Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
May 30, 2026 · 42 min · 18 segments
Original Release Date: September 26, 2022 Today's Mystery: Sam is hired by an inventor who believes a wealthy industrialist has ripped off his invention. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25…
Sam Spade Detective Agency.
This is Mad Scientific Detective Number 137596.
Sam, no matter what anyone says, I'll stand by you.
You're nothing of the sort.
Not scientific?
Of course not.
You're too fisted.
Well, thanks, Effie, and that ain't all, Effie.
I was actually mistaken for a convolutional melancholiac.
[gasps] Oh, Sam, are you all right now?
Wrong diagnosis, angel.
It turned out to be melancholia catatonica.
Oh, you poor darling.
What is that?
Well, it's a thing where you lie motionless and silent with fixed eyes and indifference to surroundings, unquote.
Sam, what happened to you? What hospital are you in? Can I bring you anything?
No, Effie, I am now at large.
Pull down the blinds, check the corridors for men in little white coats, and set a bottle in the window if the coast is clear.
Oh.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the mad scientist caper.
Sam Spade Detective Agency.
This is Mad Scientific Detective Number 137596.
Sam, no matter what anyone says, I'll stand by you.
You're nothing of the sort.
Not scientific?
Of course not.
You're too fisted.
Well, thanks, Effie, and that ain't all, Effie.
I was actually mistaken for a convolutional melancholiac.
[gasps] Oh, Sam, are you all right now?
Wrong diagnosis, angel.
It turned out to be melancholia catatonica.
Oh, you poor darling.
What is that?
Well, it's a thing where you lie motionless and silent with fixed eyes and indifference to surroundings, unquote.
Sam, what happened to you? What hospital are you in? Can I bring you anything?
No, Effie, I am now at large.
Pull down the blinds, check the corridors for men in little white coats, and set a bottle in the window if the coast is clear.
Oh.
I'll be right down to dictate my report on the mad scientist caper.
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