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Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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Presenting the biggest legends of Hollywood starring in "Suspense," radio"s outstanding theater of thrills! Each week, we"ll hear two chillers from this old time radio classic featuring one of the all-time great stars of stage and screen.

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Episode 69 - Alan Ladd (Part 2)

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2018/01/18

Alan Ladd returns to the podcast for the end of his run on Suspense. Ladd's big break came in film noir classics like This Gun for Hire, and his characters in these two radio thrillers are cut from the same cloth as the hard-boiled residents of those movies. We'll hear "One Way Ride to Nowhere" (originally aired on CBS on January 6, 1944) and "Motive for Murder" (originally aired on CBS on March 17, 1950).

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Episode 68 - William Holden

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2018/01/11

Oscar and Emmy winner William Holden was one of Hollywood's biggest stars for decades, with his performances as cynical, conflicted men winning acclaim and awards. Whether he was the washed up screenwriter of Sunset Boulevard or the reluctant hero of The Bridge on the River Kwai, Holden kept audiences engrossed. We'll hear two of his visits to Suspense, beginning with the New Orleans jazz murder mystery "Blood on the Trumpet" (originally aired on CBS on November 9, 1950). Then he stars in a

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Episode 67 - Lucille Ball (Part 3)

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2018/01/04

For her final appearances on Suspense, Lucille Ball was joined by her then-husband Desi Arnaz. But unlike I Love Lucy, where they played for laughs, Lucy and Desi were cast in radio thrillers: tales of greed and menace. We’ll hear one of those shows – “The Red-Headed Woman,” originally aired on CBS on November 17, 1949. Then, we’ll hear an episode of My Favorite Husband, the Lucille Ball radio sitcom that led to the creation of I Love Lucy (originally aired on CBS on January 28, 1949).

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Episode 66 - Dennis Day

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/12/21

Best known for crooning and comedy, Dennis Day shows off his dramatic side in a pair of thrillers from Suspense. The longtime cast member of The Jack Benny Program plays a beatnik who thinks a murder wrap is a gas in "Like, Man, Somebody Dig Me" (an Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast of an episode from August 16, 1959). Then, in a story just in time for the holidays, Day is a man who turns to crime for the money he desperately needs to care for his family in "Christmas for Carol" (originally

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Episode 65 - Lloyd Nolan

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/12/14

Generations of viewers knew Lloyd Nolan from B-movies of the 1940s and later in television appearances through the 1980s. The Emmy winning star worked steadily in a fifty-six year career, always elevating material with his performances, whether he was playing heroes (like private eye Michael Shayne) or heavies. He had the opportunity to play bad guys of varying levels of villainy in his appearances on Suspense. We'll hear Nolan in "Heart's Desire" (originally aired on CBS on March 22, 1945) and

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01:03:51

Episode 64 - Vincent Price (Part 3)

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/12/07

Horror icon Vincent Price is back on Suspense in two more old time radio thrillers - including one of the scariest the medium ever produced. We'll hear Price as an artist with a dangerous muse in "The Name of the Beast" (originally aired on CBS on April 11, 1946). Then, you'll want to leave the lights on for "Three Skeleton Key" (originally aired on CBS on November 11, 1956). In this classic chiller, Price narrates the story of a lighthouse under siege from thousands of ravenous rats.

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Happy Birthday, Agnes Moorehead

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/12/06

Actress Agnes Moorehead - the "first lady of Suspense" - was born December 6, 1900. The legendary star won an Emmy and two Golden Globes, and she was nominated for four Academy Awards. Her credits include Citizen Kane, Dark Passage, Johnny Belinda, and Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte. But old time radio fans may know her best for two signature performances: she played "the lovely Margot Lane" opposite Orson Welles and Bill Johnstone on The Shadow and she starred in one of the most famous radio dramas of

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Episode 63 - J. Carrol Naish

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/30

You'd never guess J. Carrol Naish hailed from New York. Celebrated as "Hollywood's one-man U.N.", Naish could convincingly play characters from all around the world. He played Italian immigrant Luigi Basco in the delightful radio comedy Life with Luigi, and he earned two Oscar nominations over his career. In his appearances on Suspense, Naish put his talents for accents and dialects to good use. We'll hear him in "Footfalls" (originally aired on July 12, 1945) and "Commuter's Ticket" (originally

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Happy Birthday, Elliott Lewis

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/28

Gregory Hood, San Francisco importer and amateur detective. Frankie Remley, left-handed guitarist and incorrigible sidekick of Phil Harris. Detective Danny Clover, the cop with the soul of a poet. And Thomas Hyland, the droll "connaisseur of crime" who relayed true tales of murder. These are just some of the amazing radio creations of Elliott Lewis. The man dubbed "Mr. Radio" for his innovative work behind the scenes and his talent as an actor was born in New York City on November 28, 1917. After he

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Episode 62 - Dana Andrews

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/22

Tough big screen leading man Dana Andrews made four visits to “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills,” and the star of Laura, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and The Best Years of Our Lives made memorable impressions as both heroes and villains. We’ll hear him as a writer plotting the perfect murder in “Two Birds With One Stone” (originally aired on CBS on May 17, 1945) and as a cop pursuing a psychotic killer in an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Crowd” (originally aired on CBS on September 21,

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Episode 61 - Marlene Dietrich

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/16

With her glamorous looks and her mellifluous accent, Marlene Dietrich kept audiences captivated on stage and screen in her native Germany and later in Hollywood. She was one of the biggest stars of the World War II era, and she would go on to deliver indelible performances in Touch of Evil and Witness for the Prosecution. We'll hear Marlene Dietrich in her only Suspense appearance: "Murder Strikes Three Times" (originally aired on CBS on February 16, 1950). Then, she stars as a singer and spy in an

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Episode 60 - Agnes Moorehead (Part 3)

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/09

The "first lady of Suspense" returns to the podcast as Agnes Moorehead stars in two more old time radio thrillers. In these two shows - one a blend of comedy and crime and the other a tense psychological drama - Ms. Moorehead demonstrates why she made more appearances on the program than any other guest star. We'll hear "Post Mortem" (originally aired on CBS on April 4, 1946) and "The Thirteenth Sound" (originally aired on CBS on February 13, 1947).

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Episode 59 - Van Heflin

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/11/02

Oscar winner Van Heflin made memorable appearances in Johnny Eager, 3:10 to Yuma and Shane, and he lent his powerful presence to the radio role of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In nine visits to Suspense, he played complex heroes and despicable heels, and sometimes his characters were blends of both. We'll hear him in "Three Blind Mice" (originally aired on CBS on January 30, 1947) and "The Lady in the Red Hat" (originally aired on CBS on November 30, 1950).

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The Scariest Shows from "Suspense"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/26

Halloween is here again, and cable TV, streaming services, and the local movie theater are full of classic films with vampires, monsters, and other blood-thirsty killers out to scare the wits out of their audiences. But for me, even the scariest sights the big screen can conjure up could never compare with the thrills and chills doled out in the “theater of the mind.” And few shows were better at conjuring up tension and terror than Suspense. In honor of October 31st, and to help get you in the

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Episode 58 - Monster Mash

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/26

For Halloween, “Stars On Suspense” presents two of the biggest names in horror cinema – Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starring in “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” Lugosi plays a psychologist with a murderous theory he plans to test in “The Doctor Prescribed Death” (originally aired on CBS on February 2, 1943). Then, Karloff is a Scotland Yard man who’s new case has strange ties to his own past in “Drury’s Bones” (originally aired on CBS on January 25, 1945).

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Episode 57 - Fredric March

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/19

Fredric March was one of the most celebrated stars of stage and screen, a man whose performances earned him a pair of Oscars and two Tony Awards. Equally at home in comedy and drama, March brought to life characters ranging from Dr. Henry Jekyll and his monstrous alter ego Mr. Hyde to a beleaguered president fighting for peace in Seven Days in May. We’ll hear him in two appearances on Suspense: first as a thespian out to find his daughter’s killer in “Actor’s Blood” (originally aired on CBS on

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Happy Birthday, Angela Lansbury

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/16

Angela Lansbury, five-time Tony Award winner and three time Oscar nominee, was born October 16, 1925. She has enjoyed a long and successful career on stage, screen, and television, and she's still going strong. Generations of fans know her from her celebrated stage work (Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Blithe Spirit, and so many more), her films (including what is arguably her best performance as the cold and calculating Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate - the performance that earned her a third Oscar

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Happy Birthday, Berry Kroeger

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/16

Actor Berry Kroeger, possessing one of the most distinctive and instantly recognizable voices of the radio era, was born October 16, 1912. Kroeger appeared on the big and small screens and the stage, but he got his start on radio. He announced for and appeared in supporting roles on Suspense and he played dastardly villains on The Shadow. This writer will forever associate Kroeger with a particularly chilling Shadow episode called "The Face." Kroeger played a handsome actor whose features were

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Episode 56 - Rita Hayworth

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/12

With scintillating performances in Gilda and more, Rita Hayworth was a box office draw and a pin-up idol of the 1940s and 1950s. But there was more to Hayworth than her gorgeous looks and her status as a Hollywood “love goddess.” She was an accomplished dancer and a terrific actress, and she had the chance to show off in her lone appearance on Suspense. We’ll hear her as a murderess contending with a blackmailer in “Three Times Murder” (originally aired on October 3, 1946). Then we’ll hear her

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Happy Birthday, William N. Robson

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/10/08

William N. Robson, radio's "master of mystery and adventure" was born October 8, 1906. Robson was one of the most talented "behind the scenes" figures of the Golden Age of Radio, serving as producer, director, and occasional writer of programs across nearly every genre and throughout the entire era. Robson won six Peabody awards for excellence in broadcasting. One of his first assignments in radio came on the series Calling All Cars, a presentation of true police cases dramatized for the airwaves

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