Category: Suspense

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A police lieutenant is notified that a doctor has received threatening letters.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1960

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as Lieutenant Paul Nieman; Lyle Sudrow as Dr. Don Frasier; Phil Meader; Larry Haines

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Suspense: The Man Who Murders People (EP4304s)

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Today’s Mystery:

The commuter train to Roseville becomes the setting for a deadly game of cat and mouse, passengers grapple with the terror of a serial killer at large. With every twist and turn of the conversation, the line between hunter and prey blurs, leading to an electrifying climax that will leave listeners in suspense!

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 13, 1960

Originating in New York

Starring: Vivian Smolen; George Petrie; Alan Manson; Maurice Tarplin

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Suspense: The High Wall (EP4172s)

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Robert Young
Today’s Mystery:

A man wakes up in an insane asylum with no idea how he got there.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1946

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Robbert Young, George Zucco, Cathy Lewis, Wally Maher

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Suspense: Fragile, Contents: Death (EP4154s)

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Victor Perrin

Today’s Mystery:

A postmaster (Victor Perrin) gets a tip that there’s a time bomb among the day’s packages.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1956

Stars: Victor Perin, Herb Ellis, Frank Gershwin, Vivi Janis, Helen Kleeb, John Larkin, Leonard Weinrib, Richard Peel, and Ted Bliss,

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Suspense: Out of Control (EP3902s)

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Today’s Mystery:

A blind former police captain finds himself in the middle of an investigation of murder and blackmail.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 28, 1946

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EP3795: Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper

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Sam Spade finds himself in a jail cell on a murder charge, after receiving a note from from a man he believed dead–Casper Gutman.

Original Air Date: January 10, 1948, based on radio episodes from November 24 and December 1, 1946

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EP3752s: Suspense: The Hands of Mister Ottermole

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A London police sergeant (Claude Rains) casts suspicions on a newspaper reporter (Vincent Price) as the perpetrator of a series of murders.

Original Air Date: December 2, 1948

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EP3650s: Suspense: The Thirty-Nine Steps

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Herbert Marshall

A bored British businessman gets more excitement than he bargained for when he becomes wanted by the police for a murder he didn’t commit and caught up in a web of international intrigue.

Original Air Date: March 3, 1952

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EP3414: Mystery is My Hobby: Kenneth Prangle,Polo Player

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Barton Drake and Inspector Danton get word that a polo-playing playboy could be murdered, and go to a rich man’s house for the weekend to try and prevent it.

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EP3374: Suspense: End of the Road

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A model turns to the assistant district attorney for help in dealing with an abusive husband.

Original Air Date: January 31, 1960

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EP3368: Suspense: The Thimble

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The Assistant District Attorney investigates the death of a famous painter at the request of her mentally ill daughter.
Original Air Date: November 22, 1959

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