Suspense (Various)

A man and his wife sit beside the fire in their country cottage. They are Professor Craft and his wife Cynthia. The cottage is rather isolated, 3 miles from the nearest house, no electricity, central heating or telephone. Professor Craft is convinced that his wife is having an affair with a young Doctor from the village, so he devises a plan to rid himself of them both.

A young girl about to inherit a fortune, is going mad. A picture of a man in her room comes closer and closer to her. There is a picture hanging on a wall, you look at it casually, an extraordinary picture you’ll say skilfully done, look at those fine brush stokes those superb colors, but isn’t the subject matter a little bizarre? It is something more than just bizarre, but let us begin from the beginning with the death of Benjamin Powell.

One of the premiere drama programs of the Golden age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills". The protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a bizarre or threatening situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second" and evildoers were usually punished in the end.

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. He had just set down the last note on paper he was happy and weary and full of peace. There was a radio near the couch, he sat down and turned it on and felt great horror as he heard the music playing on the radio, the music that he had just set down on paper. Then as the music finished the announcer said, you have just been listening to eulogy for orchestra opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henri Lefevre?

The Blackout Killer is hiding somewhere aboard a ship. 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 she learned of the “Blackout Killer” and feared that he was the man she had befriended and fallen in love with.

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 diary, which was either the best murder novel he had ever written, or an incriminating document.

Peter Lorre is typecast as The Maestro, a prizefight manager planning revenge on his star fighter by scalding him to death in the steam room!

A scheming phoney doctor is delighted to discover that his wife has a brain tumor that will kill her in three months! Dr Ferrari knew what kind of woman Nora was the moment he laid eyes on her. She was very beautiful and equally utterly heartless. She was the kind of a woman who wants everything, gives nothing and still thinks she’s a passionate bargain for any man completely unconscious of the fact that he only motivation in life is to humiliate, dominate and finally destroy any man she can get her hands on. But that didn’t matter because she had three million dollars and Dr Ferrari had already made up his mind if his plans worked out that he was going to kill her…

A very hot day finds strange predictions of the future starting to come true.

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962, and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as "Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills" it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the "Man in Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that, at the very end, usually had an unseen twist or two. Hollywood's finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was on radio that Suspense enjoyed its glory days.

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as "Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills," it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the "Man in Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two at the very end. Hollywood's finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were written by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was on radio that Suspense enjoyed its glory days.

One of the premier drama programs of the Golden age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled “radio's outstanding theater of thrills." The protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a bizarre or threatening situation, solutions were “withheld until the last possible second” and evildoers were usually punished in the end.

Suspense... Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution... until the last possible moment! Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the "Man In Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series. 11/30/44 - "The Black Curtain" with Cary Grant 5/10/45 - "Reprieve" with John Garfield 11/22/45 - "Nineteen Deacon Street" with Lloyd Nolan 7/18/46 - "Photo Finish" with Michael O' Shea 9/19/46 - "Till the Day I Die" with Dane Clark 10/10/46 - "A Plain Case of Murder" with John Lund 3/13/47 - "You Take Ballistics" with Henry DeSilva & Jack Webb 4/24/47 - "Win, Place and Murder" with Richard Conte 6/5/47 - "Make Mad the Guilty" with Hume Cronyn 9/4/47 - "The Argyle Album" with Edmond O'Brien 10/2/47 - "The Story of Markham's Death" with Kirk Douglas 7/22/48 - "Deep Into Darkness" with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 8/26/48 - "Song of the Heart" with Van Heflin 3/10/49 - "Three O'Clock" with Van Heflin 10/27/49 - "Momentum" with Victor Mature 11/24/49 - "The Long Wait" with Burt Lancaster

Suspense... Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution... until the last possible moment! Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the "Man In Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series. 7/27/44 - "The Black Shawl" with Maureen O'Sullivan 1/11/45 - "Drive-In" with Nancy Kelly 5/1/47 - "Lady in Distress" with Ava Gardner 9/25/47 - "The Blue Hour" with Claire Trevor 7/15/48 - "Summer Night" with Ida Lupino 12/9/48 - "The Sisters" with Rosalind Russell & Lurene Tuttle 3/3/49 - "Lovebirds" with Joan Fontaine 12/15/49 - "The Flame Blue Glove" with Lana Turner 12/29/49 - "The Bullet" with Ida Lupino 4/27/50 - "The Chain" with Agnes Moorehead 5/18/50 - "Angel Face" with Claire Trevor 10/5/50 - "The Rose Garden" with Miriam Hopkins 1/11/51 - "Vamp Till Dead" with Ginger Rogers 3/22/51 - "Three Lethal Words" with Joan Crawford 9/10/51 - "The Evil of Adelaide Winters" with Agnes Moorehead 3/31/52 - "Lady Pamela" with Deborah Kerr

Suspense... Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution... until the last possible moment! Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the "Man In Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series. • 2/9/50 - "The Butcher's Wife" with Kirk Douglas • 3/16/50 - "Motive for Murder" with Alan Ladd • 6/1/50 - "A Case of Nerves" with Edward G. Robinson • 9/21/50 - "The Crowd" with Dana Andrews • 11/30/50 - "The Lady in the Red Hat" with Van Heflin • 12/7/50 - "After the Movies" with Ray Milland • 12/28/50 - "A Ring for Marya" with Cornel Wilde • 5/31/51 - "Over Drawn" with Dick Powell • 6/7/51 - "Tell Ya Why I Shouldn't Die" with Richard Widmark • 8/27/51 - "The Report on the Jolly Death Riders" with William Holden • 10/29/51 - "The Hunting of Bob Lee" with Richard Widmark and William Conrad • 12/3/51 - "A Murderous Revision" with Richard Widmark • 12/10/51 - "Blackjack to Kill" with Victor Mature • 12/31/51 - "Rogue Male" with Herbert Marshall • 1/21/52 - "The Perfectionist" with Richard Basehart • 1/28/52 - "Carnival" with Joseph Cotton

Suspense ... Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the "Man in Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that, at the very end, usually had an unseen twist or two. Hollywood's finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly a thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio, where the theatre of the mind could run free.