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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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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 Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

A foreign correspondent, whom Sam was hired to bodyguard, is murdered while giving a lecture.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher, William Conrad

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Today’s Mystery:

Spade is called in by the producer of a true crime radio program to find a witness who claims to know who committed an unsolved murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a 9 year-old who claims to have been robbed of a toy panda

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad, Wally Maher, Tommy Cook, Cathy Lewis, Sidney Miller, Tony Barret

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Today’s Mystery: A friend of Sam’s asks him to find out why a street musician was nearly brained to death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is summoned to a ghost town by an elderly man, who believes Sam is a California Marshal, to help him fight an outlaw.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Buck, Alan Reed

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Today’s Mystery:

The owner of an investment firm hires Spade to shadow one of her clients, whom she says may be involved in a racket.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

A man named Tom Turkey shows up in Sam’s office and says he’s afraid someone’s going to kill him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

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

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam explains to a confused Effie how he’s still alive.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Stephen Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam stays the night at a farmhouse where a beautiful woman pleads for his help.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 3, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a woman to help her fiancé, who has been charged with armed robbery.

Rehearsal of Program that Aired May 21, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to serve as an alibi for a Mexican man but all bets are off when his daughter is shot right in front of him.

Rehearsal of Program that Original Aired on May 21, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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