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In response to requests representing millions of listening friends, the National Broadcasting Company is pleased indeed to bring you again The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. Me, sweet... What number have I got? Oh, oh, well, me, sweetheart. The white shed. Look. Effie, Eff! This is me in the flesh, Sammy the Spade. Oh, now what? Effie, I'm in a payphone. My nickel is running out. Oh, Dwight, how can you be so cruel and play jokes at a time like... Wait, wait, listen. El…

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Cast›

C

Cathy Lewis

Lurene Tuttle

S

Steve Dunne

Network›

N

NBC net

Network

The first show of the series with Steve Dunne. An undertaker named Charles Swan hires Spade to find out who's been following him. This naturally leads to the death of Sam Spade!

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Ep 403 · Thursday, November 16, 1950 · 29:57

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Ep 395 · Friday, May 18, 1956 · 14:36

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George Valentine investigates a fifteen-year-old murder at the request of a desperate woman. The case leads him to South America and a millionaire who may hold the key to the truth.

Ep 292 · Monday, April 14, 1952 · 29:36

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Ep 32 · Saturday, December 3, 1949 · 29:32

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Richard Rogue investigates the disappearance of Phyllis Adrian, the wife of a prominent lawyer, who has vanished under mysterious circumstances. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit involving her husband and a notorious gangster.

Ep 71 · Sunday, June 29, 1947 · 29:58

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Ep 238 · Friday, March 9, 1951 · 29:31

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Ep 233 · Friday, February 2, 1951 · 29:43

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Sam is hired to find out how an Italian crab- fisher was killed. Was it an accident or murder? The story title is also known as, "View Of Fisherman's Wharf From The Water."

Ep 237 · Friday, March 2, 1951 · 29:22

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Credits

  • 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).

SamSpade1950-11-17CaperOverMyDeadBody.mp3

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 222

Caper Over My Dead Body

Friday, November 17, 1950 · 29:21

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 222

Caper Over My Dead Body

Friday, November 17, 1950 · 29:21

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Ep 165 · Saturday, May 16, 1953 · 29:32

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Ep 242 · Friday, April 6, 1951 · 29:36

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Ep 228 · Friday, December 29, 1950 · 29:49

That night in history

Headlines

  • 1950 — Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
  • 1950 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

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