Sam Spade – Retro Radio Podcast

Or, The Corpse in the Murphy Bed. It’s the time of year for vacations, and in the office of Sam Spade, will somebody be taking a trip soon? The client…

Or, How to Be Happily Married, Though Single. A letter from a stranger named, Ella comes to Sam. Is it legitimate, a prank, or from a damsel in distress? Sam…

Reading a western novel, Bumpus Hell, to himself as a relaxing sleep aid, Sam doesn’t think it’s working. Especially when a neighbor comes pounding on his door. On the third…

Taking down his report on his latest case, Effie gets in a joke on Sam. A vending machine baron comes to Sam with a problem. Vandals are breaking his gum-ball…

Effie Perine is terribly upset over her misbehaving typewriter. Her S, Q, and P keys aren’t right. It’s a set up to lead into Sam’s most recent report. Pat is…

Get into the Halloween spirit with witches brews, costume parties, howling wolves, and more. Sam fits into a Halloween ball to pose as an uninvited guest. Instead of adding some…

Having a hard time sleeping, the noises in the night don’t help the matter for Sam. Traffic, sirens, cats, domestic violence, and a knock at the door, and a visit…

On a case where he has to rub elbows with high society, Sam gets the details about a man who married Elanor, a woman twice his age. Her death caused…

Sam is feeling in the dumps when he has to report on a longtime friend. Dick Foley is a fellow detective who keeps to himself. Opening up to Sam, he…

A report of a robbery case is where Sam starts, as he dictates his report to his secretary. A wealthy family wants to keep their recent loss private, and out…

Discussing his evening out dancing, Effie seems a little jealous as she gives Sam the cold shoulder. Still, she dutifully takes pen in hand to take dictation on his latest…

Bernadine is back to replace Effie Perine as Sam’s secretary. She has Sam singing the blues as he dictates his report on how a man was murdered with a buzz…

Sam gets involved in murder when a timid man comes to him, asking for help in preventing a woman from marrying into an abusive relationship. Silvia seems pretty capable in…

The men in the little white coats could be coming for Sam as he phones in his report to his secretary. Effie Perine. Escaping the mad scientists, he tells her…

Effie and Sam throw some 1940’s slang back and forth between them as they joke about being drunk, and Sam’s latest adventure. He has an appointment to meet with a…

As part of the Suspense radio program, Sam Spade crosses over to tell this tale. Some introductory background to the character of Sam Spade is given, and how his stories…

Bernardine is still filling in for Sam’s usual secretary, Effie. Relive the latest adventure as Sam gives his report. He had been hired on for a wealthy family to safeguard…

Using a temporary secretary, Bernardine, Sam files his report. A dame needs help in getting her husband, Leo, out of trouble. He’s trying to go straight, but is finding it…

Audio is poor, with lots of hum. Sam sits in his underwear, trying to keep cool in the sweltering weather. Morton phones him to handle an important case. Can Sam…

Dr Reese is having woman problems, but it may involve murder instead of a matter of divorce. Sam is soon on the scene just in time to chase his suspect…

Audio is a bit staticky. Effie Perine gets the word of Sam’s latest brush with death when he barrels through the office door. As the loyal secretary takes notes for…

After hinting at being Shanghaied to his secretary, Effie, Sam Spade tells about his dangerous adventure at sea. In voiceover, we find it starts with a dame. Marsha Hopkins shares…

Effie is in a singing good mood as she shows off a new hair do to her busy boss. Sam dictates his latest report about a workaholic butler who thinks…

Featuring the orriginal cast from the film. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorrie. Sam Spade and his partner, Archer take a case when a dame darkens their…

It’s time to dictate another report to his secretary, Effie Perine, and Sam is dead on his feet. Acting as an insurance investigator, Sam talks to a dead man, or…

Gabrielle Leggit is a missing person who Sam is now dictating his report about. The young woman has flown the coupe and is suspected of swiping things from the mansion.…

Sam is in a grumpy mood, as he dishes out his report to his secretary, Effie Perine. A client enters, who wants to redecorate, and make improvements to the office. The actor, Fritz, doesn't impress Sam much. What does he propose anyway, how can he help Sam? The only redeeming quality is the promise of a job, guarding a diamond. All Sam has to do is wear a rabbit suit.

Featuring Steven Dunn as Sam Spade. Sam recounts his latest case to his secretary, Effie, as he goes into flashback mode to relive it. With a sizable reward in store…

Sam and Effie compare notes on their family Thanksgiving celebrations, then Sam shares how his became the subject of his next report. A knock on the door reveals a little bald man with a pink birthmark under his ear, and the unfortunate name of Tom Turkey.

A small, leprichan of a man, and valet to the Exxon family enters to take Sam on his next case. Mr Figg delivers Sam to the distraught Hillary Exxon. Gunshots…

Sam is surprised, and glad to have his regular secretary back. Effie’s vacation did her good, and she’s ready to take Sam’s report, although he has a condescending way of…

Trying to prank his secretary when he phones in, Sam hints at the clue that his latest case revolves around. Arriving in the office, Effie shares a little confusing family…

Sam seems to have picked up a stalker, a timid man who struggles to get up the courage to talk to our hard boiled detective. What’s the life and death…

Matters of journalism, and the National Geographic seem to have Effie Perine in tears today. Will Sam’s report on the latest caper settle her down? Playing long distance phone tag…

The first thing Sam Spade needs to do is sober up his client. The distraught architect has had his building project sabotaged. Who had it out for him? Sam’s investigation…

Or the Revenge of Monty Cristoff. A man of high social circles, Gosden, is losing ground regarding his public reputation. The millionaire hires Sam to investigate Monty Cristoff to see…

Working for an insurance company, Sam is hired to be security guard for Kimberly Cross. Who is she? Well… it’s not a she… It’s actually jewels, that are valued at…

Despite being his secretary, Effie is jealous over seeing Sam out with another woman. He soon returns to the office to deliver the report on his latest case. The weather…

Effie Perine is in tears, but is it over something she did wrong? Sam comforts her, and dictates his report to her. He had gone to a client who needs…

The tourist favorite, Fisherman’s Wharf, is at the center of Sam’s latest caper. Rosalie and Louie were to be married next week, but Louie has turned up missing. Dominic tries…

In reporting on his latest caper, Sam finds his secretary, Effie Perine, in uncharacteristic bad attitude. What is it about the big job for the local newspaper that has her…

Meeting up with a fellow gum shoe, Sam learns his client isn’t just a writer of soap operas, she writes several. Her melodramatic dictation of her latest tear jerker spills…

Cashflow for Sam Spade and Effie Perine seems tight, but things could be going their way soon, Sam dictates his report on his job down at the race track. Hired…

A weekend of trouble, and a blood covered bullet in a snowball begins the report that Sam Spade shares with his secretary. His ski trip took a deadly turn from…

Enjoying an evening with a cozy cloak and dagger novel, Sam’s quiet night is interrupted by an exotic dame from the middle East. When Shall,mar drops dead in Sam’s apartment…

Has Sam had it with detective work? What would he do if he decided to quit? He reports on his latest caper, and the lecture of foreign correspondents he attended…

A phone call sends Sam to a radio station, and his next case. A radio show has an innovative idea for a crime and mystery show, involving real interviews for…