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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…
Episodes
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Death of Me
Originally Aired: May 26, 1952 Suspense #475, "The Death of Me," stars George Murphy as Harry Sawyer, a World War II veteran struggling with what doctors call…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Flight of the Bumblebee
Originally Aired: May 19, 1952 Suspense #474, "The Flight of the Bumblebee," Lieutenant Colonel Hutchin Stone commands a B-29 bomber crew on what should be a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Missing Person
Originally Aired: May 12, 1952 Suspense #473, "The Missing Person," presents the baffling true story of Joseph Ebner, a 38-year-old concert violinist and…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Frankie and Johnny
Originally Aired: May 5, 1952 Suspense #472, "Frankie and Johnny," features Dinah Shore in a dramatic retelling of the classic American ballad. Frankie is…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Shooting of Billy the Kid
Originally Aired: April 28, 1952 Suspense #471, "The Shooting of Billy the Kid," presents the legendary outlaw's story from his own perspective. At just 18…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Diary of Captain Scott
Originally Aired: April 21, 1952 Suspense #470, "The Diary of Captain Scott," presents the harrowing true story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his four…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Mate Bram
Originally Aired: April 14, 1952 Suspense #469, "Mate Bram," presents a chilling true crime story as documented by criminologist Edmund Pearson. Thomas Bram…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Remember Me
Originally Aired: April 7, 1952 Suspense #468, "Remember Me," stars Dan Duryea as Harry Norris, a desperate young man who attempts to rob a small neighborhood…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Lady Pamela
Originally Aired: March 31, 1952 Suspense #467, "The Lady Pamela," presents a sophisticated jewelry heist that goes terribly wrong. Pamela Barnes poses as a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Murder of Necessity
Originally Aired: March 24, 1952 Suspense #466, "A Murder of Necessity," Mark has reached his breaking point with Herbert J. Sachs, a corrupt private…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Wreck of the Old 97
Originally Aired: March 17, 1952 Suspense #465, "The Wreck of the Old 97," recreates the fateful journey of the legendary Southern Railway fast mail train…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Watery Grave
Originally Aired: March 10, 1952 Suspense #464, "A Watery Grave," stars Joseph Cotten as Callan, a powerful district attorney who has made a devil's bargain…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Originally Aired: March 3, 1952 Suspense #463, "The Thirty-Nine Steps," Richard Henai returns to London in the spring of 1914 after ten years in Africa, bored…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Killing in Las Vegas
Originally Aired: February 25, 1952 Suspense #462, "A Killing in Las Vegas," features Dixie Evans, a dancer who walks into a Las Vegas police station with a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Track of the Cat
Originally Aired: February 18, 1952 Suspense #461, "The Track of the Cat," rancher Kurt decides to hunt down a mountain lion that's been terrorizing his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Odd Man Out
Originally Aired: February 11, 1952 Suspense #460, "Odd Man Out," stars James Mason as Johnny, the leader of a desperate gang attempting a payroll robbery…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Treasure Chest of Don Jose
Originally Aired: February 4, 1952 Suspense #459, "The Treasure Chest of Don Jose," When a devastating hurricane destroys Jose Gasparia's ancestral home on…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Carnival
Originally Aired: January 28, 1952 In Suspense #458, "Carnival," Joseph Cotton stars as Renee Orlando, a sideshow performer known as "Renee the Robot" who…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Perfectionist
Originally Aired: January 21, 1952 Suspense #457, "The Perfectionist," follows an unnamed narrator who has committed what he believes to be the perfect murder…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Fall River Tragedy
Originally Aired: January 14, 1952 Suspense #456, "The Fall River Tragedy," stars Agnes Moorhead as Lizzie Borden, the infamous woman accused of brutally…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Case Against Loo Doc
Originally Aired: January 7, 1952 Suspense #455, "The Case Against Loo Doc," presents a gripping tale of San Francisco's Tong Wars, where District Attorney Red…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Rogue Male
Originally Aired: December 31, 1951 Suspense #454, "Rogue Male," follows an English big game hunter who undertakes what he claims is merely a "sporting stalk"…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Case History of a Gambler
Originally Aired: December 17, 1951 Suspense #452, "The Case History of a Gambler," Matt Miller drags himself through the streets with a bullet in his body…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Blackjack to Kill
Originally Aired: December 10, 1951 Suspense #451, "Blackjack to Kill," presents the chilling story of Johnny Damon, a cold-blooded assassin who makes his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Murderous Revision
Originally Aired: December 3, 1951 Suspense #450, "A Murderous Revision," takes listeners inside the increasingly volatile relationship between Christopher…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Hunting of Bob Lee
Originally Aired: October 29, 1951 Suspense #445, "The Hunting of Bob Lee," brings listeners a dramatization of one of Texas's most notorious feuds. Bob Lee, a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Log of the Marne
Originally Aired: October 22, 1951 Suspense #444, "The Log of the Marne," presents a harrowing true story of a British gunboat trapped on the Yangtze River…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Flame
Originally Aired: October 15, 1951 In Suspense #443, "The Flame," Cornell Wilde stars as Andy, a troubled young man whose dangerous obsession with fire…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Betrayal in Vienna
Originally Aired: October 8, 1951 Suspense #442, "Betrayal in Vienna," Colonel Alfred Radel, commander of the VIII Corps and creator of Emperor Franz Joseph's…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Case Study of a Murderer
Originally Aired: October 1, 1951 Suspense #441, "The Case Study of a Murderer," Beth Lathrop reflects on her marriage to Hank, a man she thought she knew…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The McKay College Basketball Scandal
Originally Aired: September 24, 1951 Suspense #440, "The McKay College Basketball Scandal," presents the story of Fred Hudson, a 20-year-old junior and star…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison
Originally Aired: September 17, 1951 Suspense #439, "Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison," presents the chilling story of Dr. Neal Cream, a calculating murderer who…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Evil of Adelaide Winters
Originally Aired: September 10, 1951 Suspense #438, "The Evil of Adelaide Winters," Adelaide Winters, played by Agnes Moorhead, defends herself from what she…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Steel River Prison Break
Originally Aired: September 3, 1951 Suspense #437, "Steel River Prison Break," starring Jeff Chandler, presents a tense escape drama based on actual events…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Report on the Jolly Death Riders
Originally Aired: August 27, 1951 Suspense #436, "Report on the Jolly Death Riders," William Holden stars in this tense drama based on actual events…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Case for Dr Singer
Originally Aired: June 28, 1951 Suspense #435, "The Case for Dr Singer," When brilliant physicist Dr. Rudolf Ellman is shot outside the American Embassy in…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Greatest Thief in the World
Originally Aired: June 21, 1951 Suspense #434, "The Greatest Thief in the World," presents James Mason as Peter Marriott, a sophisticated gentleman who may or…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Truth About Jerry Baxter
Originally Aired: June 14, 1951 Suspense #433, "The Truth About Jerry Baxter," tells the harrowing story of a teenage narcotics addict struggling to escape a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Tell You Why I Shouldn’t Die
Originally Aired: June 7, 1951 Suspense #432, "Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die," stars Richard Widmark as Nat, a smooth-talking Coney Island pitchman who must…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Over Drawn
Originally Aired: May 31, 1951 Suspense #431, "Over Drawn," stars Dick Powell as Robert Farley, a bank teller who has spent 17 monotonous years waiting for the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Another Man’s Poison
Originally Aired: May 17, 1951 Suspense #429, "Another Man's Poison," follows Claude Bourry, a 46-year-old real estate man of modest means who stumbles upon a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Death on My Hands
Originally Aired: May 10, 1951 Suspense #428, "Death on My Hands," finds bandleader Dixie seeking refuge in a quiet New England valley town, looking forward to…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
When the Bough Breaks
Originally Aired: May 3, 1951 Suspense #427, "When the Bough Breaks," stars Rosalind Russell as Evelyn Stryker, a woman in her late thirties who has just been…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Thirteenth Sound
Originally Aired: April 26, 1951 Suspense #426, "The Thirteenth Sound," Mrs. Skinner has meticulously planned and executed the murder of her husband George…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Early to Death
Originally Aired: April 12, 1951 Suspense #424, "Early to Death," follows Evie Weston and her lover Ben Faber as they execute an elaborate scheme to steal a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Murder in G Flat
Originally Aired: April 5, 1951 Suspense #423, "Murder in G Flat," stars Jack Benny as Hercules Remington, a mild-mannered piano tuner who finds himself in…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Death Pitch
Originally Aired: March 29, 1951 Suspense #422, "Death Pitch," stars Jack Carson as Nick Arnold, a carnival worker who decides that words will be his weapon to…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Three Lethal Words
Originally Aired: March 22, 1951 Suspense #421, "Three Lethal Words," stars Joan Crawford in a chilling tale of obsession and revenge. Jane Winters, a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Vision of Death
Originally Aired: March 8, 1951 Suspense #419, "A Vision of Death," presents Ronald Colman as Judd, a nightclub mind reader who finds himself in a police…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan
Originally Aired: March 1, 1951 Suspense #418, "The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan," stars William Bendix as Jumbo Brannigan, a career criminal who walks out of…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Death Parade
Originally Aired: February 15, 1951 Suspense #416, "The Death Parade," stars Agnes Moorehead as Ellen Johnson, a meticulous office worker whose orderly morning…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Windy City Six
Originally Aired: February 8, 1951 Suspense #415, "The Windy City Six," takes listeners back to the Roaring Twenties, where drummer Carstairs "Rimshot"…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Fragile-Contents Death
Originally Aired: February 1, 1951 Suspense #414, "Fragile-Contents Death," Postmaster Jordan receives a chilling anonymous phone call that transforms an…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Aria from Murder
Originally Aired: January 25, 1951 Suspense #413, "Aria from Murder," opens with renowned opera baritone Niccolò Mazzini calling police headquarters from his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Well-Dressed Corpse
Originally Aired: January 18, 1951 Suspense #412, "The Well-Dressed Corpse," Ruth Franklin, a successful advertising executive and one of the ten best-dressed…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Vamp Till Dead
Originally Aired: January 11, 1951 Suspense #411, "Vamp Till Dead," stars Ginger Rogers as Amy Watkins, a secretary who travels from New York to work for the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Alibi Me
Originally Aired: January 4, 1951 In Suspense #410, "Alibi Me," small-time hustler Georgie finds himself in desperate trouble after a confrontation with his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Ring for Marya
Originally Aired: December 28, 1950 Suspense #409, "A Ring for Marya," John, a struggling immigrant store owner, presents his wife Maria with a beautiful…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Ring for Marya
Originally Aired: December 28, 1950 Suspense #409, "A Ring for Marya," John, a struggling immigrant store owner, presents his wife Maria with a beautiful…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Christmas for Carole
Originally Aired: December 21, 1950 Suspense #408, "Christmas for Carole," Paul, a bank teller earning $48.50 a week, faces a desperate crisis when his…