Tears Of Night Matter: The Adventures of Sam Spade (July 24, 1949)

“Tears Of Night Matter” is an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 24, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Sam Spade is hired by gambling club owner Johnny McCall to return a valuable diamond necklace called the Tears of Night to Daphne Arlington, who lost it at the roulette table. When Spade delivers the necklace, he discovers the situation is far more complex than a simple retrieval job, involving a dangerous jewelry appraiser, a fake duplicate necklace, and multiple murders that threaten to destroy Daphne's life.

San Francisco, including Sam Spade's office, Johnny McCall's gambling mansion, the White Hotel, and Daphne Arlington's apartment

Characters: Sam Spade, Daphne Arlington, Johnny McCall, Mamie Kagan, Lenny Eppich, Mr. Hannibal Martuus, Peely, Candy

Listen for: A complex scheme involving a genuine diamond necklace and its counterfeit copy; Spade's encounter with Johnny McCall's thugs; Spade's clever method of protecting the valuable necklace; the revelation of multiple murders and hidden motives among seemingly innocent parties

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.