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Suspense | Old Time Radio

by Old Time Retro Radio

Suspense | Old Time Radio brings you classic mystery, crime, psychological thrillers, and suspense from the golden age of radio. Enter gripping stories of murder, danger, deception, desperate choices, and unexpected twists performed by some of the era’s greatest stars. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Suspense became one of radio’s most celebrated dramatic anthologies, known for exceptional performances, acclaimed writers, and unforgettable stories designed to keep listeners guessing until the end. Rediscover classic old time radio suspense, mystery, crime drama, psychological thrillers, horror, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/suspense-old-time-radio--7218827/support.

Latest episodes

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Suspense - "Statement of Employee Henry Wilson" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Suspense presents “Statement of Employee Henry Wilson,” episode 6, originally broadcast September 2, 1946. Gene Lockhart stars as longtime office employee Henry Wilson,

Nov 5
30 min

Suspense - "The Greatest Thief in the World" (Old Time Radio, 1951)

Suspense presents “The Greatest Thief in the World,” episode 1, originally broadcast June 2, 1951. James Mason stars as Peter Marriott, a polished Englishman suspected o

Nov 4
30 min

Suspense - "A Thing of Beauty" (Old Time Radio, 1944)

Suspense presents “A Thing of Beauty,” listed in this archival recording as episode 8, originally broadcast December 2, 1944. June Duprez stars as Madeleine Tremaine, a

Nov 3
30 min

Suspense - "The Ten Grand" (Old Time Radio, 1944)

Suspense presents “The Ten Grand,” originally broadcast June 22, 1944, and commonly cataloged as episode 97. Local archival metadata identifies this recording as episode

Nov 2
30 min

Suspense - "The Clock and the Rope" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

Suspense presents “The Clock and the Rope,” episode 5, originally broadcast on CBS on December 5, 1947. Written by Louis Pollock and directed by William Spier, this susta

Nov 1
30 min

Suspense - "Over the Bounding Main" (Old Time Radio, 1950)

Suspense presents “Over the Bounding Main,” identified in this archival recording as episode 4, originally broadcast September 1, 1950. Episode records also list a 1950 C

Oct 31
30 min

Suspense - "The Wages of Sin" (Old Time Radio, 1950)

Suspense presents “The Wages of Sin,” episode 9, originally broadcast October 1, 1950. Barbara Stanwyck stars as Ruby Miller, who comes home to find police surrounding t

Oct 30
30 min

Suspense - "Riabouchinska" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

Suspense presents “Riabouchinska,” episode 3, originally broadcast November 1, 1947. In a theater cellar, Detective-Lieutenant Krovitch investigates a murder linked to c

Oct 29
30 min

Suspense - "Back for Christmas" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Suspense presents “Back for Christmas,” originally broadcast December 23, 1943, as episode 71. The archival source labels this recording as episode 3 with a December 2, 1

Oct 28
29 min

Suspense - "Too Hot to Live" (Old Time Radio, 1950)

Suspense presents “Too Hot to Live,” episode 6, with a supplied original broadcast date of October 2, 1950. In a sweltering small town, unemployed former serviceman Jeff

Oct 27
30 min

Suspense - "Break-Up" (Old Time Radio, 1948)

Suspense presents “Break-Up,” listed in this archival source as episode 0, with an original broadcast date of December 3, 1948. William Bendix stars in this tense crime d

Oct 26
30 min

Suspense - "I Won't Take a Minute" (Old Time Radio, 1945)

Suspense presents “I Won’t Take a Minute,” originally broadcast on December 6, 1945. This local archival recording is episode 6. Lee Bowman stars as Kenny in this CBS pro

Oct 24
29 min

Suspense - "Blackbeard's Ace" (Old Time Radio, 1962)

Suspense presents “Blackbeard’s Ace,” episode 9, originally broadcast April 2, 1962. This local archival recording preserves a late-era tale of coastal mystery and mounti

Oct 23
24 min

Suspense - "Wet Saturday" (Old Time Radio, 1942)

Suspense presents “Wet Saturday,” episode 4, originally broadcast June 2, 1942. This local archival recording features an early radio adaptation of John Collier’s darkly

Oct 22
30 min

Suspense - "The Blue Hour" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

Suspense presents “The Blue Hour,” identified in this archival source as episode 5, originally broadcast September 2, 1947. Claire Trevor stars as dancer Lois LePaul, wh

Oct 21
30 min

Suspense - "The Night Reveals" (Old Time Radio, 1943)

Suspense presents “The Night Reveals,” originally broadcast December 9, 1943. This local archival recording is identified as episode 9, though established program logs li

Oct 20
30 min

Suspense - "Three Skeleton Key" (Old Time Radio, 1956)

Suspense presents “Three Skeleton Key,” an archival recording labeled Episode 1 with an original broadcast date of November 1, 1956. Episode references identify this prod

Oct 19
30 min

Suspense - "Murder by the Book" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

Suspense presents “Murder by the Book,” listed in the supplied archival metadata as episode 0, with an original broadcast date of July 1, 1947. Multiple episode logs, how

Oct 18
30 min

Suspense - "An Evening's Diversion" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Suspense presents “An Evening’s Diversion,” originally broadcast July 4, 1946. This archival recording is identified as episode 4, though established series logs list the

Oct 17
30 min

Suspense - "Dame Fortune" (Old Time Radio, 1946)

Suspense presents “Dame Fortune,” listed in the supplied archival metadata as episode 4, with an original broadcast date of October 2, 1946. Independent program listings

Oct 16
31 min

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