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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, brought to you by Wild Root Cream Oil Hair Tonic, the non-alcoholic hair tonic that contains lanolin. Wild Root Cream Oil, again and again, the choice of men who put good grooming first. Sam Spade, Detective Agency, good evening. Good evening to you, and happy Fourth of July, Bernadine Hepp. Oh, Mr. Spade, what was the capper? Don't you mean caper? No, the capper, the high point of the capper, the climax, the crescendo, the pinafore. O…

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Host

D

Dick Joy

Cast›

Howard Duff

S

Sandra Gould

Sponsors & network›

W

Wildroot Cream-Oil

Sponsor

C

CBS net

Network

Sam is hired to guard the wedding presents, but not the groom, who is stabbed to death with a pair of garden shears! Sandra Gould replaces Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Sam's secretary.

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Fritz Crockett, a strange detective from Chicago, cuts himself in on Sam's bunny-rabbit caper. The program is also titled, "How Fritz Crockett Saved The Day."

Ep 180 · Sunday, December 4, 1949 · 27:24

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Spade is hired to find Gabrielle Leggitt, who has disappeared. The author of murder mysteries plays an important part in the case. The story is also known as, "The Gabrielle Cape

Ep 112 · Sunday, August 15, 1948 · 29:49

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Convertible Caper

A stolen car is worth one million dollars. Why? Could it be the platinum fenders? The program closing and system cue have been deleted.

Ep 51 · Sunday, June 15, 1947 · 23:20

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Tears Of Night Matter

A fabulously expensive necklace and several Latin quotes add up to a recipe for trouble for Spade.

Ep 161 · Sunday, July 24, 1949 · 27:58

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Apple Of Eve Caper

Eve Adams has been killed, the prime suspect is "Dreama Love." A good violent whodunit.

Ep 156 · Sunday, June 19, 1949 · 28:24

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Sqp Caper

Sam declines to accept a divorce case, and finds a murder instead. What does "S.Q.P." mean?

Ep 124 · Sunday, November 7, 1948 · 24:23

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Sam_Spade_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Sam Spade 1948-07-04 Rushlight Diamond Caper.mp3

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 106

Rushlight Diamond Caper

Sunday, July 4, 1948 · 29:55

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 106

Rushlight Diamond Caper

Sunday, July 4, 1948 · 29:55

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Ep 107 · Sunday, July 11, 1948 · 29:36

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A million-dollar robbery from an armored car puts Sam on the spot and in need of some bail himself! Sandra Gould replaces Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Sam's secretary.

Ep 105 · Sunday, June 27, 1948 · 29:36

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1948 — National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
  • 1948 — Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.

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