Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Jul 25, 2026 · 37 min · 15 segments
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 Support the show…
Sam's Bay Detective Agency.
Listen, you phone down to the drugstore and tell them to send up three gallons of black coffee.
Who is this? Are you sure you have the right number?
I'm sure I've got the right number, but I'm not so sure who I am.
Oh, Sam, it's you.
You must have had a frog in your throat.
Did you oversleep?
Effie, don't say things like that.
Oh, I'm sorry, Sam.
Oh, you poor dear, you've been working.
You're tired, that's it.
Tired? I've only just brought Lazarus back from the dead.
Well, then you better get some rest, Sam.
You can dictate your report tomorrow.
That's what you think.
Now stay where you are.
If I'm asleep when I get there, wake me up.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the Lazarus caber.
Sam's Bay Detective Agency.
Listen, you phone down to the drugstore and tell them to send up three gallons of black coffee.
Who is this? Are you sure you have the right number?
I'm sure I've got the right number, but I'm not so sure who I am.
Oh, Sam, it's you.
You must have had a frog in your throat.
Did you oversleep?
Effie, don't say things like that.
Oh, I'm sorry, Sam.
Oh, you poor dear, you've been working.
You're tired, that's it.
Tired? I've only just brought Lazarus back from the dead.
Well, then you better get some rest, Sam.
You can dictate your report tomorrow.
That's what you think.
Now stay where you are.
If I'm asleep when I get there, wake me up.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the Lazarus caber.
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