Podcast

Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Arts, Drama, Fiction, Performing Arts

Join host Adam Graham as we journey through all the old time radio programs featuring Sam Spade. This is the most comprehensive Sam Spade old time radio podcast as we offer the following golden age treasures for your listening pleasure

• Adaptations of The Maltese Falcon movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson.
• All circulating episodes starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade including rarer more recently unearthed episodes.
• Sam Spade comedy appearances including Howard Duff's guest appearances on the radio programs of Jack Carson, Burns and Allen, Joan Davis, and Bing Crosby. Also includes a bit of mystery audio where Howard Duff plays Sam Spade in a First Nighter spoof, and Sam Spade comedy riffs by Fred Allen and Abbott and Costello.
• All of the circulating episodes starring Sam Spade.
• A Sam Spade inspired comedy detective program called Sara's Private Caper.

Your host, Adam serves as your guide to this treasure trove featuring "the greatest private detective of them all."

Episodes
79
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
37 min
On air since
2025
Latest episode
3 weeks ago

Episodes

79 episodes, newest first

  1. Sam Spade: The SQP Caper

    Show notes

    Original Release Date: January 2, 2023

    Today's Mystery: Sam refers a divorce case to a hotel house detective, but Sam because involved when the supposed subject of the investigation ends up dead.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 7, 1948

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    30 min
  2. Sam Spade: The Fairly Bright Caper

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    Original Release Date: December 19, 2022

    Today's Mystery:
    Sam is hired to attend and keep peace at a combined Halloween and celebrity engagement party.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 31, 1948

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    48 min
  3. Burns and Allen: Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail

    Show notes

    Original Release Date: December 18, 2022

    Today's Show:

    George Burns and Sam Spade explain to a police lieutenant how Gracie got them thrown into jail for murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1949

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    34 min
  4. Sara's Private Caper: Sara's 'Sonnets of Fu Yen' Caper

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    Today's Mystery:

    A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950

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    37 min
  5. Sam Spade: The Insomnia Caper

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    Original Release Date: December 12, 2022

    Today's Mystery:
    Sam goes to get a good night's sleep and instead gets dragged into a murder case by a neighbor.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:October 24, 1948

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    33 min
  6. Sam Spade: The Sugar Kane Caper

    Season 14

    Show notes

    Original Release Date: December 5, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam is hired by a man to prevent his wealthy stepdaughter from marrying a gangster.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 3, 1948

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    37 min
  7. Sam Spade: The Dick Foley Caper

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    Original Release Date: November 28, 2022

    Today's Mystery:
    Sam is hired by a fellow detective to protect him from a released convict he'd sent to prison.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 26, 1948

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    35 min
  8. Sam Spade: The Hot 100 Grand Caper

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    Original Release Date: November 21, 2022

    Today's Mystery
    Sam is hired by the young wife of a wealthy man to find out why he's withdrawn $100,000 from his account.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 19, 1948

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    35 min
  9. Sam Spade: The Lazarus Caper

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    Original Release Date: November 14, 2022

    Today's Mystery:
    Sam is hired by a man who was declared dead to prove he's alive.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:September 21, 1948

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    37 min
  10. Sam Spade: The Stella Starr Caper

    Show notes

    Original Release Date: November 7, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam is hired by a wealthy man to locate a stolen gun. He does so and brings the gun back to find it was used to kill his client.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 5, 1948

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    30 min
  11. Sam Spade: The Lawless Caper

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    Original Release Date: October 31, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam overhead a thug taking a rap for a mob boss threaten the life of boss in 1945. Afer being released from prison, the thug calls Sam to prove his innocence after finding the boss murdered in his apartment.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 29, 1948

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    36 min
  12. Sam Spade: The Vaphio Cup Caper

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    Original Release Date; October 24, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam is hired to deliver a valuable cup on a train to Los Angeles.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1948

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    Join us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama.

    39 min
  13. Sam Spade: The Critical Author Caper

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    Original Release Date: October 17, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam is hired by a wealthy widow to find her estranged stepdaughter.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 15, 1948

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    41 min
  14. Sam Spade: The Blue Beard Caper

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    Original Release Date: October 10, 2022

    Today's Mystery:

    Sam is hired by a man who fears his sister is about to marry a man who had three wives die in mysterious accidents.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 8, 1948

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    43 min
  15. Sam Spade: The Dry Martini Caper

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    Original Release Date: October 3, 2022

    Today's Mystery:
    Sam is called in by a businessman who is killed right in front of Sam.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1948

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    37 min
  16. Sam Spade: The Mad Scientist Caper

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    Original Release Date: September 26, 2022

    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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    42 min
  17. Sam Spade: The Missing Newshawk Caper

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    Original Release Date: September 19, 2022

    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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    38 min
  18. Sam Spade: The Wheel of Life Caper

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    Original Release Date: September 12, 2022

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

    Original Air Date: July 11, 1948

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    37 min
  19. Sam Spade: The Rushlight Diamond Caper

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    Original Release Date: September 5, 2022

    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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    38 min
  20. Sam Spade: The Bail Bond Caper

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    Original Release Date: August 29, 2022

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

    Original Air Date: June 27, 1948

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    35 min