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Champion Caper

The Adventures of Sam Spade · August 7, 1949 · 29 min · 4,840 words

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Active agency. Face re-hot. Oh, Sam, I'm so glad you called. Was it a good case, Sam? Where are you? Was somebody killed? Yes. And...

But you know who did it? Yep. That's good. Who's Sam, you sound so downhearted! Well, I'm sorry, I'm trying to loosen up. Stay where you are, sweetheart. I'll be right down to dictate my report on the champion, Capers.

National Hammers, America's leading detective fiction writer and creator of Sam's Spade, the hard-boiled private eye, and William Speer, radio's outstanding producer, director of Mystery and Prime Drama, join their talents to make your hair stand on end with the adventures of Sam's Spade.

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