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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is called in by a businessman who is then killed, right in front of Sam.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1948

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by an inventor who believes a wealthy industrialist has ripped off his invention.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1948

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Sam is hired to find a missing investigative reporter who had been writing exposes of major criminals.

Original Air Date: July 18, 1948

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A woman with amnesia hires Sam to help with the murdered body she found.

Original Air Date: July 11, 1948

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Sam is hired to guard the presents at a loveless wedding, one of which is a priceless diamond with a reputation for bringing bad luck.

Original Air Date: July 4, 1948

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Sam is hired by an old flame whose bail bondsman husband is in trouble.

Original Air Date: June 27, 1948

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Also known as “The Death Bed Caper”

Sam investigates a case with two deathbed statements, one of which was false.

Original Air Date: June 20, 1948

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Sam is hired by a woman to protect her from her recently paroled husband.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1948

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Sam leaves an hour before a photo shoot to answer a call from a printer, and shows up one hour later beaten and bruised.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1948

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Sam is hired by a doctor whose jealous wife is ruining his practice and has threatened to use a gun.

Original Air Date: November 9, 1947

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The butler of a wealthy old man, concerned by the sounds of gunshots and screams in the night, hires Sam to protect his boss.

Original Air: October 5, 1947

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A woman hires Sam Spade to get back a valuable foreign car that was stolen from her after she’d stolen it from someone else.

Original Air Date: June 15, 1947

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Sam is hired by a woman who believes her sister is marrying a Bluebeard with several dead wives.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1947

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A man is poisoned at Effie’s mother’s birthday party. Then Effie’s mother is kidnapped by hoods demanding a duck.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1947

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