Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Jul 4, 2026 · 36 min · 18 segments
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…
Hey, it's me.
Hey, Sammy the Spade.
Sam.
Sam, it's not true, is it?
Every word of it.
What? That you've been consorting with unsavory characters?
Well, she was a savory enough girl, Effie, although a crook.
Well, according to the paper, she's practically a murderess.
Not to mention that she's dancing the rumba with you.
That's a lie.
There's a picture of you.
Virginia Vale, gangland glamour girl, caught at the Club Iberia...
in barefoot Roomba with private eyes.
It was not a Roomba.
It was a bambuco.
Oh,
Sam, not over the phone.
I
can't stop it.
Stay where you are.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the lawless caper.
Hey, it's me.
Hey, Sammy the Spade.
Sam.
Sam, it's not true, is it?
Every word of it.
What? That you've been consorting with unsavory characters?
Well, she was a savory enough girl, Effie, although a crook.
Well, according to the paper, she's practically a murderess.
Not to mention that she's dancing the rumba with you.
That's a lie.
There's a picture of you.
Virginia Vale, gangland glamour girl, caught at the Club Iberia...
in barefoot Roomba with private eyes.
It was not a Roomba.
It was a bambuco.
Oh,
Sam, not over the phone.
I
can't stop it.
Stay where you are.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the lawless caper.
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