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Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

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 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

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

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

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