Category: Sam Spade

Academy Award Theatre, CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon (EP4239)

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Bogie Holding the Maltese Falcon
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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Sam Spade: The Prisoner of Zenda Caper (EP4233)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam receives a summons and a $100 retainer from a reclusive silent film star.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1948

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher

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Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper (EP4227)

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Steve Dunne

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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Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper (EP4221)

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Steve Dunne

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 Hollywood

Starred 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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Sam Spade The Civic Pride Caper (EP4215)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Sam Spade The Denny Shane Caper (EP4209)

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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 Hollywood

Starred 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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Sam Spade: The Vendetta Caper (EP4203)

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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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Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper (EP4197)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam 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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Sam Spade: The Sinister Siren Caper (EP4191)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper (EP4185)

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Steve Dunne

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 Hollywood

Starred 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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Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper (EP4179)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper (EP4173)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper (EP4167)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper (EP4161)

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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Gentleman Joe

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Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper (EP4155)

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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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