Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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
May 10, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: March 5, 2023
Today's Mystery: Jack Carson calls in Sam Spade for protection after receiving a threatening telegram.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 5, 1947
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Today's Mystery: Jack Carson calls in Sam Spade for protection after receiving a threatening telegram.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 5, 1947
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May 3, 2025 • 47 mins
Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by a wealthy woman to recover stolen uninsured jewels.Original Radio Broadcast
Date:June 5, 1949
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Date:June 5, 1949
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April 26, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: February 20, 2023
Today's Mystery:
Sam is called out to Belvedere Island to protect an artist who fears for his life.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 1, 1949
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Today's Mystery:
Sam is called out to Belvedere Island to protect an artist who fears for his life.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 1, 1949
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April 19, 2025 • 49 mins
Original Release Date: February 13, 2023
Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by a psychologist to extract a confession from a young widow who's ex-mother-in-law suspects she murdered her son.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 17, 1949
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Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by a psychologist to extract a confession from a young widow who's ex-mother-in-law suspects she murdered her son.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 17, 1949
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April 11, 2025 • 38 mins
Original Release Date: February 6, 2023
Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by an eccentric wealthy woman living in a large house who claims that she's receiving threatening letters, but she claims they disappeared.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1949
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Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by an eccentric wealthy woman living in a large house who claims that she's receiving threatening letters, but she claims they disappeared.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1949
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April 4, 2025 • 39 mins
Original Release Date: January 30, 2023
Today's Mystery: Sam receives a love letter from a woman he doesn't know asking her to escape from her insane uncle.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1949
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Today's Mystery: Sam receives a love letter from a woman he doesn't know asking her to escape from her insane uncle.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1949
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March 29, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: January 23, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam's attempts to relax and read by a Western novel are interrupted by the drama surrounding a beautiful actress who is one of Sam's neighbors.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:January 16, 1949
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Today's Mystery:Sam's attempts to relax and read by a Western novel are interrupted by the drama surrounding a beautiful actress who is one of Sam's neighbors.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:January 16, 1949
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March 21, 2025 • 32 mins
Original Release Date: January 16, 2023
Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired to protect a wealthy young woman who claims her life is endangered by her mentally unstable brother and their scheming psychiatrist stepfather.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:December 12, 1948
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Today's Mystery:
Sam is hired to protect a wealthy young woman who claims her life is endangered by her mentally unstable brother and their scheming psychiatrist stepfather.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:December 12, 1948
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March 14, 2025 • 38 mins
Original Release Date: January 9, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a gumball magnate to find out who has been breaking his machines, leaving the money, and stealing the gumballs.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28, 1948
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Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a gumball magnate to find out who has been breaking his machines, leaving the money, and stealing the gumballs.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28, 1948
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March 8, 2025 • 30 mins
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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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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March 1, 2025 • 48 mins
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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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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February 22, 2025 • 34 mins
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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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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February 15, 2025 • 36 mins
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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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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February 8, 2025 • 33 mins
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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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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February 1, 2025 • 36 mins
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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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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January 25, 2025 • 34 mins
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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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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January 18, 2025 • 34 mins
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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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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January 11, 2025 • 36 mins
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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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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January 4, 2025 • 30 mins
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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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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December 28, 2024 • 35 mins
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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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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