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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
Never Follow a Banjo Act
Originally Aired: February 1, 1954 Suspense #537, "Never Follow a Banjo Act," stars Ethel Merman as Rosie Jones, a veteran nightclub singer whose career has…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Want Ad
Originally Aired: January 25, 1954 Suspense #536, "Want Ad," presents a chilling portrait of a calculating criminal who has perfected a deadly method of making…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Face Is Familiar
Originally Aired: January 18, 1954 Suspense #535, "The Face Is Familiar," stars Jack Benny as Tom Jones, a down-on-his-luck man with an unusual talent: he…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The One Man Crime Wave
Originally Aired: January 11, 1954 Suspense #534, "The One Man Crime Wave," presents a chilling dramatization based on actual events as a city descends into…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
On a Country Road
Originally Aired: January 4, 1954 Suspense #533, "On a Country Road," stars Frank Lovejoy as David, who takes what seems like an innocent shortcut with his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Queen’s Ring
Originally Aired: December 28, 1953 Suspense #532, "The Queen's Ring," starring James Mason and Pamela Mason, presents the turbulent relationship between Queen…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
’Twas The Night Before Christmas
Originally Aired: December 21, 1953 Suspense #531, "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," In this poignant holiday drama, young Kathy awakens on Christmas Eve…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Originally Aired: December 14, 1953 Suspense #530, "The Mystery of Marie Roget," presents Edgar Allan Poe's detective C. Auguste Dupin investigating a haunting…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Trent’s Last Case
Originally Aired: December 7, 1953 Suspense #529, "Trent's Last Case," brings to life E.C. Bentley's classic detective novel starring Ronald Colman as Philip…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Wreck of the Maid of Athens
Originally Aired: November 30, 1953 Suspense #528, "The Wreck of the Maid of Athens," presents the harrowing true story of Emily Wooldridge, whose ship catches…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Moonstone - Part Two
Originally Aired: November 23, 1953 Suspense #527, "The Moonstone - Part Two," continues Wilkie Collins' classic detective story as Sergeant Cuff investigates…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Moonstone - Part One
Originally Aired: November 16, 1953 Suspense #526, "The Moonstone - Part One," presents Wilkie Collins' classic mystery starring Peter Lawford as Franklin…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Needle in the Haystack
Originally Aired: November 9, 1953 Suspense #525, "Needle in the Haystack," presents a gripping true story from the Korean War, as Commander Don leads a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Ordeal in Donner Pass
Originally Aired: November 2, 1953 Suspense #524, "Ordeal in Donner Pass," presents the harrowing true story of the infamous Donner Party, trapped in the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Dutch Schultz
Originally Aired: October 26, 1953 Suspense #523, "Dutch Schultz," brings the violent world of 1930s organized crime to life as Broderick Crawford portrays the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
My True Love’s Hair
Originally Aired: October 19, 1953 Suspense #522, "My True Love's Hair," John Harvison, a midshipman from the merchant ship Sumatra Bell, arrives at the island…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Action
Originally Aired: October 5, 1953 Suspense #520, "Action," features Herbert Marshall as Bill, a man who awakens one Monday morning to discover a troubling…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Hellfire
Originally Aired: September 28, 1953 Suspense #519, "Hellfire," wildcatter Wally Drake faces mounting pressure from investors as he drills his eighth dry hole…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Empty Chair
Originally Aired: September 21, 1953 Suspense #518, "The Empty Chair," stars Agnes Moorhead as Barbara Warner, a new high school teacher who takes up residence…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Message to Garcia
Originally Aired: September 14, 1953 Suspense #517, "A Message to Garcia," Lieutenant Andrew Rowan arrives in Jamaica with urgent orders from the War…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Originally Aired: June 8, 1953 Suspense #516, "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste," presents a dark psychological thriller wrapped around one of maritime…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Vision of Death
Originally Aired: June 1, 1953 Suspense #515, "A Vision of Death," stars Ronald Colman as Judd, a nightclub mentalist who performs a seemingly flawless…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Pigeon in the Cage
Originally Aired: May 25, 1953 Suspense #514, "Pigeon in the Cage," Gerald Brewer, a 31-year-old paperhanger with a pregnant wife at home, finds himself…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Vial of Death
Originally Aired: May 18, 1953 Suspense #513, "Vial of Death," tells the harrowing true story of a race against time that unfolds over one terrifying night…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Othello, Part 2
Originally Aired: May 11, 1953 Suspense #512, "Othello, Part 2," continues Shakespeare's tragic tale of jealousy and manipulation on the island of Cyprus. The…
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Othello, Part 1
Originally Aired: May 4, 1953 Suspense #511, "Othello, Part 1," presents Shakespeare's tragic tale of jealousy and betrayal set in motion by the villainous…
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The Man Within
Originally Aired: April 27, 1953 Suspense #510, "The Man Within," presents a haunting tale of fear and betrayal. Andrews, a desperate fugitive, stumbles upon…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Public Defender
Originally Aired: April 20, 1953 Suspense #509, "Public Defender," Philip James Penn finds himself in serious trouble when police arrive at his boarding house…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Great Train Robbery
Originally Aired: April 13, 1953 Suspense #508, "The Great Train Robbery," features Fred MacMurray as Walter Beaumart, a forty-two-year-old everyman who has…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Around the World
Originally Aired: April 6, 1953 Suspense #507, "Around the World," presents the thrilling true story of the 1908 international automobile race from New York to…
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Tom Dooley
Originally Aired: March 30, 1953 In Suspense #506, "Tom Dooley," Confederate veteran Tom Dooley returns home to the North Carolina Smokies after four years of…
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The Signalman
Originally Aired: March 23, 1953 Suspense #505, "The Signalman," a railway signalman keeps a lonely vigil at an isolated cutting where trains thunder into a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Mountain
Originally Aired: March 16, 1953 Suspense #504, "The Mountain," presents a harrowing tale of ambition and survival at 22,000 feet. Six men remain at the fourth…
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The Dead Alive
Originally Aired: March 9, 1953 Suspense #503, "The Dead Alive," stars Herbert Marshall as Philip Lefranc, an overworked English barrister seeking rest and…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Storm
Originally Aired: March 2, 1953 Suspense #502, "The Storm," presents Frank Lovejoy as Larry Weston, half of a successful dance team with his wife Joyce. When…
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St James Infirmary Blues
Originally Aired: February 23, 1953 Suspense #501, "St James Infirmary Blues," featuring Rosemary Clooney, plunges listeners into the violent world of…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Love and Death of Joaquin Murieta
Originally Aired: February 16, 1953 Suspense #500, "The Love and Death of Joaquin Murieta," presents the tragic true story of how a peaceful Mexican grandee's…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Originally Aired: February 9, 1953 Suspense #499, "The Man Who Cried Wolf," presents a harrowing tale of Cold War desperation starring William Powell. Meros…
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Plan X
Originally Aired: February 2, 1953 In Suspense #498, "Plan X," Jack Benny stars as Zeno, an ordinary assembly line worker on Mars who is suddenly summoned by…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Spencer Brothers
Originally Aired: January 26, 1953 Suspense #497, "The Spencer Brothers," Richard Widmark stars in this gritty Western tale based on a true story of the Old…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Gold on the Adomar
Originally Aired: January 19, 1953 Suspense #496, "Gold on the Adomar," presents the story of Nick, a recently retired Navy diver who has left the service…
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part Two
Originally Aired: January 12, 1953 Suspense #495, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part Two," continues Charles Dickens' unfinished masterpiece with Herbert…
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part One
Originally Aired: January 5, 1953 In Suspense #494, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part One," John Jasper, a music instructor in the sleepy cathedral town of…
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Melody in Dreams
Originally Aired: December 29, 1952 Suspense #493, "Melody in Dreams," Detective Lieutenant Royals and Detective Sergeant Shank of the narcotics division…
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Arctic Rescue
Originally Aired: December 22, 1952 Suspense #492, "Arctic Rescue," stars Joseph Cotten as Gerald Stewart, first mate of the Jessica, a ship embarked on a…
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The Man with Two Faces
Originally Aired: December 15, 1952 Suspense #491, "The Man with Two Faces," Detective Lieutenant Gus Palichek of Cleveland's homicide division faces one of…
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Joker Wild
Originally Aired: December 8, 1952 Suspense #490, "Joker Wild," presents a chilling portrait of celebrity comedian Harry Malloy, a man desperate to prove he's…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Big Heist
Originally Aired: December 1, 1952 Suspense #489, "The Big Heist," presents the story of a pool hustler who gets drawn into something far more dangerous than…
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Man Alive
Originally Aired: November 24, 1952 In Suspense #488, "Man Alive," San Francisco columnist Man Jackson finds himself drawn into a dangerous mystery when Mama…
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Death and Miss Turner
Originally Aired: November 17, 1952 Suspense #487, "Death and Miss Turner," stars Agnes Moorehead as Rachel Turner, a woman who insists she is dead yet somehow…
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The Frightened City
Originally Aired: November 10, 1952 Suspense #486, "The Frightened City," stars Frank Lovejoy as Nick Crawford, a soldier returning home from war only to…
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Frankenstein
Originally Aired: November 3, 1952 In Suspense #485, "Frankenstein," Dr. Victor Frankenstein visits his friend James, a minister, with a confession that will…
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Allen in Wonderland
Originally Aired: October 27, 1952 Suspense #484, "Allen in Wonderland," stars Cornell Wilde as Mr. Stone, a South Carolina attorney who becomes entangled in a…
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The Death of Barbara Allen
Originally Aired: October 20, 1952 Suspense #483, "The Death of Barbara Allen," Anne Baxter stars in this haunting retelling of the classic folk ballad set in…
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How Long Is the Night
Originally Aired: October 13, 1952 Suspense #482, "How Long Is the Night," presents the harrowing true story of a man stranded alone on a desolate Pacific…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Diary of Dr Pritchard
Originally Aired: October 6, 1952 Suspense #481, "The Diary of Dr Pritchard," presents the chilling true story of a Victorian-era physician who uses his…
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Vidocq’s Final Case
Originally Aired: September 29, 1952 Suspense #480, "Vidocq's Final Case," brings the legendary French detective out of retirement when Paris is plagued by a…
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Jack Ketch
Originally Aired: September 22, 1952 Suspense #479, "Jack Ketch," presents the dark world of John Price, a man whose very name has become synonymous with death…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Concerto for Killer and Eye Witnesses
Originally Aired: June 9, 1952 Suspense #477, "Concerto for Killer and Eye Witnesses," Detective Sergeant Jesse Crandall and his partner Abe Delaney are…
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A Good and Faithful Servant
Originally Aired: June 2, 1952 Suspense #476, "A Good and Faithful Servant," stars Jack Benny as Harold Fenton, a meek bookkeeper who has spent nearly thirty…