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Suspense was one of the premier drama programs of the Golden
Age of Radio. It was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It
was heard on CBS from June 17, 1942 through September 30, 1962.
Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than
900 are in existence in mostly high-quality recordings. Alfred Hitchcock
directed its audition show (for the CBS series Forecast) his first radio
show for the American public. This was an adaptation of "The Lodger," a
story Hitchcock had filmed in 1926 with Ivor Novello.
The sponsor became Roma Wines and then Autolite Spark Plugs; eventually
Harlow Wilcox (of Fibber McGee and Molly) became the pitchman. William Spier,
William N. Robson, and Anton M. Leder were among the producers and
directors.
There were a few rules which were followed for all but a handful of
episodes: Protagonists were usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a
threatening or bizarre situation. Evildoers must be punished in the end. The
program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy.
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and
director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run).
Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was
taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series
(featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda,
Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Colman and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when
Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and
comedy stars - often playing against type - such as Jack Benny and Jim and
Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows
retain their power to grip, entertain and move. At the time he took over
Suspense, Lewis was also familiar to radio fans as the wastrel
guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.
The single most popular episode of Suspense is Lucille Fletcher's "Sorry,
Wrong Number," about a panicked, bedridden woman (Agnes Moorehead) who
attempts to convince a telephone operator she overheard a murder plot on a
crossed telephone connection.
The final broadcasts of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on September
30, 1962, are often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio. The series
expanded to television with the Suspense series on CBS from 1949 to 1954.
With over 890 episodes and over 440 hours of
entertainment you will be in “Suspense” nirvana for a very long time. Enjoy,
we did!
The following episode list is for
the first 261 episodes only, they are over 630 more episodes to enjoy!
40-07-21 CBS Forecast-The Lodger-Suspense audition
42-06-17 Burning Court
42-06-24 Wet Saturday
42-08-19 The Cave of Ali Baba
42-09-02 The Hitchhiker
42-09-16 The Kettler Method
42-09-23 A Passage to Benarie
42-09-30 100 in the Dark
42-10-27 Lord of the Witch Doctors
42-11-03 Devil in the Summer House
42-11-10 Will You Make A Bet With Death
42-11-17 Menace in Wax
42-11-24 The Body Snatchers
42-12-01 The Bride Vanishes
42-12-15 Till Death Do Us Part
42-12-22 Two Sharp Knives
43-01-05 Nothing Up My Sleeve
43-01-12 The Pit And The Pendulum
43-01-19 The Devils Saint
43-02-02 The Black Curtain
43-02-16 In Fear And Trembling
43-03-23 The Customers Like Murder
43-03-30 The Dead Sleep Lightly
43-04-06 Fire Burn And Cauldron Bubble
43-04-13 Fear Paints a Picture
43-04-20 Moment Of Darkness
43-04-27 Diary Of Saphronia Winters
43-05-04 Death Flies Blind
43-05-11 Mister Markham Antique Dealer
43-05-18 The ABC Murders
43-05-25 Sorry Wrong Number East Coast
43-05-25 Sorry Wrong Number West Coast
43-06-01 Banquos Chair
43-06-08 Five Canaries In The Room
43-06-15 Last Night
43-06-22 Man Without A Body
43-06-29 Uncle Henrys Rose Bush
43-07-06 The White Rose Murders
43-07-20 Murder Goes For A Swim
43-07-27 Last Letter of Doctor Bronson
43-08-03 A Friend to Alexander
43-08-10 The Fountain Plays
43-08-21 Sorry Wrong Number 2
43-08-28 The Kings Birthday
43-09-02 The Singing Walls
43-09-09 Marry for Murder
43-09-16 The Cross-Eyed Bear
43-09-23 The Most Dangerous Game
43-10-07 Philomel Cottage
43-10-26 After Dinner Story
43-11-02 Statement Of Employee Henry Wilson
43-11-09 Cabin B-13
43-11-16 Thieves Fall Out
43-11-23 Strange Death Of Charles Umberstein
43-12-02 The Black Curtain
43-12-09 The Night Reveals
43-12-16 Wet Saturday
43-12-23 Back For Christmas
43-12-30 Finishing School
44-01-06 One Way Ride To Nowhere
44-01-13 Dime A Dance
44-01-20 A World Of Darkness
44-01-27 The Locked Room
44-02-03 The Sisters
44-02-10 Suspicion
44-02-17 Life Ends At Midnight
44-02-24 Sorry Wrong Number 3
44-03-02 Portrait Without A Face
44-03-09 The Defense Rests
44-03-16 Narrative About Clarence
44-03-23 Sneak Preview
44-03-30 Cat and Mouse
44-04-06 The Woman In Red
44-04-13 The Marvelous Barastro
44-04-20 The Palmer Method
44-04-27 Death Went Along For The Ride
44-05-04 Dark Tower
44-05-11 The Visitor
44-05-18 Donovan’s Brain Part 1
44-05-25 Donovan’s Brain Part 2
44-06-01 Fugue In C Minor
44-06-08 Case History Of Edgar Lowndes
44-06-16 A Friend To Alexander
44-06-22 The Ten Grand
44-06-29 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
44-07-06 Search For Henri Lefevre
44-07-13 The Beast Must Die
44-07-20 Of Maestro And Men
44-07-27 The Black Shawl
44-08-03 Banquos Chair 2
44-08-10 The Man Who Knew How
44-08-17 Diary of Saphronia Winters
44-08-24 Actors Blood
44-08-31 Black Path of Fear
44-09-07 Voyage Through Darkness
44-09-14 You’ll Never See Me Again
44-09-21 Bluebeard of Bellaco
44-09-28 Man Who Couldn’t Lose
44-10-05 Dateline Lisbon
44-10-12 The Merry Widow
44-11-02 The Singing Walls
44-11-09 You Were Wonderful
44-11-16 Dead Of Night
44-11-23 The Fountain Plays
44-11-30 The Black Curtain
44-12-21 The Brighton Strangler
44-12-28 A Thing Of Beauty
45-01-04 I Had An Alibi
45-01-11 Drive-In
45-01-18 To Find Help
45-01-25 Drays’ Bones
45-02-01 Most Dangerous Game
45-02-08 A Tale Of Two Sisters
45-02-15 Sell Me Your Life
45-02-22 John Barby And Son
45-03-01 My Wife Geraldine
45-03-08 Loves Lovely Counterfeit
45-03-22 Hearts Desire
45-04-05 A Guy Gets Lonely
45-04-19 Pearls Are A Nuisance
45-05-03 Fear Paints A Picture
45-05-10 Reprieve
45-05-17 Two Birds With One Stone
45-05-24 My Own Murderer
45-05-31 August Heat
45-06-07 Two Sharp Knives
45-06-21 The Story Of Ivy
45-06-28 Dealings Of Mister Markham
45-07-05 The Last Detail
45-07-12 Footfalls
45-07-19 Bank Holiday
45-08-02 A Man In The House
45-08-09 Murder For Myra
45-08-16 Short Order
45-08-23 This Will Kill You
45-08-30 Nobody Loves Me
45-09-06 Sorry Wrong Number 4
45-09-13 Furnished Room
45-09-20 Library Book
45-09-27 The Earth Is Made Of Glass
45-10-04 Death On Highway 99
45-10-11 Beyond Good and Evil
45-10-18 Summer Storm
45-10-25 A Shroud For Sara
45-11-01 The Dunwich Horror
45-11-08 The Bet
45-11-15 Murder Off Key
45-11-22 19 Deacon Street
45-11-29 A Week Ago Wednesday
45-12-05 The House In Cypress Canyon
45-12-06 I Wont Take A Minute
45-12-13 The Argyle Album
45-12-20 Double Entry
45-12-27 Pink Camellias
46-01-03 Angel of Death
46-01-17 The Pasteboard Box
46-01-24 My Dear Niece
46-02-14 The Lucky Lady East Coast
46-02-14 The Lucky Lady West Coast
46-02-21 Consequence
46-03-07 Black Path Of Fear
46-03-14 No More Alice
46-03-21 Lonely Road
46-03-28 Out Of Control
46-04-04 Post Mortem
46-04-11 The Name Of The Beast
46-04-18 The Night Reveals
46-04-25 Dark Journey
46-05-02 Crime Without Passion
46-05-16 The Plan
46-05-30 Leading Citizen Of Pratt County
46-06-06 The High Wall
46-06-13 Too Many Smiths
46-06-20 Your Devoted Wife
46-06-27 Return Trip
46-07-04 An Evenings Diversion
46-07-11 Feast Of The Furies
46-07-18 Photo Finish
46-07-25 Cant We Be Friends
46-08-01 Commuter Ticket
46-08-08 Dead Ernest
46-08-15 Last Letter Of Doctor Bronson
46-08-22 The Great Horrell
46-08-29 Blue Eyes
46-09-05 You’ll Never See Me Again
46-09-12 Hunting Trip
46-09-19 Till The Day I Die
46-09-26 Statement Of Employee Henry Wilson
46-10-03 Three Times Murder
46-10-10 A Plain Case Of Murder
46-10-17 Man Who Thought He Was E G Robinson
46-10-24 Dame Fortune
46-10-31 Lazarus Walks
46-11-07 Easy Money
46-11-14 The One Who Got Away
46-11-21 Drive-In
46-11-28 Strange Death Of Gordon Fitzroy
46-12-05 House In Cypress Canyon
46-12-12 They Call Me Patrice
46-12-19 Thing In The Window
46-12-26 Philomel Cottage
47-01-02 Tree of Life
47-01-09 The Will To Power
47-01-16 Overture In Two Keys
47-01-23 One Way Street
47-01-30 Three Blind Mice
47-02-06 End Of The Road
47-02-13 The 13th Sound
47-02-20 Always Room At The Top
47-02-27 Three Faces At Midnight
47-03-06 Elwood
47-03-13 You Take Ballistics
47-04-03 Swift Rise Of Eddie Albright
47-04-10 Community Property
47-04-14 Green Eyed Monster
47-04-24 Win Place And Murder
47-05-01 Lady In Distress
47-05-08 Dead Ernest
47-05-15 Death At Live Oak
47-05-22 Knight Comes Riding
47-05-29 A Thing Of Beauty
47-06-05 Make Mad The Guilty
47-06-12 Stand-In
47-06-19 Dead Of Night
47-06-26 Phobia
47-07-03 Money Talks
47-07-10 Murder By The Book
47-07-24 Murder By An Expert
47-07-31 Mortmain
47-08-07 Quiet Desperation
47-08-14 Smiley
47-08-21 Murder Aboard The Alphabet
47-08-28 Double Ugly
47-09-04 Argyle Album
47-09-11 The Twist
47-09-18 The Visitor
47-09-25 The Blue Hour
47-10-02 The Story Of Markham’s Death
47-10-09 The Man Who Liked Dickens
47-10-16 Self Defense
47-10-23 The X-Ray Camera
47-10-30 Subway
47-11-06 Dream Song
47-11-13 Riabouchinska
47-11-28 The Pit and The Pendulum
47-12-05 The Clock and The Rope
47-12-12 The Man Who Couldn’t Lose
47-12-26 Too Little To Live On
48-01-03 The Black Curtain
48-01-10 The Kandy Tooth
48-01-17 Loves Lovely Counterfeit
48-01-24 Eve
48-02-07 Donovan’s Brain
48-02-14 The Lodger
48-02-21 Beyond Reason
48-02-28 House By The River
48-03-06 In A Lonely Place
48-03-13 Nightmare
48-03-20 Wet Saturday-August Heat
48-03-27 Night Must Fall
48-04-03 Suspicion
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