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Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Unravel the Mystery with Suspense! - The Classic Radio Thriller Series Step back in time to the golden age of radio with ”Suspense!” - the iconic series that captivated audiences from 1942 to 1962 with its thrilling tales and unforgettable performances. Featuring over 900 broadcasts penned by renowned authors and directors, ”Suspense!” brought the finest in thriller and mystery genres to the airwaves. Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, ”Suspense!” showcased Hollywood’s brightest stars…
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- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Beirut by Sunrise
Originally Aired: May 31, 1955 Suspense #600, "Beirut by Sunrise," Mildred Gideon, a third-grade schoolteacher from North Dakota on a Mediterranean cruise…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
I Saw Myself Running
Originally Aired: May 24, 1955 Suspense #599, "I Saw Myself Running," Susan begins experiencing terrifying recurring nightmares that blur the line between…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Lili and the Colonel
Originally Aired: May 17, 1955 Suspense #598, "Lili and the Colonel," presents a gripping tale of colonial tension and deadly secrets in Kenya Colony, East…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Going, Going, Gone
Originally Aired: May 10, 1955 Suspense #597, "Going, Going, Gone," finds newlyweds Wally and Jan Pindale making an impulsive purchase at an estate auction…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Remember Me
Originally Aired: May 3, 1955 Suspense #596, "Remember Me," Harry Nora finds himself in a desperate situation when his plan to rob Mr. Leibowitz's small…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Sight Unseen
Originally Aired: April 26, 1955 Suspense #595, "Sight Unseen," Colin Farragut, a journalist for the Times, experiences a disturbing encounter while relaxing…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Speed Trap
Originally Aired: April 19, 1955 Suspense #594, "Speed Trap," follows rookie highway patrolman Art as he learns his new mountain beat from veteran officer…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Lunch Kit
Originally Aired: April 12, 1955 Suspense #593, "The Lunch Kit," Jonathan reluctantly helps his embittered father construct a devastating weapon disguised as…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Zero Hour
Originally Aired: April 5, 1955 Suspense #592, "Zero Hour," presents Ray Bradbury's chilling tale of an innocent children's game with sinister implications…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Give Me Liberty
Originally Aired: March 29, 1955 Suspense #591, "Give Me Liberty," follows Paul French, a man who embezzled a quarter of a million dollars and managed to hide…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Game
Originally Aired: March 15, 1955 In Suspense #589, "The Game," two restless teenagers, Pen and Red, find themselves bored on a lazy summer afternoon with…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Nobody Ever Quits
Originally Aired: March 8, 1955 Suspense #588, "Nobody Ever Quits," a man desperately trying to escape his criminal past finds himself trapped when his old…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Screaming Woman
Originally Aired: March 1, 1955 Suspense #587, "The Screaming Woman," presents a chilling tale of childhood terror that no adult will believe. Young Margaret…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Waiting
Originally Aired: February 22, 1955 Suspense #586, "Waiting," three women endure an agonizing vigil as the hours tick down to Norman Landon's execution for the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Man with the Steel Teeth
Originally Aired: February 17, 1955 Suspense #585, "The Man with the Steel Teeth," presents the harrowing tale of Arthur Henderson Lutrel, an American…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Diagnosis of Death
Originally Aired: February 10, 1955 Suspense #584, "Diagnosis of Death," a medical mistake triggers a race against time when Simon Davis overhears what he…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Killing in Abilene
Originally Aired: February 3, 1955 Suspense #583, "A Killing in Abilene," starring Parley Baer, tells the gripping story of Jeff Mander, a man who has spent…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Operation
Originally Aired: January 27, 1955 Suspense #582, "The Operation," begins with a robbery gone terribly wrong when two gunmen, Al and Danny, hold up a liquor…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Study of a Murderer
Originally Aired: January 20, 1955 In Suspense #581, "Study of a Murderer," a devoted wife recounts the devastating transformation of her husband Hank from a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Final Payment
Originally Aired: January 13, 1955 Suspense #580, "Final Payment," stars Harry Bartell as Joe Thurston, an ordinary working man struggling to support his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Odd Man Out
Originally Aired: December 30, 1954 In Suspense #578, "Odd Man Out," Johnny, a wounded revolutionary, finds himself dying and abandoned after a payroll robbery…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Premonition
Originally Aired: December 23, 1954 Suspense #577, "Premonition," Tony and Gwen Christopher, Americans living in Austria, find themselves stranded in a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Pretty Girl
Originally Aired: December 16, 1954 Suspense #576, "Pretty Girl," Emmy Carter is found wandering in the rain, clutching a mysterious heavy object, with no coat…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
On a Country Road
Originally Aired: December 9, 1954 Suspense #575, "On a Country Road," stars Harry Bartell and Virginia Gregg as David and Dorothy, a young couple who make a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Shot
Originally Aired: December 2, 1954 Suspense #574, "The Shot," stars William Conrad as Lieutenant Zachary Peyton, a man consumed by an incomplete duel from…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Blind Date
Originally Aired: November 18, 1954 In Suspense #572, "Blind Date," Gloria Le Fay, a contortionist performing her late mother's act in a Chicago theater, waits…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Sure Thing
Originally Aired: November 11, 1954 In Suspense #571, "The Sure Thing," Phil Brannon is an independent bookie who has built his success on a sharp…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Last Letter of Dr Bronson
Originally Aired: November 4, 1954 Suspense #570, "The Last Letter of Dr Bronson," Dr. Bronson writes an urgent letter to his colleague Dr. Mosher as midnight…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Shelter
Originally Aired: October 28, 1954 Suspense #569, "The Shelter," a woman finds herself stranded at a remote bus stop on a dark night, waiting for the midnight…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Rave Notice
Originally Aired: October 21, 1954 Suspense #568, "Rave Notice," presents a chilling psychological portrait of Sam, a struggling actor whose ego proves as…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Lost
Originally Aired: October 14, 1954 Suspense #567, "Lost," finds Alice wandering the streets of New York City in a state of complete amnesia. Unable to remember…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Chicken Feed
Originally Aired: October 7, 1954 Suspense #566, "Chicken Feed," begins with an ironic twist of fate. Ralph Clark storms out of his San Francisco home after a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Little Matter of Memory
Originally Aired: September 30, 1954 In Suspense #565, "A Little Matter of Memory," Edward Mansell and his wife Joan are recuperating in an isolated cottage on…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Never Steal a Butcher’s Wife
Originally Aired: August 10, 1954 Suspense #564, "Never Steal a Butcher's Wife," Harry Carr is fresh off the bus from New York when he lands a job as a liquor…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Goodnight Mrs Russell
Originally Aired: August 3, 1954 Suspense #563, "Goodnight Mrs Russell," Mrs. Russell is a pleasant, middle-aged widow who frequents Henry's small cafe near…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Destruction
Originally Aired: July 27, 1954 Suspense #562, "Destruction," presents a harrowing portrait of a man dying from the inside out. Joe Porter lies in a hospital…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Telling
Originally Aired: July 20, 1954 Suspense #561, "Telling," presents a troubled young man desperately seeking validation and respect. Terry Ellis returns home to…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Run Sheep Run
Originally Aired: July 13, 1954 In Suspense #560, "Run Sheep Run," Joe Hayward is driving home from his factory job through the dense Southern California fog…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Tip
Originally Aired: July 6, 1954 Suspense #559, "The Tip," Elaine Stratton returns home after dropping her husband George at the train station, only to find an…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Too Hot to Live
Originally Aired: June 29, 1954 Suspense #558, "Too Hot to Live," presents Jefferson Casey, a drifter and former Air Corps captain, who jumps off a freight…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Sequel to Murder
Originally Aired: June 22, 1954 Suspense #557, "Sequel to Murder," Frank Galt, a book editor who claims to have no imagination, finds himself trapped in a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Earth Is Made of Glass
Originally Aired: June 15, 1954 Suspense #556, "The Earth Is Made of Glass," Richard Thomas Steele, a wealthy intellectual recluse, engages in a heated…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Terribly Strange Bed
Originally Aired: June 7, 1954 Suspense #555, "A Terribly Strange Bed," young Englishman Gerald Titchener finds himself in Paris with his friend Henry Calder…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Listen Young Lovers
Originally Aired: May 31, 1954 Suspense #554, "Listen Young Lovers," presents the true story of a desperate escape from Communist tyranny in Czechoslovakia…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Weekend Special-Death
Originally Aired: May 24, 1954 In Suspense #553, "Weekend Special-Death," Agnes Moorhead stars as Rita Dorsey, a loyal secretary who finds herself in police…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Revenge of Captain Bligh
Originally Aired: May 17, 1954 Suspense #552, "The Revenge of Captain Bligh," stars Charles Lawton in a gripping historical drama based on the true story…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Last Days of John Dillinger
Originally Aired: May 10, 1954 Suspense #551, "The Last Days of John Dillinger," recreates the final chapter of America's most notorious public enemy. After…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Giant of Thermopylae
Originally Aired: May 3, 1954 Suspense #550, "The Giant of Thermopylae," presents the story of Jim Walters, a riveter and self-described brawler who walks out…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Bertillion Method
Originally Aired: April 26, 1954 Suspense #549, "The Bertillion Method," Charles Boyer stars as Alphonse Bertillon, the legendary French detective whose…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Card Game
Originally Aired: April 19, 1954 Suspense #548, "The Card Game," stars Richard Widmark as Chick Regan, a compulsive gambler desperately chasing one big score…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Parole to Panic
Originally Aired: April 12, 1954 Suspense #547, "Parole to Panic," stars Broderick Crawford as Paul Gordon, a man stepping out of prison after serving two…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Grand Theft
Originally Aired: April 5, 1954 Suspense #546, "Grand Theft," starring David Niven, presents the story of Mr. Bentley, a smooth-talking insurance appraiser who…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Somebody Help Me
Originally Aired: March 29, 1954 In Suspense #545, "Somebody Help Me," Eddie Franklin is a man barely holding himself together after a volatile confrontation…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Guilty Always Run
Originally Aired: March 22, 1954 Suspense #544, "The Guilty Always Run," stars Tyrone Power as Jeff, a married man whose summer beach vacation takes a dark…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Girl in Car 32
Originally Aired: March 15, 1954 Suspense #543, "The Girl in Car 32," stars Victor Mature as Mahoney, a New York police detective assigned to a cross-country…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Circumstantial Terror
Originally Aired: March 8, 1954 Suspense #542, "Circumstantial Terror," stars Ronald Reagan as Frank Thompson, a desperate man caught in a nightmare of…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Barking Death
Originally Aired: March 1, 1954 Suspense #541, "The Barking Death," presents a terrifying race against time when a rabid dog escapes from a health center…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Murder by Jury
Originally Aired: February 22, 1954 Suspense #540, "Murder by Jury," stars Herbert Marshall in a chilling courtroom drama where Edward Mason stands trial for…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Outer Limit
Originally Aired: February 15, 1954 Suspense #539, "The Outer Limit," test pilot Major Bill Westfall prepares to fly the RJX1, a top-secret experimental rocket…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Death at Skirkerud Pond
Originally Aired: February 8, 1954 Suspense #538, "Death at Skirkerud Pond," presents a harrowing true story of moral crisis in Nazi-occupied Norway. When…