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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
A Killing in Abilene
Originally Aired: December 14, 1950 Suspense #407, "A Killing in Abilene," stars Alan Ladd as Jeff Mander, a man who has traveled 300 miles from Abilene to…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
After the Movies
Originally Aired: December 7, 1950 Suspense #406, "After the Movies," stars Ray Milland as Al Benig, a juror sequestered during a sensational trial. When Al…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Lady in the Red Hat
Originally Aired: November 30, 1950 Suspense #405, "The Lady in the Red Hat," features Van Heflin as Mitch Mitchell, a columnist whose provocative articles…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Going, Going, Gone
Originally Aired: November 23, 1950 Suspense #404, "Going, Going, Gone," finds married couple Wally and Jan Pindell caught up in an increasingly dangerous…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
On a Country Road
Originally Aired: November 16, 1950 Suspense #403, "On a Country Road," stars Cary Grant as David, who makes a fateful decision to take a shortcut with his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Blood on the Trumpet
Originally Aired: November 9, 1950 In Suspense #402, "Blood on the Trumpet," Victor Roberts, a talented jazz trumpeter in New Orleans, finds himself under…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Victoria Cross
Originally Aired: November 2, 1950 Suspense #401, "The Victoria Cross," finds Captain Vale, a housemaster at the prestigious Hoxley School, trapped in a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Too Hot to Live
Originally Aired: October 26, 1950 Suspense #400, "Too Hot to Live," Jefferson Casey, an ex-Air Corps captain still wearing his old uniform, jumps off a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Wages of Sin
Originally Aired: October 19, 1950 Suspense #399, "The Wages of Sin," stars Barbara Stanwyck as Ruby Miller, a woman with a questionable past who returns to…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Rave Notice
Originally Aired: October 12, 1950 Suspense #398, "Rave Notice," presents Milton Berle as Sam, a passionate actor whose world crumbles when director Norman…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Rose Garden
Originally Aired: October 5, 1950 Suspense #397, "The Rose Garden," stars Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Trimble, a recently widowed woman who arrives at her cousin…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Fly by Night
Originally Aired: September 28, 1950 Suspense #396, "Fly by Night," stars Joseph Cotten as Mickey Manning, a desperate man trapped in a nightmare of his own…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Crowd
Originally Aired: September 21, 1950 Suspense #395, "The Crowd," Lieutenant Johnny Stilano investigates the murder of Edgar Dale, an ordinary man found stabbed…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Over the Bounding Main
Originally Aired: September 14, 1950 Suspense #394, "Over the Bounding Main," stars Dan Daly as Martin Evans, a down-on-his-luck husband whose strained…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
True Report
Originally Aired: August 31, 1950 Suspense #392, "True Report," Lieutenant Ben Kennedy receives what seems like a routine assignment from Captain Zoste…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Love, Honor, or Murder
Originally Aired: June 29, 1950 Suspense #391, "Love, Honor, or Murder," Helen and Harry Lewis face a life-changing decision when Harry, a struggling cab…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The One Millionth Joe
Originally Aired: June 22, 1950 Suspense #390, "The One Millionth Joe," features Jack Carson as Al Gerzant, a public relations man who orchestrates a Fourth of…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Case of Henri Vibard
Originally Aired: June 8, 1950 Suspense #388, "The Case of Henri Vibard," finds Henri Vibard living comfortably at Gladstone Memorial Rest Home under the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
A Case of Nerves
Originally Aired: June 1, 1950 Suspense #387, "A Case of Nerves," stars Edward G. Robinson as Albert Baker, a man driven to murder by years of watching his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Very Much Like a Nightmare
Originally Aired: May 25, 1950 Suspense #386, "Very Much Like a Nightmare," follows Bryce McClane, an office worker returning to his job at the Nugent building…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Angel Face
Originally Aired: May 18, 1950 Suspense #385, "Angel Face," Cherry Wheeler faces every sister's nightmare when her younger brother Chick falls under the spell…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Man in the Room
Originally Aired: May 11, 1950 Suspense #384, "The Man in the Room," stars John Lund as a freelance writer who hires Miss Markham, a typist working in a shabby…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Statement of Mary Blake
Originally Aired: May 4, 1950 Suspense #383, "Statement of Mary Blake," stars Joan Bennett as Mary Blake, a young assistant who accepts a position working for…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Chain
Originally Aired: April 27, 1950 Suspense #382, "The Chain," stars Agnes Moorhead as Leonora Cofferner, a bitter housewife who receives an ominous chain letter…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Pearls Are a Nuisance
Originally Aired: April 20, 1950 Suspense #381, "Pearls Are a Nuisance," Walter Gage is enjoying a leisurely morning of doing nothing when his fiancée Ellen…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Six Feet Under
Originally Aired: April 13, 1950 Suspense #380, "Six Feet Under," finds carnival performer Jack Daly trapped in more ways than one. Ten hours a day, he lies…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Salvage
Originally Aired: April 6, 1950 Suspense #379, "Salvage," stars Van Johnson as Danny Connor, a down-on-his-luck pilot who gets an unexpected visit from his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Blood Sacrifice
Originally Aired: March 30, 1950 Suspense #378, "Blood Sacrifice," presents Joseph Cotten as John Scales, a playwright whose success is entirely tied to the…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
One and One’s a Lonesome
Originally Aired: March 23, 1950 Suspense #377, "One and One's a Lonesome," Ronald Reagan stars as George Bellock, a man whose profitable side venture is about…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Motive for Murder
Originally Aired: March 16, 1950 Suspense #376, "Motive for Murder," stars Alan Ladd as Detective Dave Murphy, whose world shatters when he comes home to find…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Banquo’s Chair
Originally Aired: March 9, 1950 Suspense #375, "Banquo's Chair," stars James Mason as Sir William Brent, the recently retired head of English criminal…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Lady Killer
Originally Aired: March 2, 1950 Suspense #374, "Lady Killer," stars Loretta Young as Peg Lincoln, a woman who buys a last-minute airplane ticket from a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Slow Burn
Originally Aired: February 23, 1950 Suspense #373, "Slow Burn," Johnny Wilson stands in a dingy hotel room watching the clock tick toward midnight, waiting for…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Murder Strikes Three Times
Originally Aired: February 16, 1950 Suspense #372, "Murder Strikes Three Times," stars Marlene Dietrich as Laura, a woman whose husband Robert dies in a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Butcher’s Wife
Originally Aired: February 9, 1950 Suspense #371, "The Butcher's Wife," stars Kirk Douglas as Harry Carr, a New York transplant who lands a liquor clerk job at…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Consideration
Originally Aired: February 2, 1950 Suspense #370, "Consideration," stars Rosalind Russell as Ellen Forrester, a woman whose gambling addiction has devastating…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Mr Diogenes
Originally Aired: January 26, 1950 Suspense #369, "Mr Diogenes," stars Ozzy and Harriet Nelson in a mysterious tale that begins with an innocent penny fortune…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Escape of Lacey Abbott
Originally Aired: January 19, 1950 Suspense #368, "The Escape of Lacey Abbott," stars William Powell as Lacey Abbott, a man who has spent two years confined in…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Four Hours to Kill
Originally Aired: January 12, 1950 Suspense #367, "Four Hours to Kill," stars Robert Taylor as Theodore, a down-on-his-luck newspaper man who visits his…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
I Never Met the Dead Man
Originally Aired: January 5, 1950 Suspense #366, "I Never Met the Dead Man," stars Danny Kaye as Joe Wickoff, an ordinary truck driver whose life turns into a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Bullet
Originally Aired: December 29, 1949 In Suspense #365, "The Bullet," Ruth Martin finds herself trapped in a psychological nightmare with her husband Harry. When…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Double Entry
Originally Aired: December 22, 1949 Suspense #364, "Double Entry," stars Eddie Cantor as Eddie, a bookkeeper who discovers his longtime friend and colleague…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Flame Blue Glove
Originally Aired: December 15, 1949 Suspense #363, "The Flame Blue Glove," stars Lana Turner as Shadow, a former detective who left the business when she…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
For Love or Murder
Originally Aired: December 8, 1949 In Suspense #362, "For Love or Murder," pianist Tommy Lee commits the unthinkable at the urging of his lover Anne. Following…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Mission Completed
Originally Aired: December 1, 1949 Suspense #361, "Mission Completed," stars James Stewart as Tom, a paralyzed World War II veteran who has spent four years in…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Long Wait
Originally Aired: November 24, 1949 Suspense #360, "The Long Wait," stars Burt Lancaster as Dan Vettel, a man fresh out of prison with murder on his mind…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Red-Headed Woman
Originally Aired: November 17, 1949 Suspense #359, "The Red-Headed Woman," stars Lucille Ball as Linda, a secretary whose broken engagement sends her down a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Murder of Aunt Delia
Originally Aired: November 10, 1949 Suspense #358, "The Murder of Aunt Delia," presents a chilling tale of identity theft and cold-blooded murder. Dort…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Search for Isabell
Originally Aired: November 3, 1949 Suspense #357, "The Search for Isabell," stars Red Skelton as Dick Brown, an ordinary bank clerk whose life takes a strange…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Momentum
Originally Aired: October 27, 1949 Suspense #356, "Momentum," stars Victor Mature as Dick Payne, a man whose life spirals dangerously out of control in a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Good Night Mrs Russell
Originally Aired: October 20, 1949 Suspense #355, "Good Night Mrs Russell," stars Betty Davis as a middle-aged widow who becomes an unwitting target of danger…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Account Payable
Originally Aired: October 13, 1949 Suspense #354, "Account Payable," stars Edward Arnold as Timothy Baker, a long-suffering head bookkeeper who has endured 22…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Defense Rests
Originally Aired: October 6, 1949 Suspense #353, "The Defense Rests," stars Van Johnson as Robert Tasker, an ex-convict on trial for murder. As his defense…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Blind Date
Originally Aired: September 29, 1949 Suspense #352, "Blind Date," finds vaudeville performer Gloria LaFay preparing to leave Chicago after closing night when a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Experiment 6-R
Originally Aired: September 22, 1949 Suspense #351, "Experiment 6-R," Morris Brandt has spent twelve long years as assistant manager at the Carlton Plaza…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Last Confession
Originally Aired: September 15, 1949 Suspense #350, "Last Confession," Jesse, a young woman living with her roommate Edna, becomes increasingly disturbed by…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Chicken Feed
Originally Aired: September 8, 1949 Suspense #349, "Chicken Feed," stars Ray Milland as Ralph Clark, a San Francisco attorney whose marriage spat over a nickel…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Nightmare
Originally Aired: September 1, 1949 Suspense #348, "Nightmare," stars Gregory Peck as Ben, a family man whose tranquil Fourth of July fishing trip turns into a…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
The Day I Died
Originally Aired: June 30, 1949 Suspense #347, "The Day I Died," stars Joseph Cotten as Wells Galloway, a wealthy lawyer whose life has crumbled around him…
- Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills
Ghost Hunt
Originally Aired: June 23, 1949 Suspense #346, "Ghost Hunt," disc jockey Smiley Smith embarks on a publicity stunt that goes terribly wrong. Looking to boost…