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Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE!

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  • Summary

  • This is a rebroadcast of the original Suspense! Radio Show. Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end. In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured. - via Wikipedia
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Episodes
  • The Flame Blue Glove (1949)

    The Flame Blue Glove (1949)
    Nov 1 2022

    Shadow never liked Dutch or working for his detective agency. She’d done her final case and thought she was through with Dutch when she married Jimmy Conway but then one day Dutch turned up wanting her to work on a case for him, a closed case that had been nagging him as he still felt that it was murder. A case that Shadow had done the groundwork for, the Conway case! Dutch was convinced that Shadow’s husband had killed his first wife but Shadow was sure that he was clean and decent.

    Stars Lana Turner

    About Us

    Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger).

    Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE! is part of the Night Shift Radio network and distributed by Night Shift Media Group. Visit them on the web at NightShiftRadio.com

    This rebroadcast falls under the protections of Copyright Law and Public Domain. Night Shift Radio does not own, nor claim to, the rights of the original broadcast productions.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    The Storyteller Series

    The Storyteller Series. Old time radio, rebooted. Listen to original short stories performed by a full cast.

    StS Summer 2022
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    31 mins
  • Mission Completed (1949)

    Mission Completed (1949)
    Oct 31 2022

    A paralyzed World War II veteran sees Sukey, the man who tortured him when he was a POW, and is determined to kill him, no matter how difficult that may prove.

    Stars James Stewart

    About Us

    Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger).

    Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE! is part of the Night Shift Radio network and distributed by Night Shift Media Group. Visit them on the web at NightShiftRadio.com

    This rebroadcast falls under the protections of Copyright Law and Public Domain. Night Shift Radio does not own, nor claim to, the rights of the original broadcast productions.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    The Storyteller Series

    The Storyteller Series. Old time radio, rebooted. Listen to original short stories performed by a full cast.

    StS Summer 2022
    Show more Show less
    31 mins
  • The Long Wait (1949)

    The Long Wait (1949)
    Oct 26 2022

    He has spent the last three years in prison and he has a debt to repay. He wants to murder Lois Williams, the woman responsible for her brothers death. He goes to her apartment, takes out his gun, opens the door and steps in. Lois Williams stands in front of him looking as radiant as ever, but there is one big problem – Lois isn’t scared, she wants him to kill her and it’s not very satisfying getting revenge by killing somebody who wants to die.

    Stars Burt Lancaster

    About Us

    Suspense! is a rebroadcast of the original 1940 CBS Radio Show. The show aired from 1940-1962 and featured many stars such as Lucille Ball (Dime a Dance) and Alfred Hitchcock (The Lodger).

    Night Shift Radio Presents: SUSPENSE! is part of the Night Shift Radio network and distributed by Night Shift Media Group. Visit them on the web at NightShiftRadio.com

    This rebroadcast falls under the protections of Copyright Law and Public Domain. Night Shift Radio does not own, nor claim to, the rights of the original broadcast productions.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    The Storyteller Series

    The Storyteller Series. Old time radio, rebooted. Listen to original short stories performed by a full cast.

    StS Summer 2022
    Show more Show less
    31 mins
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