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is time for this week's adventure with Sam Spade. The original air date is February 2, 1951,

and the title is The String of Death Caper. The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

Sam Spade Detective Agency. Me, sweetheart. Sam, you know you're on all the papers.

Don't think I'm happy about it. You were standing on the sidewalk pointing,

and there's a dotted line running from you to X where they found the body.

You mean where they found the last body? If there were several before us.

I know. All of four poor people. Tell me if a how many dots were there running from me to where

they found the body. Oh, let's see, um, one, two, three, six, twelve, the twelve, Sam.

That's what I expected. What does it stand for? For one, two, three, six, twelve. That's it.

Oh, no, not really. But definitely, we just got in on the big finish. This is a tale of deceit

and in free gaps strung through many islands and several countries, yay, through a great many

lives. So I am left with no choice but to call it The String of Death Caper.

For NBC, William Spear, radio's outstanding producer director of mystery and crime drama,

brings you the greatest private detective of them all in The Adventures of Sam Spade.

Effie! Can I have some? Don't shout. How are you, Sam?

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