Love Letter Caper Afrs: The Adventures of Sam Spade (March 27, 1949)

“Love Letter Caper Afrs” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 27, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sam Spade receives mysterious love letters from a woman named Ella, claiming she's being held prisoner by her uncle Hugo at the Westgate mansion. When Sam investigates by meeting Ella at the rendezvous point, he finds himself caught up in a blackmail scheme involving valuable jewels and forged documents. As complications multiply, Sam discovers the truth behind Ella's family fortune and her uncle's dark secrets.

San Francisco, including Sam Spade's apartment and the Westgate mansion

Characters: Sam Spade, Ella Comstock, Hugo Comstock, Stuart Mason, Sergeant Walsh, Riley, Curtin, Angel

Listen for: A clever plot twist involving forged love letters meant for someone else with the same initials, a family secret hidden in a teapot, and the revelation that Uncle Hugo is not entitled to the Comstock fortune.

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.