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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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03:08:56

Episode 433 - Stars of "It's a Wonderful Life"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/12/24

We wrap up our series of classic holiday films with It's a Wonderful Life - the timeless tale from Frank Capra that proves no man is a failure who has friends. We'll hear three of its stars - Jimmy Stewart, Sheldon Leonard, and Thomas Mitchell - in Suspense thrillers, an old time radio recreation of the movie, and a bonus spoof courtesy of The Jack Benny Program. Thomas Mitchell is a tycoon with more than business on his mind in "Case History on Edgar Lowndes" (originally aired on CBS on June 8,

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02:08:34

Episode 432 - Stars of "The Bishop's Wife"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/12/18

Our December series of classic holiday films continues with the cast of The Bishop's Wife - the heavenly comedy about a beleaguered bishop, his supportive wife, and the angel who pays a visit to lend a hand. We'll hear its three stars - Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven - recreate their roles in a radio adaptation of the film and we'll also hear them in three old time radio thrillers. First, Ms. Young fears for her life in "Lady Killer" (originally aired on CBS on March 2, 1950). Then, Cary

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02:01:18

Episode 431 - Stars of "It Happened on Fifth Avenue"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/12/11

A tycoon's vacant mansion hosts holiday hijinks in the classic comedy It Happened on Fifth Avenue. It's the story of a vagrant who makes himself at home in the house when the owner heads south for the winter, and of how the true owner and his family end up as invited Christmas "guests" of their tenant. We'll hear two of the film's stars in radio thrillers - Charles Ruggles in "Suspicion" (originally aired on CBS on February 10, 1944) and Don DeFore in "The Furnished Floor" (originally aired on CBS

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02:38:53

Episode 430 - Stars of "Miracle on 34th Street"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/12/04

A month-long series of classic holiday films and their casts kicks off with Miracle on 34th Street - the story of a department store Santa who says he's the real deal. We'll hear three of its stars in radio thrillers from Suspense, plus a radio recreation of the film. Maureen O'Hara is a debutante turned detective in "The White Rose Murders" (originally aired on CBS on July 6, 1943). Edmund Gwenn stars in a darkly comedic murder mystery from Dorothy L. Sayers in "The Fountain Plays" (originally

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01:02:18

BONUS - Substitute Stars of "Double Indemnity"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/28

After you hear Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck recreate their famous roles on The Lux Radio Theatre, enjoy this bit of "what if" alternate Hollywood casting of the film. Burt Lancaster, Joan Bennett, and Myron McCormick play Walter Neff, Phyllis Dietrichson, and Barton Keyes in an adaptation of Double Indemnity from The Ford Theater (originally aired on CBS on October 15, 1948).

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02:35:11

Episode 429 - Stars of "Double Indemnity"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/26

"Noirvember" draws to a close with the cast of Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder's genre-defining adaptation of James M. Cain's novel. It's a twisted tale of greed, lust, and revenge with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson, and we'll hear each of them in an old time radio thriller courtesy of Suspense. Robinson invents a spouse to get ahead at work with unexpected results in "My Wife Geraldine" (originally aired on CBS on March 1, 1945). Ms. Stanwyck is a tough dame whose

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BONUS - Jack Benny Presents "The Killers"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/21

It's an addendum to our spotlight show on The Killers as Jack Benny, his radio gang, and special guest star Edward G. Robinson present their own version of the movie. This comedic caper originally aired on NBC on November 24, 1946.

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02:36:48

Episode 428 - Stars of "The Killers"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/20

Ernest Hemingway's short story The Killers was memorably adapted and expanded for the big screen by director Robert Siodmak and an incredible cast. We'll hear the stars of that film - plus a radio recreation - as our "Noirvember" series continues. Ava Gardner slows down for a hitchhiker with murder on his mind in "Lady in Distress" (originally aired on CBS on May 1, 1947). Edmond O'Brien is a streetwise reporter out for the story of the year in "The Argyle Album" (originally aired on CBS on

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02:53:10

Episode 427 - Stars of "The Maltese Falcon"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/13

Our celebration of "Noirvember" continues with the cast of The Maltese Falcon - the classic adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's celebrated novel. Peter Lorre plays a husband with a plot to dispose of his wife and her lover in "Till Death Do Us Part" (originally aired on CBS on December 15, 1942). Mary Astor is on the other side of the equation, as she plans to kill her husband and his girlfriend before they bump her off in "In Fear and Trembling" (originally aired on February 16, 1943). Humphrey Bogart

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02:07:38

Episode 426 - Stars of "Laura"

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/11/06

Beginning with this episode, Stars on Suspense goes to the movies and shines a spotlight on the cast of a Hollywood classic. Up first is Laura, the 1944 Oscar-nominated mystery that the American Film Institute hailed as one of the ten best of all time. We'll hear three of its stars in "radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" - Dana Andrews in "Two Birds With One Stone" (originally aired on CBS on May 17, 1945), Clifton Webb in "The Burning Court" (originally aired on CBS on June 14, 1945), and

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03:45:26

Episode 425 - Horror's Heavy Hitters

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/10/30

Happy Halloween! We're celebrating with a spooky collection of some of the big screen's most famous monsters in old time radio thrillers. Orson Welles is the count who never drinks...wine in "Dracula," presented by the Mercury Theatre On the Air (originally aired on CBS on July 11, 1938), and Suspense presents its own version of the horror classic "Frankenstein" (originally aired on CBS on June 6, 1955). Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" walk the streets in a syndicated story from

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04:03:39

Episode 424 - Final Favorites - 1955 to 1962

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/10/23

Our journey through the years of "radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" ends with my favorite installments from the final years of Suspense. Ray Bradbury presents a terrifying tale of a popular new kids' game in "Zero Hour" (originally aired on April 5, 1955), and a pharmacist races to correct a potentially fatal error in "To None a Deadly Drug" (originally aired on CBS on October 25, 1955). A man meticulously plots how to dispose of his wife's body in "Variations on a Theme" (originally aired on

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02:30:33

Episode 423 - Favorites from 1952 to 1954

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/09/25

Suspense enters its final decade on the air and loses its longtime sponsor as our journey through the years of the show continues. Between 1952 and 1954, Elliott Lewis remained at the helm of the series and continued to present compelling dramas, but the rise of television and the loss of Autolite’s financial support left Suspense in a transition period by the middle of the decade. We’ll hear my favorite shows from this three year run: Deborah Kerr is a jewel thief out for revenge against her old

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04:35:46

Episode 422 - Favorites from 1951

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/09/11

The first lady of Suspense, comedy legends, Oscar-winning stars, and some of radio’s best character actors fill out the casts of my favorite Suspense shows from 1951. Agnes Moorehead races across town to save a stranger from a date with a killer in “The Death Parade” (originally aired on CBS on February 15, 1951), and Ronald Colman is a nightclub psychic who discovers his act may no longer be a fake in “A Vision of Death” (originally aired on CBS on March 8, 1951). Jack Benny plays a piano tuner who

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02:37:06

Episode 421 - Favorites from 1950

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/09/04

We enter the 50s as our journey through the years of Suspense continues with my favorite episodes from 1950. First, Dana Andrews is a cop on the trail of a killer in a radio adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Crowd” (originally aired on CBS on September 21, 1950), and Milton Berle is an actor who hopes he can convincingly play a crazy man to escape a death sentence for murder in “Rave Notice” (originally aired on CBS on October 12, 1950). Cary Grant picks the wrong time and place to run out of gas in

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01:37:19

Encore - Jack Benny: No Sillies, Just Suspense

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/08/28

As we head into the long Labor Day weekend, enjoy this encore episode featuring one of radio's greatest comedians trading laughs for thrills as Jack Benny stars on Suspense! First, he finds a bag of money and a pile of trouble in "Murder in G-Flat" (originally aired on CBS on April 5, 1951). Then, he's an embezzling retiree who adjusts his pension plan in "A Good and Faithful Servant" (originally aired on CBS on June 2, 1952). Finally, we head to Mars where Benny's average Martian is recruited to

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03:36:04

Episode 420 - Favorites from 1949

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/08/21

Comedy legends, legendary leading men, and the first lady of Suspense - they’re all here in my favorite episodes of 1949! Fibber McGee and Molly take the car ride from hell with an uninvited passenger in “Backseat Driver” (originally aired on CBS on February 3, 1949), and Gregory Peck wakes up with a missing memory and a murder charge in “Murder Through the Looking Glass” (originally aired on CBS on March 31, 1949). Edward G. Robinson is a reluctant swindler who confides in the wrong crook in “You

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03:07:03

Episode 419 - Favorites from 1948

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/08/14

The tenth year Stars on Suspense kicks off with my favorite installments of "radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" from 1948! First, it's a sixty-minute Sam Spade/Suspense crossover with Howard Duff in "The Kandy Tooth," a radio sequel to The Maltese Falcon (originally aired on CBS on January 10, 1948). Then, Burt Lancaster is a tough guy with murder on his mind in "The Big Shot" (originally aired on CBS on September 9, 1948) and Edward G. Robinson plays both himself and "The Man Who Wanted to Be

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02:35:02

Episode 418 - Favorites from 1947

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/07/10

1947 marked the end of an era on Suspense as Roma Wines (“that’s R-O-M-A”) ended its sponsorship of the program. But before it parted ways with “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills,” it brought another big line-up of stars to the microphone, and this week we’ll hear my favorite episodes from the year. Van Heflin stars as an executive who resorts to less than ethical methods to climb the corporate ladder in “Three Blind Mice” (originally aired on CBS on January 30, 1947). Howard da Silva plays a

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02:25:11

BONUS - More Favorites from '46

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2025/07/08

I had too many favorite 1946 Suspense shows for one episode! In this bonus installment, I'm sharing five more of my most-loved "tales well calculated" from '46. Brian Donlevy stars as Duncan Maclain, the blind detective created by Baynard Kendrick in an adaptation of Kendrick's mystery "Out of Control" (originally aired on CBS on March 28, 1946). Agnes Moorehead - the first lady of Suspense - stars in "Post Mortem," a story from Cornell Woolrich about a dead husband and a lottery ticket (originally

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