Vintage Classic Radio

Tuesday Night Detectives - The Adventures of Sam Spade (The 25) & Rocky Fortune (The Plot to Murder Santa)

December 18, 2025·55 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This week's Christmas holiday edition of Tuesday Night Detectives brings two hard-boiled mysteries with a season twist. First up is The Adventures of Sam Spade in "The 25", originally broadcast December 15, 1950, as America's most famous private eye follows a case where greed, suspicion, and a Christmas payoff collide in classic noir fashion.  Then it's Rocky Fortune, produced by NBC and starring Frank Sinatra, in the offbeat holiday mystery, "The Plot to Murder Santa Claus" originally aired December 22nd, 1953, mixing sharp dialogue, street-level intrigue, and dark humour. Settle in for a night of detectives, danger and vintage radio drama in this special holiday episode of Tuesday Night Detectives, only on Vintage Classic Radio.

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