Ep.102 The Adventures of Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a suspense/detective radio show starring Howard Duff (in the colorful title role along with Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie. It was based on the private detective character created by Dashiell Hammett, well-known from the book and movie The Maltese Falcon. The show ran from 1946 to 1951. Duff was replaced by Steve Dunne in later episodes. The String of Death Caper: A dancer hires Sam to find a beach comber. Sam not only finds him, ...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.
0:22.0	I'm your host Stevie K.
0:23.9	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:27.3	For this episode, I bring you The Adventures of Sam Spade, episode titled The String of Death Caper, originally aired February 2nd, 1951, where a dancer hires Sam to find a beachcomer.
0:42.2	Sam not only finds him, but also comes up with a caper involving fabulous rose-colored pearls,
0:48.0	and a murder, or two, or three.
0:51.7	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:57.4	Thank you for listening.
1:01.0	The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
1:14.0	Sam Spade Detective Agency?
1:14.9	Me, sweetheart.
1:15.7	Sam!
1:17.4	Do you know you're on all the papers?
1:19.4	Don't think I'm happy about it.
1:21.1	You were standing on the sidewalk pointing. And there's a dotted line running from you to X where they found the body.
1:24.8	You mean where they found the last body, F, there were several before it.
1:28.5	I know.
1:29.2	All those poor, poor people.
1:31.0	Tell me, Effie, how many dots were there running from me
1:33.4	to where they found the body?
1:34.6	Oh, let's see.
1:35.8	One, two, three, six, twelve, twelve, Sam.
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