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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio brings you classic hard-boiled mystery, crime, and detective drama from the golden age of radio. Follow private detective Sam Spade through murder cases, dangerous clients, deception, missing persons, and clever mysteries on the streets of San Francisco. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Based on the legendary detective created by Dashiell Hammett and famously starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade, the series became a classic of radio noir, known for sharp dialogue, humor, suspense, and memorable mysteries. Rediscover classic old time radio detective stories, Sam Spade, private-eye mysteries, crime drama, noir, suspense, and vintage radio.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio brings you classic hard-boiled mystery, crime, and detective drama from the golden age of radio. Follow private detective Sam Spade through murder cases, dangerous clients, deception, missing persons, and clever mysteries on the streets of San Francisco.
Recent episodes include "The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Sure Thing Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)" (18 October 2026, 30 minutes), "The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Civic Pride Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)" (16 October 2026, 31 minutes), and "The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Kimberly Cross Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1951)" (15 October 2026, 31 minutes).
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 77 episodes.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio is a fiction show with 77 episodes published.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Sure Thing Caper,” originally broadcast February 9, 1951. This late-run NBC episode is episode 234 overall and stars Steve Dunne as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Civic Pride Caper,” originally broadcast April 13, 1951. This installment is episode 243 of the series, and the 22nd episode of the 1950–51 NBC revival season, starring...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Kimberly Cross Caper,” originally broadcast March 23, 1951. This late-run NBC episode stars Stephen Dunne as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine, and was...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Crab Louie Caper,” originally broadcast on March 2, 1951. Cataloged as episode 237 in a full-series log and C016 in the 1950–51 NBC season, this sustaining final-season...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Vendetta Caper,” originally broadcast March 30, 1951. Also known as “The Revenge of Monty Christoff,” this is overall episode 241 of the series and episode C020 of its...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Vaphio Cup Caper,” originally broadcast on August 22, 1948. Episode 113 stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as his...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Cloak and Dagger Caper,” originally broadcast January 19, 1951. This NBC-era episode, number 231, stars Steve Dunne as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine, with a...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Sinister Siren Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on March 16, 1951. Episode 239 features Stephen Dunne as private detective Sam Spade. A frightened client brings...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Love Letter Caper,” originally broadcast March 27, 1949. This archival CBS episode stars Howard Duff as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “String of Death Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on February 2, 1951. This late-run Steve Dunne-era episode was written by John Michael Hayes and is commonly cataloged...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Battles of Belvedere,” episode 149, originally broadcast May 14, 1949. Howard Duff stars as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine. When eccentric artist Jonathan...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Sqp Caper,” originally broadcast November 7, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 124, this CBS mystery stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private detective Sam Spade, with...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Wheel of Life Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 11, 1948. Episode 107 stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private detective Sam Spade, with Sandra Gould...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Hot Hundred Grand Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 19, 1948. Episode 104 (also cataloged B104) stars Howard Duff as San Francisco private detective Sam...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Bail Bond Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 27, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 105, this installment stars Howard Duff as Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Chateau Mccloud Caper,” originally broadcast on NBC on January 26, 1951. Episode 232 stars Stephen Dunne as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Adam Figg Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 5, 1947. This is episode 67 of the Howard Duff and Lurene Tuttle run, based on the detective created by Dashiell...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Prodigal Daughter Caper,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 28, 1949. This is episode 166 of the series, starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “The Fairley-Bright Caper,” episode 123, originally broadcast on October 31, 1948. Howard Duff stars as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perine. On...
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective | Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective presents “Insomnia Caper,” originally broadcast October 24, 1948. Episode 122 stars Howard Duff as private detective Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine. A restless night...
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