Hello and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio. I'm your host Stevie K.

And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year. For today's episode, I bring you

The Adventures of Sam Spade, episode titled The Rushlight Diamond Caper, original air date July 4th,

1948, where Sam is hired to guard the wedding presents, but not the

groom, who is stabbed to death with a pair of garden shears. So sit back and relax, and I hope

you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening.

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Okay. Sam, State, Detective Agency, good evening.

That sounds funny in dialect, dialect. Good evening to you, and happy Fourth of July, Bernadine Hemp.

Oh, Mr. Spade.

What was the caper?

Don't you mean caper?

No, the caper.

The high point of the caper. The climax, the crescendo, the pinafore. Well, that's better for a minute. I was afraid you were learning English. Oh, no. I'm studying Spanish. Soy, impelis, canicia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Much interesting. Grazie. Shall I go home now?

No, uh, Maltzwuerite. There's a little matter of murder in two languages, neither of which is Spanish,

so stay where you are. I'll be right down to dictate my report on the Rushlight Diamond 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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