Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Jul 31, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
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Release Date: November 21, 2022 Today's Mystery Sam is hired by the young wife of a wealthy man to find out why he's withdrawn $100,000 from his account.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…
Uh, this is Sam, Blackleg Spade, the third most dangerous gambler on the Barbary Coast.
Oh, Sam, not horses again.
Horses, women, and the gaming tables, Effie, the versions of the elite.
Well, divert yourself with this, Sam.
The phone company has sent the pink notice.
Uh-huh, pay it no mind, sweetheart.
We are healed.
We have hit the cashier's cage, annexed the pot, broken the bank, and we're standing on velvet.
Sam, are you sober?
Uh, definitely velvet.
Hmm.
Warm, too.
Sam, from where are you calling from?
It's a drugstore.
Stay where you are.
I'll be right down to deal out my report on the hot hundred grand capers.
Uh, this is Sam, Blackleg Spade, the third most dangerous gambler on the Barbary Coast.
Oh, Sam, not horses again.
Horses, women, and the gaming tables, Effie, the versions of the elite.
Well, divert yourself with this, Sam.
The phone company has sent the pink notice.
Uh-huh, pay it no mind, sweetheart.
We are healed.
We have hit the cashier's cage, annexed the pot, broken the bank, and we're standing on velvet.
Sam, are you sober?
Uh, definitely velvet.
Hmm.
Warm, too.
Sam, from where are you calling from?
It's a drugstore.
Stay where you are.
I'll be right down to deal out my report on the hot hundred grand capers.
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