This is a rebroadcast of the original Suspense! Radio Show. Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist. Suspense went through several major phases, ...
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Shadow never liked Dutch or working for his detective agency. She’d done her final case and thought she was through with Dutch when she married Jimmy Conway but then one day Dutch turned up wanting her to work on a case for him, a closed case that had been nagging him as he still felt that it was murder. A case that Shadow had done the groundwork f…
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A paralyzed World War II veteran sees Sukey, the man who tortured him when he was a POW, and is determined to kill him, no matter how difficult that may prove. Stars James Stewart About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alf…
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He has spent the last three years in prison and he has a debt to repay. He wants to murder Lois Williams, the woman responsible for her brothers death. He goes to her apartment, takes out his gun, opens the door and steps in. Lois Williams stands in front of him looking as radiant as ever, but there is one big problem – Lois isn’t scared, she wants…
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Gloria Lafaye is a stage actress and wonders how she is ever going to meet anyone so she goes on a blind date with Mr Vincent Hawthorne who sent her a note that afternoon. She never would have accepted but she thought he was going to be a nice person because of his handwriting and it was just a little late supper together. But they never left the l…
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Harvey Warren Counselor of Law had it all. He had everything the best, a house that rambled for 14 rooms, a house that he built for his wife Lily. She was beautiful and he had it all until the day his wife Lily was murdered… Stars Bob Hope and William Conrad About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired fro…
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Betty Grable as Jeanie who lives with her sick mother and has been in love with Ted for the last year. But now a police man has turned up asking questions about her life. Stars Betty Grable, Raymond Burr, and William Conrad About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars…
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Fibber McGee and Molly star as Joe and Ellie a couple who are the victims of a carjacking when the criminal known as the Hampshire murderer hides in the back of their car and forces them at gunpoint to help him get away. Ellie is frightened when he forces them to take them to their house to hide knowing that their two children are there and that he…
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Mrs Sheila Morrison is in desperate trouble and goes to see a lawyer named Mr Baloo. Her husband is the prominent surgeon Paul Morrison from Boston. Mrs Morrison is English and met he husband in London in 1939. He was different then deeply concerned and caring but the war changed him. They were happy for the first years of their marriage then Mrs M…
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Ken spent seven years in jail for manslaughter and was let out early for good behaviour. He left Chicago for New York to a start a new life where nobody knew him. With seventeen dollars in his pocket he tried to get a job but no one would employ him. For some unknown reason he decides to spend $14 on a gun and when he leaves the shop he stops to li…
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When a Hollywood producer is framed for murder, his actress-wife swears to get the real killer...but there's more to Eve than meets the eye. Stars June Havoc and Prince Michael Romanoff About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) a…
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"The Kandy Tooth". The story of the return of the "Fat Man!" A sequel to "The Maltese Falcon," with "Joel Cairo," Wilmer's younger brother, and other characters from the film. This time, it's a search for a treasure worth more than the "Maltese Falcon!" William Spier speaks after the drama. The script was previously heard on, "The Adventures Of Sam…
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The subway always affected Paula Stevens and she had to stand back from the edge of the platform far away from the shining tracks and the train roaring in out of the black because what she really wanted to do was throw herself under the train. The light on the shining track hypnotised her like the eyes on a snake. And that evening full of cold the …
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Phil Markham was a writer and right now he was spending as much time looking at his typewriter, as he would normally spend writing a novel. But however understanding she was he didn’t need Anne’s stupid sympathy. He decided that he would go away to England for a few months for some inspiration. In England he comes across a box of things that had be…
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When Mathew Ebberman was a child he was ugly and awkward with big hands and everyone hated him and teased him and he hated been called ugly, double ugly. But his mother loved him, she thought he was wonderful but after Mathew’s mother died Mathew went away from town and it was after that as a grown man he had to do with murder. Stars June Havoc and…
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Jimmy and his sister Helen had never been apart since their parents died before that summer Jimmy got a job up at Lake Arrowhead. Helen was supposed to go with him and wait on tables or something but at the last minute she decided to stay in LA figuring her boyfriend Steve would be home on a furlough. Jimmy should have known better, his sister was …
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June Havoc in the story of a girl whose fatal resemblance to a famous movie star leads to murder. Stars June Havoc About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger). Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE!…
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Jean Thornton was a tall square shouldered blond with high cheekbones and a good figure. She was art director of William J. Farrow one of the best advertising agencies in town and yet Helen Grant hadn’t been in her office five minutes when she knew that she was afraid of something, her boss, responsibilities of her job, something. Stars Anne Baxter…
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The script was subsequently produced on Suspense on April 26, 1951. An excellent tale of murder and suspense that keeps you on the edge of your chair for the duration. The plot is quite simple and pretty much standard radio show thriller format, but the acting and sub-plot keep you interested as the story unfolds. The story starts off with a wife m…
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"Speed" is a fast talking car salesman who falls for a wealthy man's wife, runs away with her, and then finds out that she's not what she seems to be! Stars Glenn Ford About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcoc…
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Sam Bentley and Dick Walsh are partners with Arthur Lockwood in business but Lockwood cannot stand the other two and wishes they were both dead. When he goes to the office that night to check something out he discovers that Sam in his office chair shot dead his wrist watch had stopped at five after eight. He also discovers a letter on his desk addr…
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A young couple rent a cheap house, and in the course of unpacking and exploring generally, they discover a locked closet to which there is no key. Neither of them thinks anything of it until later that night, when they hear unearthly shrieks, first coming from a distance, then apparently coming from inside the house. When they investigate, they dis…
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Nancy Kelly plays the part of a Hollywood working girl who one rainy midnight found death sitting beside her on the way home. If only she hadn’t been talked in to serving that last car that came in to the drive-in… Stars Judy Garland About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured …
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Dame Fortune is a story involving a wife, a husband, a blackmailer and a remarkably ingenious murder plot. Stars Susan Hayward About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger). Night Shift Radio Present…
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Homer is a pathetic, henpecked husband who couldn't say 'boo' to a goose to save his life. Watching Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar is a life changing experience for him. He wants to be Edward G. Robinson, and begins to imitate his idol in spare moments and spin daydreams in which he is the tough hero. The more his wife gets on his nerves, the …
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Ernest Bowers is badly injured in a car accident, but there is a problem. Earnest is a cataleptic. Catalepsy is a disease of the nerves and mind. The physical conditions when a cataleptic has a spell closely resemble death and include the primary stages of rigor mortis. Ernest carries a special medallion informing whoever reads it that he is a cata…
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There were three passengers sitting in the bus when the driver went outside for the return trip to the asylum two men and a girl. Suddenly a siren was heard from the asylum and then the police stopped the bus to warn them that a killer-lunatic was on the loose. They described him as slight built about 140 pounds dark hair brown eyes and 27-years-ol…
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The lives of Helen and Steve Gare were turned upside down when their new housemaid Jenny arrived and seemed to have this strange hold on Mr Gare. Stars Gregory Peck About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (…
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Maybe the costume was the decisive factor or maybe it would have happened anyway. In any event the occasion was the tenth reunion and the class of 29 as such occasions demand were all dressed identically in cowboy suits. There was Ted Wolf whom he hadn’t seen in ten years although in college he’d been by far his closest friend and so of course he b…
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When Mrs Rednick brings her library book Gone With The Wind back two days late it costs her 4 cents. She asks the librarian if she knows what happens on page 931. It seems that a page has been deliberately ripped out. Prudence, the librarian decides to investigate further and discovers that words on the following page had been underlined. Prudence …
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A good story about a horribly disfigured man who visits a diner every day to bring the owner bad luck. Everything seems to be going well for Mr. Bailey and his diner. He’s just taken on a great new chef and business is booming until one day a man with a face that could haunt your dreams walks in. Unfortunately, the man ends up becoming a regular an…
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A British solicitor is forced to shelter a murderer. His complex scheme to rid himself of the killer appears successful. + Richard Samson was a lawyer who was never really much attracted by Alan Renwick even before he murdered his butler Baines. When Renwick turned up for his help and threatened to kill him also if he went to the police suddenly th…
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Ed Bliss and his wife Janet had been married for three months when after an argument she walked out on him to return to her mothers. The last words she said to him were “you’ll never see me again as long as you live,” words that would come back to haunt him. Stars Joseph Cotten About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show…
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Olivia De Havilland stars as Judith Webster who found herself embarked upon a journey into darkness. It is 1939 shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving as travelling companion to wealthy American Mrs Prescott. When Mrs Prescott died Judith had promised to arrange her a burial at sea. It was on this journey that …
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It was their first day in Havana. Taking a hack in a open horse drawn carriage they had spent the afternoon driving around seeing the sights. They had stopped off in a bar and had just had their photograph taken when suddenly Eve collapsed… Stars Brian Donlevy About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired f…
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On a dusky summers night in 1927 Marsha made her final exit from the stage after being murdered. In the wake of his glamorous daughters demise from the stage, Maurice slid into depression. After witnessing a miserable modern dressed caricature of the Bard's greatest play MacBeth he reappears with an idea to avenge his daughter by revealing her murd…
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Sophronia Moorhead is enjoying a holiday in Florida when she meets the man of her dreams. H. Johnson is strong, generous, poetic, deep, thoughtful, handsome - in short too good to be true. Sophronia is well and truly smitten with him. For the remainder of her holiday he treats her like a Queen. In the end marriage is inevitable, but what exactly is…
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Charles Laughton as Mr Pender law abiding citizen of suburban London who meets a man on the night train and gets in to a conversation on fictional murderers in books and real life murderers. Pender tells the man that he knows how to commit a murder in an undetectable way by using a potent formula which alone would not kill but would be fatal if the…
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Banquo’s Chair is a strange and startling drama in which in the interest of justice Sir William Brent, ex-head of English Criminal Investigation, and his friend Arthur Grange make use of an unusual method to ring a confession of guilt from a criminal. Story by: Rupert Croft-Cook Produced and Directed by: William Spier Stars Donald Crisp About Us Su…
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The Beast Must Die is a powerful story of vengeance and retribution. Herbert Marshall plays the part of Felix Laine a writer by profession of detective novels who was planning to kill a man. He didn’t know his name, where he lived or what he looked like but he knew that he was going to find him and kill him. He recorded all of the details in a diar…
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Miss Zizi Lewis is taking the subway home late at night when her purse is snatched. A tall dark handsome man recovers her bag for her and disappears in to the crowd. When she opens her bag to find the nickel she needs for the slot her heart nearly stops for there in her bag is a wad of notes which looked like ten grand… Stars Lucille Ball About Us …
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Case History On Edgar Lowndes is a story in which psychiatry is called upon to deal with a sick mind, which has unknowingly been tempted thrice by murder. Thomas Mitchell stars as the millionaire tycoon Edgar Lowndes and Donald Crisp as the psychiatrist Dr Erinson. A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams…
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Lucille Fletcher has written the Suspense play “Fugue in C Minor” which deals with brooding anxiety and sharpening suspicion played against the severe and forbidding background of the late Victorian era. Stars Ida Lupino, Vincent Price About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and feature…
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Donovan’s Brain, the famous novel by Curt Siodmak was deemed so unusual by the producers of Suspense that it was made in two 30-minute parts. Orson Welles stars as Dr Patrick Cory who has been experimenting on keeping alive the brain of a dead monkey. When a plane crashed nearby and knowing they’d be unable to save its passenger, ruthless millionai…
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Donovan’s Brain, the famous novel by Curt Siodmak was deemed so unusual by the producers of Suspense that it was made in two 30-minute parts. Orson Welles stars as Dr Patrick Cory who has been experimenting on keeping alive the brain of a dead monkey. When a plane crashed nearby and knowing they’d be unable to save its passenger, ruthless millionai…
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Eddie Bracken stars as Bud Owen a boy over whose head hung dark clouds of suspicion and who is involved in a particularly heartless crime. Stars Eddie Bracken About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lo…
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Twenty years ago when the Marvelous Barastro was young man he traveled as a magician with a small carnival across Eastern Europe. One night the settled in a small village in Russia and the villagers gathered around them. It was here that he met the woman who was blind with her grandfather and he could not bear to tell her her future and the agony t…
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A story about a femme fatale German spy and her nephew/henchman who are up to no good. There's kidnapping, murder, espionage, etc. Stars Katina Paxinou About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger). …
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Lockwood and Guthrie were working on a invention for the government but when Lockwood is killed for his half of the blueprints Guthrie knows that he will probably be next. Stars Sonny Tufts About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Danc…
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A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy. A good twisting plot! Sneak Preview Tells of a rather remarkable adventure experienced by a noted director of screen fellows, Frank Henderson played by Joseph Cotton. Stars Joseph Cotten About Us Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the origina…
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Robert Tasker is on trial charged on the indictment of murder in the first degree. Robert Tasker cannot help thinking that if it wasn’t for his lawyer Mr Craiger he wouldn’t be here yet the irony is that his lawyer was the only friend he’d ever had in the whole world. Tasker was an ex-con sentenced to ten years. While in prison he began writing sto…
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