Sam Spade Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Jun 27, 2026 · 39 min · 20 segments
Original Release Date; October 24, 2022 Today's Mystery: Sam is hired to deliver a valuable cup on a train to Los Angeles. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1948 Support the show monthly…
Sam's Bay Detective Agency.
That is the correct answer.
You have just won $104 million, six deep freeze units, a stable of polo ponies with matching saddle soap, a terrycloth robe with chocolate bars pre-melted into the pockets, and a full-size, real, honest-to-goodness dreadnought such as is used by Uncle Sam's Navy.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You'll have to call back.
I'm expecting to be taking dictation from my employer very shortly.
Oh,
I am sorry.
Your time is up.
And Edna St. Vincent Markowitz, who sent in the question, gets bumped off in front of the studio audience, gathered in the dredgewood room here in Columbia Square.
Next night, don't answer your phone, stupid.
Oh, Sam.
Let's have
no coaching, please.
Oh, well, did you find the cop? Was it murder? Was it really worth, um...
Well, you know, priceless and like that, and was it fun?
Yes, yes, yes, and no.
And finally, are you kidding?
It's a very old Greek expression, which is what I'll be wearing as I sit in your lap dictating my report on the Vafio Cupkeeper.
Sam's Bay Detective Agency.
That is the correct answer.
You have just won $104 million, six deep freeze units, a stable of polo ponies with matching saddle soap, a terrycloth robe with chocolate bars pre-melted into the pockets, and a full-size, real, honest-to-goodness dreadnought such as is used by Uncle Sam's Navy.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You'll have to call back.
I'm expecting to be taking dictation from my employer very shortly.
Oh,
I am sorry.
Your time is up.
And Edna St. Vincent Markowitz, who sent in the question, gets bumped off in front of the studio audience, gathered in the dredgewood room here in Columbia Square.
Next night, don't answer your phone, stupid.
Oh, Sam.
Let's have
no coaching, please.
Oh, well, did you find the cop? Was it murder? Was it really worth, um...
Well, you know, priceless and like that, and was it fun?
Yes, yes, yes, and no.
And finally, are you kidding?
It's a very old Greek expression, which is what I'll be wearing as I sit in your lap dictating my report on the Vafio Cupkeeper.
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