Farmers Daughter Caper: The Adventures of Sam Spade (September 3, 1950)

“Farmers Daughter Caper” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 3, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Sam Spade rents a room at a rural tourist home and becomes entangled with the farmer's niece, Mary, who begs him to help her escape. When Spade investigates a mysterious sealed cave on the property, he discovers a man who has been buried alive. The case spirals into murder and theft as Spade uncovers dark secrets on the isolated farm.

A rural California farmhouse and surrounding property, with flashbacks to San Francisco.

Characters: Sam Spade, Effie, Mrs. Burt Elkins, Mary, Uncle Bert Elkins, Mr. Lyndon, Sheriff Homer Pickett

Listen for: Spade's narration of his dangerous encounter at the farm, the revelation of what happened to the missing man in the cave, and the final confrontation with the criminal behind the scheme.

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.