Indian Caper: The Adventures of Sam Spade (September 25, 1949)

“Indian Caper” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 25, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Sam Spade is hired by Chief Black Cloud to find a missing engineer named Clarence Hobart. The Chief also entrusts Spade with a valuable beaded Wampum belt of great sentimental and historical importance to the Nipmuck tribe. When Hobart is found dead and the Wampum belt is stolen from Spade's office, he must uncover the truth about what everyone wants from the mysterious artifact.

San Francisco, primarily in Spade's office, the St. Mark Hotel, an engineering firm, and various city locations.

Characters: Sam Spade, Chief Black Cloud, Little White Lilac, Clarence Hobart, Anderson Watts, Carla Nuka, Grit Ham, Effie

Listen for: A tale of murder, theft, and conflicting claims over a sacred Wampum belt said to hold secrets to hidden tribal treasure. Watch for the revelation of Little White Lilac's true motives and the solution to Hobart's death.

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.