroot Cream-Oil-sponsored series.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
29:37 Closing

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Flopsy Mopsy and Cottontail Caper,” originally broadcast December 4, 1949. Also known as “How Fritz Crockett Saved the Day,” this is episode 180 of the series.

San Francisco private eye Sam Spade, played by Howard Duff, is confronted by an unlicensed Chicago detective who wants to become his partner. Their first prospective assignment leads to a Nob Hill costume party, a valuable jeweled crown, and the unlikely requirement that both detectives arrive dressed as white rabbits. Lurene Tuttle co-stars as Effie Perrine in this farcical case, written by Bob Tallman and Gil Doud and directed by William Spier.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
28:12 Closing

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