The Adventures of Sam Spade

A mysterious woman named Meachie walks into Sam Spade's office seeking help recovering a stolen convertible that was taken from her—though she had stolen it first. She's desperate to retrieve it without involving the police because a dangerous man named Tom Tom Carey is hunting her for it. Sam discovers the car is worth far more than anyone realizes, hidden within its platinum fenders, and becomes entangled in a smuggling scheme involving a suave used car dealer.

With Sam Spade, Effie Tuttle, Meachie, Tom Tom Carey, Paco, Happy Herman Heat (Herman Heat Lovelace), Joe Rembrandt.

Listen for: The revelation that the car's fenders are made of solid platinum smuggled for refugees; the twist that Happy Herman Heat operates under an assumed identity; the high-speed climax on a coastal road leading to a cliff.

First aired June 15, 1947.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

Sam Spade is hired by a woman claiming to be Constance Pendleton's sister to stop her marriage to Major André Vrodnick, a Bulgarian officer with a history of marrying wealthy women who then disappear. When Spade confronts the bride and the groom, he discovers the real situation is far more complex than it first appeared.

With Sam Spade, Effie (Sam's secretary), Marsha Hopkins/Marsha Brodney, Constance Pendleton, Major André Vrodnick, Bulgarian Consul.

Listen for: The mystery of Vrodnick's true intentions, revelations about Marsha's real identity and connection to the major, and Spade's investigation into the murders of six wealthy women in Europe.

First aired June 8, 1947.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: The Adventures of Sam Spade on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

Sam Spade attends a birthday party for Effie's mother where a guest named Marty dies under mysterious circumstances during a charades game. When armed men kidnap Effie's mother demanding a mysterious "duck," Sam must navigate between a criminal mob, federal authorities, and his own code of honor to secure her safe return.

With Sam Spade, Effie, Mrs. Herring (Effie's mother), Lola Brent, Marty, Ducky Morton, O'Rourke (lawyer), Jenny.

Listen for: The clever setup of the charades game that opens the mystery, the discovery of Marty's poisoning, and the twist involving Lola's hidden message in the charade slip

First aired February 2, 1947.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: The Adventures of Sam Spade on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

Sam Spade is hired by Dr. Gregory Dennov, a psychoanalyst, to protect him from being blackmailed by a man named Nikolai over a $10,000 payment. When Sam arrives at the doctor's penthouse apartment for a meeting that afternoon, he finds Dr. Dennov dead, apparently having fallen from a window. The police rule it suicide, but Sam's client's widow insists it was murder and points suspicion at Constance Brent, an actress and the doctor's patient who had threatened him before and was heard arguing with him just before his death.

With Sam Spade, Effie Perine, Dr. Gregory Dennov, Nikolai, Mrs. Gregory Dennov, Lieutenant Dundee, Sergeant Levene, Dr. Sawyer.

Listen for: Sam's trademark wisecracks and the details of the blackmail scheme involving Nikolai and the mysterious $10,000 that may hold the key to the doctor's death.

First aired August 2, 1946.

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

A new episode every week. Live around the clock: The Adventures of Sam Spade on Stupid Potato

About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.