This is case closed one hour of mystery and crime every Wednesday at Relicradio.com.

Our first story comes from The Adventures of Sam Spade this week.

We'll hear the Vafio Cup Caper from August 22nd, 1948.

After that, it's Let George Do It, and Big Brother.

That story aired May 21st, 1951.

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective,

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Wow! who put good grooming first. Sam's a detective agency.

That is the correct answer.

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Oh, I'm sorry you'll have to call back. I'm expecting to be taking dictation for 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? Well, then why was it called the Bafio cup? 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 Bafio cup caper. I'm expecting my report on the Vafio Cup caper.

Dashel Hammett, America's leading detective fiction writer and creator of Sam Spade, the hard-boiled private eye,

and William Speer, Radio's outstanding producer-director of mystery and crime drama,

join their talents to make your hair stand- on end with the adventures of Sam Spade.

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