Episode 115 - Hammett Heroics (Fat Man & Sam Spade)

Dashiell Hammett is widely regarded as the father of the hard-boiled school of crime fiction. After his days as a Pinkerton detective, he turned to writing mysteries, and he gave the genre some of its best loved stories, including The Maltese Falcon , The Thin Man , and The Dain Curse . In honor of his birthday, we'll hear radio adventures of two of his private eyes - Brad Runyon, aka The Fat Man , in "Murder Plays Hide and Seek" (originally aired on ABC on January 2, 1948); and Sam Spade in "The Lawless Caper" (originally aired on CBS on August 29, 1948).