Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Jun 20, 2026 · 41 min · 21 segments
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 Support the show monthly…
It's only me from over the sea.
Oh, Sam.
How was it at the beach?
Same as always.
Foggy.
Did you go in?
Well, I was up to my neck from the first rumble.
If you mean did I go in the water, I did.
Was it cold?
I didn't notice.
I was too busy landing a corpse.
Oh, Sam, what a coincidence.
I was just reading my new library book.
And it's all about a body in the water, pushed over a cliff.
And there's a strangest girl in it with a strange mother.
And she drinks, the girl, and runs away with a chauffeur.
They're rich people.
They can't do that.
They're stealing my material.
Oh, no, Sam, no. It's by Owen FitzSteven.
He's very well thought of.
Mother always understands his plot.
Not tonight, she won't.
Stay where you are, Angel.
It's only me from over the sea.
Oh, Sam.
How was it at the beach?
Same as always.
Foggy.
Did you go in?
Well, I was up to my neck from the first rumble.
If you mean did I go in the water, I did.
Was it cold?
I didn't notice.
I was too busy landing a corpse.
Oh, Sam, what a coincidence.
I was just reading my new library book.
And it's all about a body in the water, pushed over a cliff.
And there's a strangest girl in it with a strange mother.
And she drinks, the girl, and runs away with a chauffeur.
They're rich people.
They can't do that.
They're stealing my material.
Oh, no, Sam, no. It's by Owen FitzSteven.
He's very well thought of.
Mother always understands his plot.
Not tonight, she won't.
Stay where you are, Angel.
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