Apple Of Eve Caper: The Adventures of Sam Spade (June 19, 1949)

“Apple Of Eve Caper” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 19, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private detective Sam Spade is hired by Eve Adams to warn off a jealous woman named Dream of Love who has threatened her. When Eve is found murdered at her apartment, Spade investigates a complex case involving a love triangle with a man named Gorse Hagen, discovering crucial evidence that suggests someone has tried to frame Dream of Love's brother Eddie.

San Francisco in 1949, including Spade's office, Eve Adams's apartment, Dream of Love's building, a bar called the Seahorse, and Gorse Hagen's converted PT boat in the waters near Sausalito.

Characters: Sam Spade, Effie Perrine, Eve Adams, Dream of Love, Eddie Love, Gorse Hagen, Lieutenant Dundee, Captain Basaldi

Listen for: A clever mystery where the physical evidence tells a different story than it first appears; Spade's deduction about what the nail polish and burned shirt really reveal; the tense confrontation on Hagen's boat and the final explanation of who committed the murder and why.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.