Ep.473 The Adventures Of Sam Spade: The Shot In The Dark 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 2023

⏱️ 31 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 Shot in the Dark Caper: Sam is hired by a newspaper to solved a murder that was captured in a new...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio.
0:22.3	I'm your host Stevie K.
0:25.5	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:32.2	For today's episode, I bring you The Adventures of Sam Spade, episode titled The Shot in the Dark Caper, originally their date, February 23rd, 1951, where Sam is hired by a newspaper to solve a murder that was captured in a news photo but was never reported to the cops.
0:45.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery.
0:51.3	Thank you for listening. Spade, Detective.
1:19.0	Sam's State Detective, agency.
1:19.9	Me, sweetheart.
1:21.3	Oh, it's you.
1:23.1	What kind of a greeting is that?
1:24.0	Oh, it's you. Well, Sam, I may be only your secretary and all that.
1:26.9	But I do have feelings, you know.
1:28.9	What have I done now?
1:30.5	If you'll recall. Yes. You were supposed to take me to the Geary Theater last night. Yeah? And you never showed up. Well, Effie, I... Oh, I know. You'll make up some big story like you always do. Always an excuse. No, I'll try to tell you the truth.
1:42.2	And then...
1:42.6	The truth.
1:43.2	It'll probably be a story about at least two or three people being killed.
1:46.6	Yeah.
1:46.9	How you had to be there to stretch... an excuse. No, I'll try to tell you the truth. And then... The truth. It'll probably be a story about at least two or three people being killed,
1:46.5	how you had to be there to straighten the whole thing out. Well, as a matter of fact... And then there'll be beautiful women with hair like carved smoke and crimson slashes for mouths. You would leave that out. Now that you mention it, after... and shooting and getting knocked out and glass keying your way into houses and anything else you can think of.
2:03.5	Effie!
2:04.1	Well, if you think that I... Now that you mention it, after... And you're going shooting and getting knocked out and glass keying your way into houses
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