Suspense | Old Time 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.
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October 26, 2026 • 30 mins
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 drama, adapted from a Thomas Walsh story.
Disgraced former policeman Marty Connors finds work with a narcotics syndicate, only to face a dangerous assignment involving a man from his past. As corruption, loyalty, and the underworld close in, Conno...
Disgraced former policeman Marty Connors finds work with a narcotics syndicate, only to face a dangerous assignment involving a man from his past. As corruption, loyalty, and the underworld close in, Conno...
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October 24, 2026 • 29 mins
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 production, directed and produced by William Spier.
On a dark city street, Kenny waits while his fiancée, Stephanie Riska, makes what should be a quick delivery inside a shabby apartment building. When she fails to return, his search turns int...
On a dark city street, Kenny waits while his fiancée, Stephanie Riska, makes what should be a quick delivery inside a shabby apartment building. When she fails to return, his search turns int...
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October 23, 2026 • 24 mins
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 mounting unease.
At a secluded cottage near Teach’s Cove on the North Carolina coast, a woman troubled by recurring dreams finds herself drawn into legends of Blackbeard, buried treasure, and an unexplained death. A curious planchette disco...
At a secluded cottage near Teach’s Cove on the North Carolina coast, a woman troubled by recurring dreams finds herself drawn into legends of Blackbeard, buried treasure, and an unexplained death. A curious planchette disco...
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October 22, 2026 • 30 mins
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 comic story.
A rainbound English country house becomes the setting for a mounting family crisis as the imperious Frederick Princey struggles to keep control of his household and his reputation. Clarence Derwent stars as Princey, with Joan L...
A rainbound English country house becomes the setting for a mounting family crisis as the imperious Frederick Princey struggles to keep control of his household and his reputation. Clarence Derwent stars as Princey, with Joan L...
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October 21, 2026 • 30 mins
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, who arrives at a shadowy nightclub while questions swirl around a recent murder and a valuable diamond. Written by Marty Schwartz, this noir-tinged drama also features Wally Maher and Hans Conried.
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Claire Trevor stars as dancer Lois LePaul, who arrives at a shadowy nightclub while questions swirl around a recent murder and a valuable diamond. Written by Marty Schwartz, this noir-tinged drama also features Wally Maher and Hans Conried.
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October 20, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “The Night Reveals,” originally broadcast December 9, 1943. This local archival recording is identified as episode 9, though established program logs list this Robert Young and Margo production as episode 69.
Insurance investigator Harry Jordan is drawn into a troubling series of unexplained fires that begins to feel uncomfortably close to home. Adapted from a Cornell Woolrich story, this psycho...
Insurance investigator Harry Jordan is drawn into a troubling series of unexplained fires that begins to feel uncomfortably close to home. Adapted from a Cornell Woolrich story, this psycho...
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October 19, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Three Skeleton Key,” an archival recording labeled Episode 1 with an original broadcast date of November 1, 1956. Episode references identify this production as Suspense episode 673, originally broadcast on CBS on November 11, 1956.
On an isolated lighthouse key off French Guiana, three keepers watch a crewless ship drift onto the reef—and find their lonely outpost under threat. Vincent P...
On an isolated lighthouse key off French Guiana, three keepers watch a crewless ship drift onto the reef—and find their lonely outpost under threat. Vincent P...
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October 18, 2026 • 30 mins
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, however, identify it as episode 253, originally aired July 10, 1947.
Gloria Swanson stars as mystery novelist Emily Carlyle, whose troubling memory lapses and personal grief shadow her involvement in a psychiatrist’s murder case. As Emily look...
Gloria Swanson stars as mystery novelist Emily Carlyle, whose troubling memory lapses and personal grief shadow her involvement in a psychiatrist’s murder case. As Emily look...
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October 17, 2026 • 30 mins
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 broadcast as episode 200. Leon Ames stars, with Gerald Mohr also featured, in this CBS presentation sponsored by Roma Wines.
Overworked businessman Mr. Edwards follows his doctor’s advice to take an evening off, only to find his quie...
Overworked businessman Mr. Edwards follows his doctor’s advice to take an evening off, only to find his quie...
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October 16, 2026 • 31 mins
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 identify it as episode 216, broadcast October 24, 1946.
Susan Hayward stars as Jean Nicholson, a successful singer whose comfortable life is shaken by a call from Charlie Prescott, a man connected to her past. As old secrets resurface, Jean and h...
Susan Hayward stars as Jean Nicholson, a successful singer whose comfortable life is shaken by a call from Charlie Prescott, a man connected to her past. As old secrets resurface, Jean and h...
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October 14, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Yellow Wall-paper,” episode 9, originally broadcast July 2, 1948.
Agnes Moorehead stars as a woman sent to an isolated summer house while recovering from what her physician husband calls a temporary nervous depression. Adapted from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic short story, this intimate psychological drama follows her growing fixation on the unsettling wallpaper in her upstairs room...
Agnes Moorehead stars as a woman sent to an isolated summer house while recovering from what her physician husband calls a temporary nervous depression. Adapted from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic short story, this intimate psychological drama follows her growing fixation on the unsettling wallpaper in her upstairs room...
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October 13, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Dead Ernest,” originally broadcast May 8, 1947. This archival recording is listed as episode 8. Written by Seeleg Lester and Merwin Gerard and directed by William Spier, the CBS Radio Network drama features Junius Matthews, Wally Maher, Howard Duff, and Cathy Lewis.
After an automobile accident, Ernest Bowers is presumed dead despite a condition that can make him appear otherwise. As Lieutenant...
After an automobile accident, Ernest Bowers is presumed dead despite a condition that can make him appear otherwise. As Lieutenant...
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October 12, 2026 • 60 mins
Suspense presents “Beyond Reason,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 21, 1948. Episode 285 of the series, this hour-long drama stars Robert Ryan and Ruth Warrick and was written by Devery Freeman.
After businessman Payton Carr is killed in a hit-and-run, his estate passes to his three daughters. Eldest daughter Vangie grows uneasy when an unknown business partner, Harry Newton, shows an interest in both the...
After businessman Payton Carr is killed in a hit-and-run, his estate passes to his three daughters. Eldest daughter Vangie grows uneasy when an unknown business partner, Harry Newton, shows an interest in both the...
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October 11, 2026 • 26 mins
Suspense presents “The Long Shot,” originally broadcast February 9, 1958, and supplied here as episode 9. This CBS thriller is a remake of Harold Swanton’s earlier Suspense story, with Herbert Marshall starring as financially pressed gambler Kelly Raymond.
Raymond answers an Englishman’s newspaper advertisement seeking a companion for a drive from New York to San Francisco. But as the miles pass, the ...
Raymond answers an Englishman’s newspaper advertisement seeking a companion for a drive from New York to San Francisco. But as the miles pass, the ...
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October 10, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Deep into Darkness,” listed in this archival collection as episode 2, with an original broadcast date of July 2, 1948. Episode-level radio logs also identify the Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. production as Suspense #299, originally broadcast July 22, 1948.
After seven years in prison for manslaughter, Ken Matthews is released and makes an impossible discovery: the man he believed dead appears to be al...
After seven years in prison for manslaughter, Ken Matthews is released and makes an impossible discovery: the man he believed dead appears to be al...
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October 9, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Allen in Wonderland,” identified in this archival recording as episode 7, originally broadcast October 2, 1952. Episode listings also associate the production with CBS’s Suspense broadcast of October 27, 1952, starring Cornell Wilde.
Stranded in New York’s Pennsylvania Station, South Carolina attorney Mr. Stone is mistaken for someone else by a mysterious young woman who leaves him ...
Stranded in New York’s Pennsylvania Station, South Carolina attorney Mr. Stone is mistaken for someone else by a mysterious young woman who leaves him ...
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October 8, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “The Long Wait,” episode 4, originally broadcast November 2, 1949. This archival recording features a hard-boiled drama of revenge, loyalty, and second chances.
Recently released from prison, Dan Varrell returns to Manhattan still haunted by his brother’s death. His search leads him to Lois Williams and the dangerous world surrounding her, while a police lieutenant keeps a close watch. Bur...
Recently released from prison, Dan Varrell returns to Manhattan still haunted by his brother’s death. His search leads him to Lois Williams and the dangerous world surrounding her, while a police lieutenant keeps a close watch. Bur...
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October 7, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “The Thing in the Window,” episode 9, originally broadcast December 1, 1946. Joseph Cotten stars in this original radio play by Lucille Fletcher.
Actor Martin Aimes becomes obsessed with a shadowy figure he sees in a window across the street—though no one else can confirm it is there. As sleepless doubt and suspicion take hold, he must confront the unsettling possibility that the truth lie...
Actor Martin Aimes becomes obsessed with a shadowy figure he sees in a window across the street—though no one else can confirm it is there. As sleepless doubt and suspicion take hold, he must confront the unsettling possibility that the truth lie...
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October 6, 2026 • 29 mins
Suspense presents “Lazarus Walks,” episode 9, originally broadcast October 1, 1943.
After Roger Holcombe survives a period of clinical death during surgery, he seems to possess an unsettling new relationship with truth and lies. Orson Welles stars as psychiatrist Dr. Graham, with Hans Conried as Holcombe, in this early supernatural-tinged psychological mystery adapted for radio by Robert L. Richards from a story ...
After Roger Holcombe survives a period of clinical death during surgery, he seems to possess an unsettling new relationship with truth and lies. Orson Welles stars as psychiatrist Dr. Graham, with Hans Conried as Holcombe, in this early supernatural-tinged psychological mystery adapted for radio by Robert L. Richards from a story ...
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October 5, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “Life Ends at Midnight,” listed as episode 7, originally broadcast February 1, 1944.
When Mrs. Bates’s troubled son Walter arrives needing $1,500 before midnight, a discovery involving her elderly lodger’s insurance policy turns an already strained household into a pressure-cooker of desperation and danger. The drama features Fay Bainter, Dane Clark, and Ralph Morgan, and was written...
When Mrs. Bates’s troubled son Walter arrives needing $1,500 before midnight, a discovery involving her elderly lodger’s insurance policy turns an already strained household into a pressure-cooker of desperation and danger. The drama features Fay Bainter, Dane Clark, and Ralph Morgan, and was written...
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