Dick Foley Caper: The Adventures of Sam Spade (September 26, 1948)

“Dick Foley Caper” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 26, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sam Spade is hired by his old friend Dick Foley, a detective, to help with a problem. Claude Spicer, a grifter Dick helped convict years ago, has been released from prison and Dick fears Spicer is planning revenge. When Spicer is found dead on a ferryboat after a confrontation with Dick, the case spirals into accusations of theft, murder, and betrayal among the people Sam thought he knew.

San Francisco, including Dick Foley's detective office, Grayson's jewelry store, the Belvedere hotel, an Oakland ferryboat, and the police homicide department.

Characters: Sam Spade, Dick Foley, Effie, Maxine, Claude Spicer, Lieutenant Dundee, Mickey Lanahan

Listen for: The twist ending that reveals the true killer and the layers of deception woven through Dick Foley's attempt to protect both his wife and himself from the consequences of old crimes.

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.