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Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills

Unravel the Mystery with Suspense! - The Classic Radio Thriller Series Step back in time to the golden age of radio with ”Suspense!” - the iconic series that captivated audiences from 1942 to 1962 with its thrilling tales and unforgettable performances. Featuring over 900 broadcasts penned by renowned authors and directors, ”Suspense!” brought the finest in thriller and mystery genres to the airwaves. Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network, ”Suspense!” showcased Hollywood’s brightest stars, including

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29:57

The Man Who Wanted To Be Edward G Robinson

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2026/04/24

Originally Aired: September 30, 1948Suspense #309, "The Man Who Wanted To Be Edward G Robinson," stars Edward G. Robinson himself in a darkly comic psychological thriller. Homer J. Hubbard is a meek, browbeaten husband who has endured twenty years of constant nagging and persecution from his domineering wife, Ada. His mundane existence takes a dramatic turn when he sees the reissue of Little Caesar and becomes utterly transfixed by Edward G. Robinson's tough-guy persona. Homer begins obsessively

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Celebration

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2026/04/23

Originally Aired: September 23, 1948Suspense #308, "Celebration," follows Todd Ward as he visits his wife Emily at a sanitarium on what she believes is their recent wedding anniversary, though in reality eight years have passed. Emily suffers from brain damage after falling down the stairs, creating pressure that distorts her grasp on reality but cannot be operated on without fatal consequences. As Todd takes her out for the day to revisit their old haunts by the lake, Emily cheerfully announces

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Hitch-Hike Poker

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2026/04/22

Originally Aired: September 16, 1948Suspense #307, "Hitch-Hike Poker," presents a harrowing tale of betrayal on the open road. Ridge Fowler, a college student hitchhiking home, gets picked up by the seemingly affable J. Stuart Beldon, a well-dressed middle-aged man driving a canary yellow convertible. As they travel down the California coast, Beldon teaches Ridge a harmless game called license plate poker and even gifts him an expensive camel's hair coat. But the friendly atmosphere takes a deadly

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30:01

The Big Shot

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2026/04/21

Originally Aired: September 9, 1948 Suspense #306, "The Big Shot," stars Burt Lancaster as Charlie Morton, a young mining engineer with curly blonde hair and a baby face who has learned to compensate for his innocent appearance with ruthless violence. Morton arrives in Mexico to work for Quinn on an illegal gold operation—setting up a secret stamping mill to process half a million dollars in gold ore and smuggle it out of the country before the government or local bandits discover it. Morton's cut

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29:53

The Morrison Affair

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2026/04/20

Originally Aired: September 2, 1948 Suspense #305, "The Morrison Affair," stars Madeline Carroll as Sheila Morrison, a desperate Englishwoman seeking the help of Boston attorney Mr. Ballou. She needs advice about divorcing her husband, Dr. Paul Morrison, a prominent surgeon from a distinguished family, but she's terrified to reveal her identity. As she reluctantly tells her story, she explains how she met and married Paul in London in 1939, where they were happy until the war changed him hideously

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30:01

Song of the Heart

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2026/04/19

Originally Aired: August 26, 1948 Suspense #304, "Song of the Heart," Neil Wilson walks into a police station with a shocking confession: he has murdered his beloved Aunt Alice by smothering her with a pillow. As he tells his story to the skeptical officers, Neil explains how his carefully ordered life unraveled after meeting Muriel Jones at the company picnic. The brash, forward Muriel is unlike anyone the shy, introverted Neil has ever encountered, and he's swept into a whirlwind romance that

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29:58

Crisis

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2026/04/18

Originally Aired: August 19, 1948Suspense #303, "Crisis," presents a harrowing tale that begins with Martha Scott's character, Mary Norquist, keeping a desperate vigil over her gravely ill baby, Kurt, who is suffering from pneumonia with a dangerously high fever of 106 degrees. With no nurses available due to a widespread epidemic and her husband Paul away on business, she must battle exhaustion and fear alone through the critical night. The doctor warns her that the baby will reach a crisis point

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Beware the Quiet Man

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills ·

2026/04/17

Originally Aired: August 12, 1948Suspense #302, "Beware the Quiet Man," Margie finds herself in a terrifying situation when she stops at Charlie's bar to wait for her boyfriend Ralph. A smooth-talking private detective strikes up a conversation and reveals he's been hired by a bank teller to investigate his cheating wife. As the detective describes his client, a quiet, unassuming man with thinning brown hair and glasses who works at Second National Bank, Margie's blood runs cold. The details match

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29:58

An Honest Man

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2026/04/16

Originally Aired: August 5, 1948Suspense #301, "An Honest Man," stars Charles Lawton as Freddie, a 44-year-old store clerk whose lifelong devotion to his mother has just ended with her death. For 26 years, Freddie has worked faithfully for Mr. Kelsey, shaped by his mother's harsh childhood lesson that dishonesty is the worst sin imaginable. But after his mother's passing, Freddie experiences an unsettling revelation: he's actually glad she's gone. His newfound freedom draws him to Dora, an

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29:57

The Yellow Wall-paper

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2026/04/15

Originally Aired: July 29, 1948Suspense #300, "The Yellow Wall-paper," Agnes Moorhead stars as a woman whose husband John, a doctor, has rented an isolated country house for the summer to help cure her nervous condition. Against John's orders, she keeps a secret journal to record her thoughts and feelings. Despite the beautiful grounds and his caring attention, she finds something deeply unsettling about the house, particularly the nursery room at the very top where John and his sister Jenny insist

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29:58

Deep into Darkness

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2026/04/14

Originally Aired: July 22, 1948 Suspense #299, "Deep into Darkness," stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Ken Matthews, an ex-convict struggling to rebuild his life in New York City after serving seven years in Joliet Penitentiary for manslaughter. Released early for good behavior, Ken follows the warden's advice to start fresh in a new city, but quickly discovers that his criminal record makes finding legitimate work nearly impossible. Desperate and down to his last few dollars, he makes a fateful

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30:06

Summer Night

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2026/04/13

Originally Aired: July 15, 1948 Suspense #298, "Summer Night," Anna Macaulay makes a desperate phone call to her old friend Helen after years of self-imposed isolation. For nearly four years since her father's death, Anna has lived as the town's recluse in a gloomy house with locked windows and doors, shutting out the world and earning a reputation as the town's "queer one." But tonight is different—Anna urgently needs Helen to come to her house immediately, insisting it's a matter of life and

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59:39

Deadline at Dawn

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2026/04/12

Originally Aired: May 15, 1948Suspense #296, "Deadline at Dawn," brings together two desperate strangers racing against time to solve a murder before sunrise. Quinn Williams and Brickie Coleman find themselves standing over a dead man's body in a quiet apartment, knowing they must find the real killer or face incrimination themselves. As the night wears on, they frantically search for clues, following leads through empty streets and dark hallways. A mysterious woman, a stolen check, and borrowed

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Life Ends at Midnight

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2026/04/11

Originally Aired: May 8, 1948 Suspense #295, "Life Ends at Midnight," stars Faye Bainter as Mrs. Bates, a poor, worn woman living in a miserable tenement apartment in the Chicago slums. Her troubled son Walter arrives unexpectedly from Pittsburgh, claiming to visit his mother, but he's really desperate for money. Walter has embezzled $1,500 from his employer and must repay it by midnight or face ten years in prison. He demands the bonds his father left, but Mrs. Bates reveals she already spent them

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59:32

The Blind Spot

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2026/04/10

Originally Aired: May 1, 1948Suspense #294, "The Blind Spot," presents a psychological thriller centered on research pioneer Leland Rogers, who finds himself receiving mysterious threatening messages as he prepares to publish his controversial survey findings. When narrator Eric Strange arrives at Rogers' hotel suite to settle a business matter, he discovers his colleague deteriorating under the pressure of the threats and unexplained aberrations plaguing him since the messages began appearing. The

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The Search

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2026/04/09

Originally Aired: April 24, 1948Suspense #293, "The Search," follows Sid Latch and a young woman named Iris as they flee across the country, pursued by authorities investigating the mysterious death of wealthy cowboy Roger Miles. The pair found themselves trapped with Miles during a severe blizzard, and when the man died under suspicious circumstances in Sid's wagon, they became the prime suspects in what authorities believe was murder for thrills or blackmail. Now on the run in Miles' stolen blue

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59:32

Crossfire

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2026/04/08

Originally Aired: April 10, 1948Suspense #292, "Crossfire," brings the acclaimed RKO radio picture to life as Captain Finley investigates the brutal beating death of Joseph Samuels in a Washington, D.C. apartment. The case centers on a group of soldiers who met Samuels in a bar earlier that evening. When Montgomery returns to the apartment looking for his buddy Mitchell, he walks into a murder scene. Mitchell's wallet is found behind the sofa cushions, making him the prime suspect, but Mitchell has

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59:32

Suspicion

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2026/04/07

Originally Aired: April 3, 1948 Suspense #291, "Suspicion," presents a chilling domestic mystery when a husband becomes convinced that his household may harbor a deadly secret. The narrator, recovering from mysterious bouts of nausea and illness, becomes increasingly paranoid as news spreads about a sweet, motherly-looking poisoner on the loose—a middle-aged cook who mixed arsenic into her delicious meals. When his wife Ethel falls ill with symptoms the doctors cannot diagnose, his suspicions turn

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60:39

Night Must Fall

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills ·

2026/04/06

Originally Aired: March 27, 1948 In Suspense #290, "Night Must Fall," charming but unsettling Dan arrives at the isolated Bramson cottage after Mrs. Chalfont, a guest at the nearby Tall Boys hotel, mysteriously disappears. Scotland Yard investigators search the surrounding forest, but it's Dan who captures everyone's attention—especially the wealthy, bedridden Mrs. Bramson. Dan works at the Tall Boys and has gotten the maid, Dora, into trouble, yet he seems strangely unbothered by the brewing

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60:37

Wet Saturday and August Heat

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills ·

2026/04/05

Originally Aired: March 20, 1948Suspense #289, "Wet Saturday and August Heat," presents two chilling tales of murder and madness. In the first story, the respectable Princey family gathers in their living room on a rainy afternoon, united by a shocking secret. Millicent Princey has just killed a curate named Withers in a moment of rage after learning he intends to marry another woman instead of her. As Mr. Princey desperately tries to interrogate his daughter and devise a plan to avoid scandal and

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