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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio brings you classic hard-boiled mystery, crime, and detective drama from the golden age of radio. Follow private detective Sam Spade through murder cases, dangerous clients, deception, missing persons, and clever mysteries on the streets of San Francisco. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Based on the legendary detective created by Dashiell Hammett and famously starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade, the series became a classic of radio noir, known for sharp dialogue, humor, suspense, and memorable mysteries. Rediscover classic old time radio detective stories, Sam Spade, private-eye mysteries, crime drama, noir, suspense, and vintage radio.

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Sure Thing Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Sure Thing Caper,” originally broadcast February 9, 1951. This late-run NBC episode is episode 234 overall and stars Steve

Oct 18
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Civic Pride Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Civic Pride Caper,” originally broadcast April 13, 1951. This installment is episode 243 of the series, and the 22nd episo

Oct 16
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Kimberly Cross Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Kimberly Cross Caper,” originally broadcast March 23, 1951. This late-run NBC episode stars Stephen Dunne as Sam Spade, wi

Oct 15
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Crab Louie Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Crab Louie Caper,” originally broadcast on March 2, 1951. Cataloged as episode 237 in a full-series log and C016 in the 19

Oct 14
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Vendetta Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Vendetta Caper,” originally broadcast March 30, 1951. Also known as “The Revenge of Monty Christoff,” this is overall epis

Oct 13
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Vaphio Cup Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Vaphio Cup Caper,” originally broadcast on August 22, 1948. Episode 113 stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private det

Oct 12
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Cloak and Dagger Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Cloak and Dagger Caper,” originally broadcast January 19, 1951. This NBC-era episode, number 231, stars Steve Dunne as Sam

Oct 11
29 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Lazarus Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Lazarus Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 12, 1948. Howard Duff stars as private detective Sam Spade, with

Oct 10
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Dry Gulch Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1950)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Dry Gulch Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 8, 1950. Episode 225 stars Steve Dunne as Sam Spade, with Lurene

Oct 9
29 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Red Star Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Red Star Caper,” originally broadcast January 12, 1951. This late NBC-era installment stars Steve Dunne as Sam Spade, with

Oct 8
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Sinister Siren Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Sinister Siren Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on March 16, 1951. Episode 239 features Stephen Dunne as private de

Oct 7
29 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Love Letter Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1949)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Love Letter Caper,” originally broadcast March 27, 1949. This archival CBS episode stars Howard Duff as private detective

Oct 6
27 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "String of Death Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “String of Death Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on February 2, 1951. This late-run Steve Dunne-era episode was written

Oct 5
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Battles of Belvedere" (Old Time Radio, 1949)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Battles of Belvedere,” episode 149, originally broadcast May 14, 1949. Howard Duff stars as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle

Oct 4
24 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Sqp Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Sqp Caper,” originally broadcast November 7, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 124, this CBS mystery stars Howard Duff a

Oct 3
25 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Wheel of Life Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Wheel of Life Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 11, 1948. Episode 107 stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private

Oct 2
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Hot Hundred Grand Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Hot Hundred Grand Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 19, 1948. Episode 104 (also cataloged B104) stars Howar

Sep 30
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Bail Bond Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Bail Bond Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 27, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 105, this installment stars

Sep 29
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Chateau Mccloud Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Chateau Mccloud Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on January 26, 1951. Episode 232 stars Stephen Dunne as private detect

Sep 28
30 min

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Adam Figg Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Adam Figg Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 5, 1947. This is episode 67 of the Howard Duff and Lurene Tuttle

Sep 27
25 min

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