Overjord Caper: The Adventures of Sam Spade (June 5, 1949)

“Overjord Caper” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 5, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A mysterious woman claiming to be Mrs. Joy Overjord hires detective Sam Spade to recover a $30,000 necklace she says she failed to insure after losing it to a hotel thief. The case grows complicated when Spade discovers a corpse in a Murphy bed, encounters a smooth con artist named Feffy in the hotel, and uncovers a web of deception involving stolen jewels, switched identities, and insurance fraud.

A hotel in San Francisco; involves a canoe trip to Wisconsin and travel to the country

Characters: Sam Spade, Effie (his secretary), Mrs. Joy Overjord, George Overjord, Feffy (con merchant), Sven and Martha Loggison, Mr. Ethridge

Listen for: The mystery of the corpse in the Murphy bed and the true identities of the Overjords; Sam unraveling layers of deception involving switched passports and insurance schemes

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.