Episodes

  • Screen Guild Theatre: The Maltese Falcon

    Screen Guild Theatre: The Maltese Falcon
    Jan 24 2026
    Original Release Date: May 30, 2022

    Private Investigator Sam Spade gets caught up in intrigue over a mysterious object while trying to solve his partner's murder.

    Original Air Date: September 20, 1943

    Originated in Hollywood

    Starred: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre

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    38 mins
  • Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon

    Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon
    Jan 17 2026
    Original Release Date: November 20, 2023

    Today's Mystery: Sam Spade's search for the murderer in his partner puts him in the midst of intrigue among four dangerous characters, all trying to gain possession of an enameled jeweled falcon.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1946

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starring: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade; Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy; Sidney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman; Gerald Mohr

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    38 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper

    Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper
    Jan 10 2026
    Original Release Date: November 6, 2023

    Today's Mystery:A nervous man sets Spade on the case of a man who is about to be executed at San Quentin.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1951

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starring: Steven Dunne as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Paul Frees; Olan Soule; Junius Matthews; Wally Maher; Sidney Miller; Cathy Lewis; Lou Merrill; Edwin Max

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    38 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper

    Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper
    Jan 3 2026
    Original Release Date: October 30, 2023

    Today's Mystery:Sam goes to a rural county to investigate the theft of $53,000 from a bank where an ex-client works.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Peggy Webber, Verna Felton, Sidney Miller, Alice Wellman, Charles Smith, Nestor Paiva,

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    35 mins
  • Sam Spade The Civic Pride Caper

    Sam Spade The Civic Pride Caper
    Dec 27 2025
    Original Release Date: October 23, 2023

    Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to investigate the collapse of a civic auditorium, for which his client is being blamed.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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    37 mins
  • Sam Spade The Denny Shane Caper

    Sam Spade The Denny Shane Caper
    Dec 20 2025
    Original Release Date: October 16, 2023

    Today's Mystery:A sixteen-year-old girl hires Spade to find her brother, a notorious criminal.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1951

    Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Cathy Lewis, Lou Merrill, William Conrad, Paul Frees, Jerry Hausner,Kathleen Freeman, William Tracy

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    37 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Vendetta Caper

    Sam Spade: The Vendetta Caper
    Dec 13 2025
    Original Release Date: October 9, 2023

    Today's Mystery:A wealthy man hires Sam to find out why an even more wealthy neighbor is trying to ruin him

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1951

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Tony Barrett

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    39 mins
  • Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper

    Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper
    Dec 6 2025
    Original Release Date: Octomber 2, 2023

    Today's Mystery:Steve is hired to protect a valuable necklace.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher, Fritz Feld, Georgia Ellis, Sidney Miller, Olan Soule, Alice Wellman

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    38 mins