Mystery Audio: First Nighter Sam Spade Spoof (EP3854s)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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The real mystery is where this audio came from.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the |
| 0:29.9 | Great Detectives of Old Tom Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. |
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| 1:07.6 | Well, for our second listener support special, we have something really different. |
| 1:14.1 | And it's what I'm calling a little bit of mystery audience. This audio is all over the internet |
| 1:22.9 | in several places as Sam Spade first night or spoof. But what exactly is it? Where exactly did |
| 1:33.1 | it come from? Was it broadcast on air? When was it recorded? Answers are really hard to find. |
| 1:41.2 | So we're going to play it and we're going to talk about what we can to discuss about it. |
| 1:46.9 | Now I will warn you that there are a couple of minor swear words which itself may be a |
| 1:54.0 | clue, but we'll talk about that afterwards. But listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:59.4 | All right, so let's listen to this bit of audio and see what we can figure out. It's the Sam Spade |
| 2:07.8 | first night or spoof. |
| 2:15.5 | Campanas first nighter program. |
| 2:22.8 | From the little theater of Times Square. |
| 2:28.2 | Starring Barbara Luddian Olensuley with a mall star cast sent to you by Campana, |
| 2:33.2 | the quality name in cosmetics. |
| 2:38.3 | It's clear to time on Broadway and tonight we're to witness the biggest event on the great |
| 2:44.3 | white way. The premiere of a brand new play in the little theater of Times Square. |
| 2:49.3 | There'll be plenty of excitement too because the ultimate night performance is the crucial one. |
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