The Old Time Radio Flier 05 "SUSPENSE"

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The most prestigious show on American Radio premiered on June 17, 1942, although an on air audition, part of the series "Forecast," took place on July 22, 1940.

Originally broadcast from New York the show moved to Hollywood on January 26, 1943. The host of the show, "the man in black" played by Joseph Kearns and Ted Osborne.

Film stars flocked to the show, the reason being producer, William Spier. Spier, producer during the show's "golden era" personally involved himself in every aspect of the show, writing, voice, sound effects and music, molding an audio masterpiece. Each week Spier and music composer Lucien Moraweck plotted the music giving it a job to perform. The same was true of the sound effects, Bernie Surrey, the soundman, went through the script with Spier, everything, even the smallest detail was calculated for effect. However each person who worked on the award winning show was free to improvise, even when the show was on air. In Surrey's opinion the soundman must become one of the actors, he must feel the emotional flow of the story and be ready to respond at once if something unexpected happens on the air.

The stars knew the quality of production, and knew that being part of such a prestigious product would enhance their reputation. However, no matter the star, the story was the thing; each script fine-tuned to the actors talents. Spier spent little time with the stars, requiring just a few hours rehearsal before broadcast; he wanted them tense at the microphone. Spier became known as "the Hitchcock of the airlanes."

The show began during wartime. It opening theme becoming one of radio's best known and best remembered. First came the ringing of soft church bells, intermingled with faint, tense music. The early shows had a touch of Victorian melodrama; the show had a tingling quality, of time running out or of fate closing in.

Very rarely did the murder get away, because it was one of Spier's all-but-unbreakable rules that evil must never triumph. Another rule was that realism must be paramount; stories of science fiction and the supernatural were seldom heard. It was his idea to open each story with an air of predicament, a situation of disaster and/or bewilderment. Suspense was mainly concerned with the ordinary man or woman caught up in a situation that intensified and soon became unbearable. The solutions were often withheld "until the last possible moment." However, there where exceptions, Orson Welles show Donavan's Brain Part One and Part Two was science fiction, and The House on Cypress Canyon, about a couple who encounter a werewolf in their newly rented home, verged on horror. August Heat, a supernatural tale propelled Ronald Colman to a date with fate, and a man with a knife, a chilling sequence foretold on a tombstone. The popularity of such shows caused Spear to produce one or two a year. However, usually the kicker of the show was something as simple as an automobile accident. Such an accident formed the story Dead Ernest, were the victim is in a cataleptic coma resembling death, the result being a race against the embalmer's knife.

The most famous of all SUSPENSE, stories is without doubt, Sorry, Wrong Number, written by Lucille Fletcher. Nothing supernatural here, just the intensity of Agnes Moorehead's performance, she was known to collapse across the table at the end of the show. It horrified the nation on its first broadcast on May 25, 1943, and it broke Spier's own rule, the murder got away and the horror of the tale is the woman's pathetic death. It was done seven times on the show and by its fourth performance it had obtained the status of an urban legend. People within the industry asked permission to attend, although neither Spier nor his successors allowed an audience. Moorehead spent six hours before the performance in intense preparation going over the script with Spier and Surrey. She always read from her original script, believing it to bring good luck. Her reliance on Surrey was well known; the intricate timing between the two was noted. Moorehead picked up an imaginary telephone in tandem with Surrey's sounds, she dialed when he dialed, and her scream was rehearsed to the pitch of the train's whistle.

Spier's ideas were continued by those who followed him, casting the usual villain Peter Lorre in a gentleman role and the oft-mild Harry Carey in the part of a killer. He cast people not often associated with heavy dram, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Donald O'Connor, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, and singers Lena Horn and Dinah Shore. However, with the advent of television the sponsor Autolite left and from 1955 the big name stars disappeared. Of the 945 shows broadcast at least 900 are in existence.

The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio
By John Dunning

"RADIO'S OUTSTANDING THEATER OF THRILLS."

01 7011xx 08 William Spier

02 7608xx 77 Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis
03 7601xx 70 William Robson

William N. Robson

400722 xx The Lodger (audition) Herbert Marshall, Edmund Gwenn

Herbert Marshall
Is "The Lodger" "The Avenger"(Jack The Ripper)?

420617 1 The Burning Court Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles
A story of poisoning with supernatural overtones. One of the guests at a dinner party is a murderer...which one?

420624 2 Wet Saturday Clarence Derwent

Clarence Derwent
Who killed the curate? Almost everybody it seems!

420819 10 The Cave of Ali Baba Romney Brent

Romney Brent
An adventure of Lord Peter Wimsey, the gentleman crime buster. A secret voice-operated vault helps him to break up a masked society of crime. The story is based on, "The Adventurous Exploit Of The Cave Of Ali Baba written in 1928 by Dorothy L. Sayers.

420902 11 The Hitchhiker Orson Welles

Orson Welles
One of the great supernatural stories ever on radio, a modern classic. A cross country motorist sees a man by the side of the road, with spots of fresh rain on his shoulder!


420916 12 The Kettler Method Roger Dekoven
A chilling, exciting story about inmates taking over an asylum for the insane and "operating" on a visitor to cure her headache.

420923 13 A Passage to Beneris Paul Stewart,Barry Koreger

Paul Stewart
A beautiful Hindu maiden is beheaded in a temple on the island of Trinidad. The story has a shocking surprise ending.

420930 14 One Hundred in the Dark Eric Dressler, Alice Frost

Alice Frost
A strange series of tales with no conclusive endings. (The show actually gets away with having a person count from one to one hundred, without fadeout or skipping numbers.)


421027 15 Lord of the Witch Doctors Unknown
English diplomats outwit the Germans in the eyes of the dumb Caliph of Zanzibar.


421103 16 The Devil in the Summer House Martin Gabel

Martin Gabel and wife Arlen Francis
A crime decades old is brought to light again by means of a recorded confession.

421110 17 Will You Make a Bet with Death Michael Fitzmaurice, Leslie Woods

Michael Fitzmaurice
A great, suspenseful story about a man who matches his life against his evil stepfather for $25,000.


421117 18 Menace in Wax Joseph Julian
Two English reporters discover a secret code hidden in Mme. Toussaud's waxworks and attempt to save a bomber factory from sabotage.

421124 19 The Body Snatchers Unknown
A well written tale of England at a time when doctors where forced to buy human bodies to experiment upon.

421201 20 The Bride Vanishes Hanley Stafford,Lesley Woods

Hanley Stafford (Daddy) with Fanny Brice
A haunted balcony in an Italian villa encourages a madman to try a second murder.

421215 21 Till Death Do Us Part Peter Lorre, Alice Frost

Peter Lorre
A well written tale of a would be murder and suicide in a desolate English setting.

421222 22 Two Sharp Knives Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin
A story about a bumbling small town assistant police chief who's not as dumb as he seems to be.

430105 23 Nothing up My Sleeve Elissa Landi, George Couloris

Elissa Landi
A suspenseful tale of robbery and missing money in a locked room.

430112 24 The Pit and the Pendulum Henry Hull

Henry Hull
The famous Edgar Allan Poe horror tale of the Spanish Inquisition.


430119 25 The Devil's Saint Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre playing a sinister nobleman who invites his daughter's suitor to spend a night in "The Tapestry Room". The story has a terrific surprise ending.

430202 27 The Doctor Prescribed Death Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi
The good doctor's theory is that a person about to commit suicide can easily be turned into a murderer.

430209 028 The Hangman Won't Wait(First Half Only) Sidney Greenstreet

Sidney Greenstreet

430216 29 In Fear and Trembling Mary Astor

Mary Astor
A hypochondriacal woman is sure that her husband and his lover want to kill her, so she decides to act first.

430223 030 Will You Walk into My Parlor(First Half Only) Geraldine Fizgerald, Cedric Hardwicke

Geraldine Fizgerald

430323 34 The Customers Like Murder Roland Young, Peggy Conklin

Roland Young
An English mystery writer and his secretary are kidnapped.

430330 35 The Dead Sleep Lightly Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman

Susan Hayward
A tingling ghost story about a rich old man and the ghost of his long forgotten wife.

430406 36 Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas in a story about a famous actress who is killed by a long blade through her eye while watching MacBeth.

430413 37 Fear Paints a Picture Nancy Coleman

Nancy Coleman
A young girl about to inherit a fortune, is going mad, a picture of a man in her room comes closer and closer to her.

430420 38 A Moment of Darkness Peter Lorre, Wendy Barrie

Wendy Barrie
A man is murdered in the midst of a seance conducted by a phony medium. However, no one present could have done it as everyone was holding hands.>/i>

430427 39 The Diary of Sophronia Winters Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins

Agnes Moorehead
A great horror story about a new bride, a madman, and an hotel with one hundred and twenty five deserted rooms!

430504 40 Death Flies Blind Richard Dix, Gale Page

Richard Dix
A story about a Nazi spy who hijacks a plane carrying an American millionaire who has the plans for submarine freighters.

430511 41 Mr Markham, Antique Dealer Paul Lukas, Heather Angel

Heather Angel
A story about a blackmailer, a murderer, and a room full of clocks, one of which talks!

430518 42 The ABC Murders (AFRS) Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Charles Laughton
A meek little man appears to be a homicidal maniac. A British chiller with a surprise ending.

430518 42 The ABC Murders Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester
A meek little man appears to be a homicidal maniac. A British chiller with a surprise ending.

430525 043 Sorry Wrong Number(AFRS) Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
The first broadcast of this thriller classic. Probably the best remembered program of the series. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!

430525 043 Sorry Wrong Number(East Coast) Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
The first broadcast of this thriller classic. Probably the best remembered program of the series. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!

430525 043 Sorry Wrong Number(West Coast) Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
The first broadcast of this thriller classic. Probably the best remembered program of the series. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!

430601 44 Banquo's Chair Donald Crisp, John Loder

Donald Crisp
A detective, tracking down an elusive murderer, uses ghosts and the victim to get his man.

430608 45 Five Canaries in the Room Ona Munson, Osa Matten

Ona Munson
A fun filled bachelor party turns serious when a dead body, a vanishing apartment and those damn birds are introduced.

430615 46 Last Night Margo, Kent Smith

Margo
The story of a corpse in the rumble seat and a debt-ridden dude ranch.

430622 47 The Man Without a Body John Sutten, George Zucco

George Zucco
A humdinger thriller set in rural England. What is the secret of the invisible man terrorizing the countryside?

430629 48 Uncle Henry's Rosebush Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Drew

Ellen Drew
What on earth is Aunt Julie up to? And where is Uncle Henry?

430706 49 The White Rose Murders Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara
A story about a maniacal murderer, who kills young girls and leaves a white rose behind.

430720 50 Murder Goes for a Swim Warran William, Eric Blore

Warran William
The first radio appearance of "The Lone Wolf." A treasure hunt at a society party leads Michael Lanyard to a dead bathing-beauty and a dead gossip columnist.

430727 51 The Last Letter of Dr Bronson Laird Cregar, Helen Vincent

Laird Cregar
A scientist has an interesting theory about "The Five Checks To Murder."

430803 52 A Friend to Alexander Robert Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald

Robert Young
A man has a recurring dream about the Hamilton-Burr duel.

430810 53 The Fountain Plays Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn
A delightfully British little murder.

430821 54 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.
Agnes Moorehead

430828 55 The King's Birthday Dolores Costello, George Zucco

Dolores Costello
A touch of voodoo in Nazi occupied Denmark?

430902 56 The Singing Walls Preston Foster, Dane Clark

Preston Foster
Where does that music come from?

430909 57 Marry for Murder Lillian Gish, Ray Collins

Lillian Gish
A couple living out on the Cape with the sound of constant foghorns are heading for a murder.

430916 058 The Cross-Eyed Bear(AFRS) Virginia Bruce, John Loder

Virginia Bruce
A continuously twisting adventure involving a millionaire's estate and his three heirs, who are out to kill each other!

430916 58 The Cross-Eyed Bear Virginia Bruce, John Loder

John Loder
A continuously twisting adventure involving a millionaire's estate and his three heirs, who are out to kill each other!


430923 59 The Most Dangerous Game Orson Welles, Keenan Wynn

Orson Welles
The definitive version of the classic confrontation story...man hunting man.

431007 61 Philomel Cottage Orson Welles, Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald
A couple living in the English countryside, the husband has a secret.

431019 62 Lazarus Walks(AFRS) Orson Welles

Orson Welles
A good story about a man who comes back from the dead...able to detect a lie and compelled to correct it.

431026 63 After Dinner Story Otto Krueger

Otto Krueger
Five men are trapped in an elevator...when one of them is murdered? The victim's father has a novel way of finding out.

431102 64 Statement of Employee Henry Wilson Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart
An office murder starts to prey of the mind of the killer.

431109 65 Cabin B-13(AFRS) Margo, Philip Dorn

Philip Dorn
A very well-done and suspenseful drama about a new bride whose husband disappears aboard a cruise ship.

431109 65 Cabin B-13 Margo, Philip Dorn

Margo
A very well-done and suspenseful drama about a new bride whose husband disappears aboard a cruise ship.

431116 66 Thieves Fall Out Gene Kelly, Hans Conried

Gene Kelly
A confused mystery about black marketeers and double murder.

431123 67 The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein Vincent Price, Hans Conried

Vincent Price
An Allied spy undercover in Berlin feels the noose of discovery slowly tightening.

Roma Wines Becomes The Sponsor

431202 68 The Black Curtain Cary Grant

Cary Grant
A man recovers from amnesia to find himself wanted for murder.

431209 69 The Night Reveals Robert Young, Margo

Robert Young
Pyromania.

431216 070 Wet Saturday(AFRS) Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
Who killed the curate? Almost everybody, it seems!

431216 70 Wet Saturday Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
Who killed the curate? Almost everybody, it seems!

431223 71 Back for Christmas Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre
A meek British botany professor plans a "Devil's Garden" in the basement!

431230 72 Finishing School Margo, Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester
A story of murder and mystery at a girl's school.

440106 73 One Way Ride to Nowhere Alan Ladd, Hans Conried

Alan Ladd
A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car.

440113 74 Dime a Dance Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball
A story about a madman murdering dance hall girls and dancing with their dead bodies to the tune of, "Poor Butterfly!"

440120 75 A World of Darkness Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas
A young girl has been murdered, but the foul deed was "seen" by a blind man!

440127 76 The Locked Room Virginia Bruce, Allan Joslyn

Virginia Bruce
Murder stalks the owner of the second largest diamond in the world.

440203 77 The Sisters Agnes Moorehead, Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino
Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them buys a coffin!

440210 78 Suspicion Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles
A mad cook who poisons her employers is on the loose.

440217 79 Life Ends at Midnight Dane Clark, Fay Bainter

Dane Clark
A thoroughly bad son returns to his mother for a visit.

440224 80 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!

440302 81 Portrait Without a Face Michele Morgan, Philip Dorn

Michele Morgan
Who is the model for this strange painting, and why was it created?

440309 82 The Defense Rests Alan Ladd, John McIntyre

Alan Ladd
A story about an ex-con, framed for murder, who gets an excellent defense attorney.

440316 83 Narrative About Clarence Laird Cregar, Hans Conried

Laird Cregar
A good story about a homicidal hypnotist, out to kill a man's wife and daughter!

440323 84 Sneak Preview Joseph Cotten, Hans Conried

Joseph Cotten
A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy.

440330 85 Cat and Mouse Sonny Tufts

Sonny Tufts
A story about two "hams" who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air.

440406 86 The Woman in Red Katina Paxinou, Hans Conried

Katina Paxinou
A story about a femme fatale German spy and her nephew/henchman who are up to no good.

440413 87 The Marvelous Barastro Orson Welles

Orson Welles
A great story with Orson doing his usual magnificent job playing two roles in two different Italian dialects!

440420 88 The Palmer Method Ed Gardner

Ed Gardner
A forger finds refuge (of sorts) from fighting the Fascists in Spain.

440427 89 Death Went Along for the Ride Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
A man driving across country (with a beautiful hitchhiker) is shot at everywhere he goes.>/i>

440504 90 The Dark Tower Orson Welles

Orson Welles
Orson appears in several roles in a story about actors, one of whom returns from the dead and tries a little extortion.

440511 91 The Visitor Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken
A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?

440518 92 Donovan's Brain, Part One Orson Welles

Orson Welles
A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea!

440525 93 Donovan's Brain, Part Two Orson Welles

Orson Welles
A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea!

440601 94 Fugue in C Minor Vincent Price, Ida Lupino

Vincent Price
A good ghost story about a huge pipe organ built throughout an entire house, and the reason that it tends to play itself.

440608 95 Case History on Edgar Lowndes Thomas Mitchell, Donald Crisp

Thomas Mitchell
A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...

440615 96 A Friend to Alexander(AFRS) Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald
The story of a very personal reaction to the Hamilton-Burr duel. (The program is delayed by an attempted report from the Normandy Beachhead.)

440615 96 A Friend to Alexander Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald
The story of a very personal reaction to the Hamilton-Burr duel.

440622 97 The Ten Grand Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball
A story about a penniless dancer who has her empty purse stolen in the subway.

440629 98 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn
A newspaperman trys to locate a priceless but hidden mural.

440706 99 Search for Henri Le Fevre(AFRS) Paul Muni, Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle
A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio.

440706 99 Search for Henri Le Fevre(AFRS) Paul Muni, Lurene Tuttle

Paul Muni
A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio.

440713 100 The Beast Must Die Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A man vows to kill the hit and run driver who killed his son, and he's keeping a diary of his plans!

440720 101 Of Maestro and Man Peter Lorre, Richard Conte

Richard Conte
Peter Lorre as "The Maestro," a prizefight manager planning revenge on his star fighter by scalding him to death in a steam room!

440727 102 The Black Shawl Maureen O'Sullivan, Dame Mae Whitty

Dame May Whitty
A good mood piece about a girl kept in the mansion of a madwoman, and her idiot son.

440803 103 Banquo's Chair Donald Crisp, John Loder

Donald Crisp
A detective tracking down an elusive murderer uses a ghost, and the victim himself to get his man.

440810 104 The Man Who Knew How Charles Laughton, Hans Conried

Charles Laughton
An interesting story about a man who knows the name of a secret chemical that can kill without a trace.

440817 105 The Diary of Sophronia Winters Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins

Agnes Moorehead
A great horror tale about a new bride, a madman, and an hotel with 125 deserted rooms!

440824 106 Actor's Blood Fredric March, Ben Hecht

Fredric March
A very well written murder story with a touch of ghost and a pinch of madness.

440831 107 Black Path of Fear Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy
An excellent story about murder and revenge in old Havana.

440907 108 Voyage Through Darkness Olivia de Havilland, Reginald Gardner

Olivia de Havilland
The "Blackout Killer" is hiding somewhere aboard ship.

440914 109 You'll Never See Me Again Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
The wife goes home to mother...

440921 110 Bluebeard of Bellac Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon
During the Nazi occupation of France, an amateur murderer is at work, filling the town with mutilated bodies.

440928 111 The Man Who Couldn't Lose Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
A story about an incredible run of luck...

441005 112 Dateline - Lisbon John Hodiak

John Hodiak
In a neutral port, during the war, Nazi and Allied spies are everywhere. A young photographer becomes involved in intrigue when she accidentally photographs a lobby full of them.

441012 113 The Merry Widower Reginald Gardner
A well written story about a music box that plays "The Merry Widow" waltz, and the strange effect that it has on a husband.


441019 114 Eve Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

441026 115 The Night Man Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce
A woman is convinced that the elevator operator in her building is an escaped murderer who plans to kill her.

441102 116 The Singing Walls Van Johnson

Van Johnson
A cop's brother wakes from a drugged stupor to find himself a killer!

441109 117 You Were Wonderful (East Coast) Lena Horne

Lena Horne
A wartime nightclub singer in South America is involved in a plot to supply information to the Nazis. As part of the story, Lena sings, "America" "My Country 'Tis Of Thee."

441109 117 You Were Wonderful(West Coast) Lena Horne

Lena Horne
The west coast broadcast. A wartime nightclub singer in South America is involved in a plot to supply information to the Nazis. As part of the story, Lena sings, "America" "My Country 'Tis Of Thee".

441116 118 The Dead of the Night Robert Cummings, Lurene Tuttle

Robert Cummings
A story about the troubles getting rid of a dead body at a seaside resort.

441123 119 The Fountain Plays Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
A delightfully British murder.

441130 120 The Black Curtain Cary Grant

Cary Grant
A man wakes up lying on a street, with no memories of the previous three and one half years!

441214 121 The Lodger Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery
A couple suspects that their lodger is really "The Avenger," (Jack, The Ripper) a homicidal maniac.

441221 122 The Brighton Strangler John Loder, June Duprez

John Loder
A British actor is hit on the head during the Blitz and becomes the killer he portrays on the stage.

441228 123 A Thing of Beauty June Duprez

June Duprez
A good story about the rise and fall of a famous actress and murderess.

450104 124 I Had an Alibi Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn
A guy married to a woman with a bad heart eagerly awaits his five million dollar inheritance. A good "perfect crime" story with a pleasant surprise ending.

450111 125 Drive-In Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly
A car-hop takes advantage of the offer of a ride to the bus stop.

450118 126 To Find Help Frank Sinatra, Agnes Moorehead

Frank Sinatra
A woman finds work in her home for a young handyman.

450125 127 Drury's Bones Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff
A Scotland Yard inspector suffering from the loss of memory, tackles his most difficult case.

450201 128 The Most Dangerous Game Joseph Cotten, J. Carroll Naish

J. Carroll Naish
A hunt for the deadliest animal of all...man!

450208 129 A Tale of Two Sisters Nancy Kelly, Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor
Two sisters, once very close, meet again when the son of one of them comes upon his aunt.

450215 130 Sell Me Your Life Lee Bowman

Lee Bowman
A woman talks a man out of committing suicide ...only to have him framed for murder!

450222 131 John Barbey and Son Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell
A man and his son are on the run from the police. Excellent story.

450301 132 My Wife Geraldine Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson
A charming story about a meek man who invents the ideal woman to be his fictitious wife...and is then accused of her murder!

450308 133 Love's Lovely Counterfeit Humphrey Bogart, Lurene Tuttle

Humphrey Bogart
A Bogie-type gangster role and a very well-done story about a double-crosser in love with a "missionary."

450315 134 Cricket Margaret O'Brien, Dame Mae Whitty

Margaret O'Brien, Dame May Whitty
The story of a little girl and her strange-but-unseen friend during the Blitz.

450322 135 Heart's Desire Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

450329 136 Taming of the Beast Nancy Kelly, Helmut Dantine

Helmut Dantine
A scheming doctor is delighted to discover that his wife has a brain tumor that will kill her in three months!

450405 137 A Guy Gets Lonely Dane Clark

Dane Clark
An interesting story about an old man in a penny arcade who introduces a lonely guy to a beautiful girl.

450419 138 Pearls Are a Nuisance William Bendix, Alan Joslyn

Alan Joslyn
A comedy about thieves and detectives and a trip to the underworld.

450503 139 Fear Paints a Picture Lana Turner

Lana Turner
A heiress is being driven crazy by a painting in her room, each night, the man in the painting appears to becoming closer!

450510 140 Reprieve John Garfield

John Garfiled
From, "Death Row," a look backwards.

450517 141 Two Birds with One Stone Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews. Cathy Lewis
A writer kills his wife, and makes it look like suicide.

450524 142 My Own Murderer Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A British solicitor is forced to shelter a murderer. His complex scheme to rid himself of the killer appears successful.

450531 143 August Heat Ronald Colman, Dennis Hoey

Ronald Coleman
A very hot day finds strange predictions of the future starting to come true.Excellent story.

450607 144 Two Sharp Knives John Payne, Frank McHugh

John Payne
A man arrested for murder in a small town, is later found hanged in his cell.

450621 146 The Story of Ivy Ann Richards
The story of the career of lovely Ivy...about to be hanged, with not a thing to wear!

450628 147 The Dealings of Mr Markham Henry Daniell, Joan Loring

Henry Daniell
An antique dealer, who stocks up-to-date blackmail.

450705 148 The Last Detail George Coulouris

George Coulouris
A complex plan to use a professor as a frame for murder.

450712 149 Footfalls J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish
An good story about a blind cobbler and his no-good son who refuses to work.

450719 150 Bank Holiday Bonita Granville, Elliott Lewis

Bonita Granville
A bank teller is kidnapped by a pair of robbers, and is "rescued" by her fiance, who is an officer of the bank.

450802 152 A Man in the House Joan Lorring

Joan Lorring
A librarian and her crippled mother are terrorized by a madman who has taken over their house as their "guest."

450809 153 Murder for Myra Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan
A woman's lover is hiding in the closet with a hammer and a plan to murder the sleeping husband! The kind of story that could only be done on radio.

450816 154 Short Order Joseph Kearns, Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr
A horribly disfigured man visits a dinner every day. An excellent story.

450823 155 This Will Kill You Dane Clark

Dane Clark
A not-too-bright wartime assembly line worker is jealous of his boss and decides to kill him.

450830 156 Nobody Loves Me Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre
A well-done, tour-de-force performance by Lorre as a psychopathic killer holding an entire police station at gunpoint, while reliving his childhood.

450906 157 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.

450913 158 The Furnished Floor Don DeFore, Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick
Mr. Jennings moves back into his old room after his wife's death...

450920 159 Library Book Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy
A silly story about a prudish librarian who deduces a kidnap plot from a torn page in, "Gone with The Wind."

450927 160 The Earth Is Made of Glass Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
A man decides to commit a "laboratory murder," just to prove that he can do it without getting caught.

451004 161 Death on Highway 99 George Murphy, Cathy Lewis

George Murphy
When a man kills a stranger in a hit-and-run accident, his not-too-loving wife decides to frame him.

451011 162 Beyond Good and Evil Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
An escaped convict murders a man and takes his place in a small town.

451018 163 Summer Storm Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda
A simple man finds himself a killer...as a storm builds inside and outside.

451025 164 A Shroud for Sarah Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball
A scheming double-crossing woman gets hers in the end...three times!

451101 165 The Dunwich Horror Ronald Colman

Ronald Coleman
A confusing story about a monster loose in the countryside.

451108 166 The Bet Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb
Can an artist do productive work for two years? It's worth $50,000 to one to find out!

451115 167 Murder off Key Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott
A man can't stand the horrible singing of the obnoxious lady next door, nor her yipping poodle.

451122 168 Nineteen Deacon Street Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan
A brash tie salesman arrives in Chicago and comes upon an old theatrical murder.

451129 169 A Week Ago Wednesday Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly
A woman has a horrable dream of the future. Well done story.

451206 170 I Won't Take a Minute Lee Bowman

Lee Bowman
A girl walks into an apartment to deliver a package, and vanishes from the face of the earth.

451213 171 The Argyle Album Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor
Blackmail evidence causes multiple murders.

451220 172 Double Entry Keenan Wynn, Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
A comedy about a bookkeeper's bookie, and that 100 to 1 shot.

451227 173 Pink Camelias Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt
A meek and quiet lady decides to poison her rich aunt.

460103 174 Angel of Death Paul Henried

Paul Henried
A super-intelligent murderer decides that his wife and her lover will be his next victims.

460117 176 The Pasteboard Box Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
A man kills his twin brother and chops up the body, but has a problem disposing of the head!

460124 177 My Dear Niece Dame Mae Whitty, Wally Maher

Dame Mae Whitty
A good story with a surprise ending about the proverbial little old lady being held hostage by a murderer. Wonderful performance from Dame May.

460131 178 The Long Shot George Coulouris

George Coulouris
A cross-country drive with a $200,000 pot of gold at the end.

460214 180 The Lucky Lady(EC) Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter
East Coast broadcast.A boarding house for young ladies in the acting profession is the scene of several murders.

460214 180 The Lucky Lady(WC) Fay Bainter
West Coast broadcast. A boarding house for young ladies in the acting profession is the scene of several murders.

460221 181 Consequence James Stewart

James Stewart
A doctor fakes his own death in order to run off with his nurse.

460307 183 The Black Path of Fear Cary Grant

Cary Grant
A story about murder and revenge in old Havana.

460314 184 No More Alice Paul Henried

Paul Henried
A psychiatrist comes up with a novel way to kill his wife...

460321 185 The Lonely Road Gregory Peck, Maria Palmer

Gregory Peck
A man plans to kill his wife at the urging of the beautiful and mysterious "Jenny."

460328 186 Out of Control Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy
A blind detective with uncanny powers of deduction solves an impossible murder involving a beautiful woman.

460404 187 Post Mortum Agnes Moorehead, Joseph Kerns

Agnes Moorehead
Josephine Archer has a winning sweepstakes ticket...

460411 188 The Name of the Beast Vincent Price, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis, Vincent Price
A good role for Vincent Price as a slightly mad painter, who finds himself protecting a murderer and dabbling a bit in death for himself!

460418 189 The Night Reveals Keenan Wynn, Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis
Suspicion of pyromania.

460425 190 Dark Journey Nancy Kelly, Cathy Lewis

Nancy Kelly, Cathy Lewis
A thwarted woman plans a horrible revenge...and succeeds by the force of her powerful will. A well-done, excellent story that is "well calculated." A two woman show.

460502 191 Crime Without Passion Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
After an attorney murders his chorus-girl lover, he plans a careful post-facto alibi and defense.

460509 192 The Clock and the Rope Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper
Time is running out for a man facing the gallows.

460516 193 The Plan Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor
A good story about a woman terrorized by her husband's insane brother.

460530 195 The Leading Citizen of Pratt County Alan Hale

Alan Hale Sr.
A con-man plans to take a small town for $50,000 with a water scheme.

460606 196 The High Wall Robert Young

Robert Young
A man wakes up in a hospital for the criminally insane.

460613 197 Too Many Smiths Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
A man kills the winner of a slogan contest so he can collect the $25,000.

460620 198 Your Devoted Wife June Duprez

June Duprez
A woman is bringing her ill husband to Chicago aboard an overnight train.

460627 199 Return Trip Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid
Four people are trapped in a snowbound bus. One of them is a homicidal maniac.

460704 200 An Evening's Diversion Leon Ames, Gerald Mohr

Leon Ames
A man overhears a murder plot and plans to follow the killer to prevent the crime.

460711 201 Feast of the Furies Sheldon Leonard, Elliot Reid

Sheldon Leonard
A friendly killer is about to commit murder. His victim tries to talk him out of it...but the tide is coming in! Entertaining!

460718 202 Photo Finish Michael O'Shea

Michael O'Shea
A street photographer takes a picture, and finds himself involved in intrigue.

460725 203 Can't We Be Friends Elliott Lewis, Lurene Tuttle

Elliott Lewis
A psycho decides to murder his ex-girlfriend.

460801 204 Commuter's Ticket J. Carrol Naish, Howard Duff

J. Carrol Naish
A murder's attempt at a great alibi backfires him into jail.

460808 205 Dead Ernest Wally Maher, Robert Bailey

Wally Maher
The classic about the cataleptic lying in the morgue as the embalmers begin their work. Excellent!

460815 206 The Last Letter of Dr Bronson Henry Daniell, Herbert Butterfield

Henry Daniell
A doctor, attempting to prove his theory, tries to get someone to murder him...

460822 207 The Great Horrell Joan Lorring

Joan Lorring
A woman tries to escape from the mental clutches of her mind-reading husband.

460829 208 Blue Eyes Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
A meek man can finally take it no longer. He quits his job and decides to poison his wife.

460905 209 You'll Never See Me Again Robert Young

Robert Young
A new bride "goes home to mother" after a spat...

460912 210 Hunting Trip Vincent Price, Lloyd Nolan

Vincent Price
A man is sure that his hunting companion and friend is trying to kill him.

460919 211 Till the Day I Die Dane Clark

Dane Clark
A killer and his moll are holed up after pulling a job and killing a man.

460926 212 Statement of Employee Henry Wilson Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart
A perfect murder of a man's co-worker? The voices say, "No."

461003 213 Three Times Murder Rita Hayworth, Hans Conried

Rita Hayworth
A greedy prosecuting attorney swears

461010 214 A Plain Case of Murder John Lund, Cathy Lewis

John Lund
A scheming woman and her pre-war lover plan to kill her wealthy husband. A private aircraft figures in the murder plot.

461017 215 The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G Robinson Edward G. Robinson, Verna Felton

Edward G. Robinson
A meek man decides to kill his wife and asks the toughest guy he can think of for advice on how to do it...Edward G. Robinson.

461024 216 Dame Fortune Susan Hayward, Hans Conried

Susan Hayword
The wife of a rich man is being blackmailed, but she has a few interesting ideas of her own!

461031 217 Lazarus Walks Brian Donlevy, Hans Conried

Brian Donlevy
A man dies but came back to life after four minutes...with the ability to read minds and the compulsion to speak only the truth.

461107 218 Easy Money Jack Carson, Cathy Lewis

Jack Carson
A man decides to kill his wealthy wife to be free of her. A case of insanity and a large macaw complicate the case.

461114 219 The One Who Got Away Hume Cronyn, Cathy Lewis

Hume Cronyn
A bank auditor coerces an embezzling teller to give him an alibi while he murders his wife.

461121 220 Drive-In Judy Garland, Cathy Lewis

Judy Garland
A car hop is threatened by a homicidal maniac.

461128 221 The Strange Death of Gordon Fitzroy Chester Morris, Hans Conried

Chester Morris
An interesting story about a convict with a scarred face who is released with only one thought...revenge!

461205 222 The House in Cypress Canyon Robert Taylor, Cathy Lewis

Robert Taylor
A chilling story of the supernatural with werewolves, screams in the night and impossible happenings. The third anniversary show of the series.

461212 223 They Call Me Patrice Susan Peters, William Johnstone

Susan Peters
A good blackmail story about a woman who assumes the identity of her traveling companion, who was killed in a train wreck.

461219 224 The Thing in the Window Joseph Cotten, Jerry Hausner

Joseph Cotten
An interesting story with a surprise ending. An actor continues to see a dead body in an apartment window, even though no one else can see it.

461226 225 Philomel Cottage Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer
A woman living in an isolated English house discovers that her husband is a bluebeard with plans to kill her tonight!

470102 226 Tree of Life Mark Stevens, Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis
An interesting story about a man who interrupts a gang of murderers at work.

470109 227 The Will to Power Dan Duryea, Cathy Lewis

Dan Duryea
The secretary to a millionaire kills him, marries the rich man's wife and then frames her for the murder!

470116 228 Overture in Two Keys Joan Bennett, Howard Duff

Howard Duff
A musician murders a deaf conductor when he falls in love with the older man's wife.

470123 229 One-Way Street Roddy McDowall, Raymond E. Lawrence

Roddy McDowall and Lassie
A touching story about a London slum boy's attempt to break free from the streets...and the temptation to do it the easy way.

470130 230 Three Blind Mice Van Heflin, Cathy Lewis

Van Hefflin
A man frames his partner for murder when the third partner is found with a neat bullet hole in his body.

470206 231 End of the Road Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford
"Speed" is a fast talking car salesman who falls for a wealthy man's wife, runs away with her, and then finds out that she's not what she seems to be!

470213 232 The Thirteenth Sound Agnes Moorehead, Bill Johnstone

Bill Johnstone and Agnes Moorehead
A woman who murders her husband is plagued by a high pitched sound like a chalk squeaking on a blackboard. The story makes excellent use of sound effects.

470220 233 Always Room at the Top Ann Baxter

Anne Baxter
A good story about the dirty infighting that takes place on Madison Avenue. A woman art director falls out of a skyscraper window, but returns to life!

470227 234 Three Faces At Midnight William Bendix

William Bendix
"Muscles" applies for a job, and finds himself blackmailing the Governor!

470306 235 Elwood Eddie Bracken, Cathy Lewis

Eddie Bracken
The mental reflections of Elwood, a young gas station attendant, as several residents of the small town he lives in are murdered.

470313 236 You Take Ballistics Henry De Silva, Jack Webb

Henry De Silva
A good police drama with Jack Webb playing a hard bitten killer in the same style in which he would later play a hard bitten cop.

470403 239 The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers
An elevator operator gets involved with big time gangsters.

470410 240 Community Property Kirk Douglas, Cathy Lewis

Kirk Douglas
A man with a huge inheritance and a bad case of greed decides to kill his wife so that he can keep it all.

470417 241 Green-Eyed Monster Lloyd Nolan, Cathy Lewis

Lloyd Nolan
A man's car is stolen. When it's recovered by the police, the man's dead wife is found in the trunk...twice!

470424 242 Win, Place and Murder Richard Conte

Richard Conte
A Runyonesque tale about two bookies, two private eyes, and a murder or two.

470501 243 Lady in Distress Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner
A woman picks up a hitch-hiker just escaped from prison. As they drive along, it turns out that he's planning to kill her husband...and she knows all about it! Ava Gardner announces that "Suspense" has won a Peabody Award for (among others) "Dead Ernest."

470508 244 Dead Ernest Wally Maher

Wally Maher
An unusual, and classically suspenseful tale about a cataleptic who is mistaken for dead, and is about to be embalmed alive.

470515 245 Death at Live Oak Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum
A story of murder and a case of mistaken identity.

470522 246 Knight Comes Riding Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce
A woman who dislikes her husband falls for a young handyman.

470529 247 A Thing of Beauty Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury
An actress finds herself in need of a quick alibi after the playwright of the drama in which she's performing is found murdered.

470605 248 Make Mad the Guilty Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn
An out-of-work Shakespearean actor fakes his own death when his wife leaves him for her muscular lover.

470612 249 Stand-In June Havoc, Elliott Lewis

June Havoc
The stand-in for a movie star plots with her new husband to commit murder.

470619 250 Dead of Night Elliott Reid, Cathy Lewis

Elliott Reid
Here's an interesting way to get rid of a dead body...put a bathing suit on it and leave it on the beach!

470626 251 Phobia Eva La Gallienne

Eva La Gallienne
Who shot Henry? The crippled millionairess with a hatred of the feel of metal, or her kleptomaniacal sister?

470703 252 Money Talks Alan Baxter
A bank cashier spends almost three years planning the perfect bank job. His accomplice however, has plans of her own!

470710 253 Murder by the Book Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson
A murder mystery authoress is asked to investigate the death of a real person.

470724 255 Murder by an Expert Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari
A dancer plans a "perfect crime" with the help of her lover, who happens to be the murderer of her husband and the framer of his brother.

470731 256 Mortmain Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan[
A lawyer double-crosses his partner to send him to jail and steal his fiancee. A second attempt at a double-cross has a surprising result.

470807 257 Quiet Desparation Walter Abel

Walter Abel
A bank employee living a life of "quiet desperation," decides that a visiting English woman is his path to wealth.

470814 258 Smiley Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor
A slow-witted but likable fellow is wrongly sent to jail. He returns hating all women...and no longer proud of his hands.

470821 259 Murder Aboard the Alphabet John Lund

John Lund
A boat with a mad captain is crossing the stormy Atlantic as the crew is being murdered...in alphabetical order!

470828 260 Double Ugly Lloyd Nolan, June Havoc

Lloyd Nolan
An ugly boy grows up without a girl to love. Even after his marriage, his hatred drives him to murder. Lloyd Nolan plays both the lead and the first person narrator.

470904 261 The Argyle Album Edmond O'Brien

Edmund O'Brien
A good adventure yarn about a reporter who encounters broads, bulletins, and murder while trying to get the story of the elusive "Argyle Album."

470911 262 Twist Michael O'Shea

Michael O'Shea
A strange story about two radio comedy writers and the young lady that comes between them.

470918 263 The Visitor Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor
A young man returns home to his wealthy parents after a long absence...or does he?

470925 264 The Blue Hour Claire Trevor

Clair Trevor
A Chicago hoofer and a New York reporter team up to solve a murder and the mystery of the "Blue Hour."

471002 265 The Story of Markham's Death Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
A has-been writer discovers a lost manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe and creates a new form of mystery novel.

471009 266 The Man Who Likes Dickens Richard Ney, Joseph Kerns

Richard Ney
A strange old man in the Amazon jungle has a taste for British literature, but cannot read. He also has a shotgun!

471016 267 Self-Defense Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt
A woman tricks a man into murdering her wealthy husband.

471023 268 X-Ray Camera Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe
A good story about a "perfect crime" to blow up a man's estranged wife. The story has a surprise ending.

471030 269 Subway June Havoc

June Havoc
An unsuccessful actress plans to kill the girl who made good... in the subway with a pair of scissors.

471106 270 Dream Song Henry Morgan

Henry Morgan
Henry Morgan appears in a murder mystery about a writer in an apartment house who hears the same record, over and over again.

471113 271 Riabouchinska Lurene Tuttle, Joseph Kearns

Lurene Tuttle
A murder is solved by a ventriloquist's dummy.

471120 272 One Hundred in the Dark(EC) Howard Duff, June Havoc

June Havoc
Five members of the "Artists and Writers Club" listen to a story about a stolen ring, and the unusual method used to recover it. This is the last show sponsored by Roma Wines.

471120 272 One Hundred in the Dark(WC) Howard Duff, June Havoc

Howard Duff
Five members of the "Artists and Writers Club" listen to a story about a stolen ring, and the unusual method used to recover it. This is the last show sponsored by Roma Wines.

471128 273 The Pit and the Pendulum Jose Ferrer

Jose Ferrer
The classic story about the French officer in the clutches of the Inquisition.

471205 274 The Clock and the Rope Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper
A good story about a man to be hanged for murder because the only witness to his innocence has disappeared. Jackie Cooper gives a fine performance despite sounding like he's drunk or has a toothache...but he has a very good reason.

471212 275 The Man Who Couldn't Lose Dan Duryea, Cathy Lewis

Dan Duryea
An insurance salesman kills his wife, sells a big annuity, wins the Irish Sweepstakes, and THEN gets lucky!

471219 276 Wet Saturday Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff
Who killed the curate? Almost everybody it seems!

471226 277 Too Little to Live On Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
The decision is finally made to kill mean-but-wealthy Uncle Ed, a "fine old gentleman." The story is an unusual dramatic role for Ozzie and Harriet, and has an excellent surprise ending.

480103 278 The Black Curtain Robert Montgomery, Lurene Tuttle

Robert Montgomery
A man suddenly finds himself with a new identity: that of an accused murderer! This is the first program in a one hour format.

480110 279 The Kandi Tooth Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle

Howard Duff
The story of the return of the "Fat Man!" A sequel to "The Maltese Falcon," with "Joel Cairo," Wilmer's younger brother, and other characters from the film. This time, it's a search for a treasure worth more than the "Maltese Falcon!"

480117 280 Love's Lovely Counterfeit James Cagney, Wally Maher

James Cagney
A good adaption of the story about the gangster who rises to the top on the coat-tails of a reform politician, a good part for James Cagney.

480124 281 Eve June Havoc, Robert Montgomery

June Havoc
When a Hollywood producer is framed for murder, his actress-wife swears to get the real killer...but there's more to Eve than meets the eye.

480131 282 Bet with Death Otto Kruger, Lee Bowman

Otto Kruger
A great, suspenseful story about a man who matches his life against his evil stepfather for $25,000.

480207 283 Donovan's Brain John McIntyre
The classic tale of the mad scientist and his "brain in the bottle."

480214 284 The Lodger Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery
The story of a very unusual "lodger." Is he really Jack the Ripper?

480221 285 Beyond Reason Robert Ryan, Ruth Warrick

Robert Ryan
An evil man takes over a family's wealth and begins to kill them off one at a time...or does he?

480228 286 The House by the River John McIntyre, Dan O'Hurilhy

Dan O'Hurily
Who killed Emily Gaunt? A British murder mystery involving a poet, his brother, and the house...by the river!

480306 287 In a Lonely Place Robert Montgomery, Lurene Tuttle

Lurent Tuttle
A horror tale of a strangler on the loose, who kills once a month. The story is told in the first person.

480313 288 Nightmare Eddie Bracken, William Conrad

Eddie Bracken
A man dreams that he's committed murder. When he learns that the murder actually happened, he depends on his close friend, a cop, to find out who, why, and when. A different story with the same name was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on September 1, 1949

480320 289 Wet Saturday and August Heat Berry Kroeger, Dennis Huey

Berry Kroeger
A program of two different stories. "Wet Saturday:" Who killed the curate? Almost everybody it seems! A delightfully British murder! "August Heat:" A very hot day finds strange predictions of the future starting to come true!

480327 290 Night Must Fall Robert Montgomery, Dame Mae Witty

Dame Mae Witty
The story of the rise and fall of a very clever British murderer and arsonist.

480403 291 Suspicion Sam Jaffe, Lurene Tuttle

Sam Jaffe
Who is the mysterious poisoner plaguing London?

480410 292 Crossfire Robert Young, Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum
A murder mystery about a fanatical anti-Semite. Which of three soldiers committed murder?

480424 293 The Search(first 15 minutes missing) Howard Culver

Howard Culver and wife Lois
A couple in South Dakota go on the run during the winter, after they're accused of killing a movie star. The story has a better than usual surprise ending.

480501 294 The Blind Spot Edmund O'Brien

Edmund O'Brien
A complex murder-mystery about an author who tries to solve the murder of an executive.

480508 295 Life Ends at Midnight Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter
An unusual Mother's Day story. A bad boy returns home to mom with a pressing need.

480515 296 Deadline at Dawn Patsy Walker, John Beal

John Beal
A boy and a girl are trapped in the clutches of the big city and find themselves involved in a web of murder and robbery. The last "Suspense" program in the one hour format.

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480715 298 Summer Night Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino
A good story about a mad "Lipstick Killer" on the loose and a spinster all alone in a big house. Written by Ray Bradbury.

480722 299 Deep into Darkness Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
An excellent story with an unusual plot of murder and revenge. A convicted killer just out of jail sees his "victim" walking down the street! Everybody knows you can't be tried for the same crime twice!

480729 300 Yellow Wallpaper Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A madwoman suspects that things are coming out of the wallpaper to get her. Maybe she's not mad?

480805 301 An Honest Man Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
A psychotic's best friend isn't always his mother.

480812 302 Beware the Quiet Man Ann Southern, William Conrad

Ann Southern
A two-timing wife learns that her meek, bank-teller husband is planning to kill her.

480819 303 Crisis Martha Scott

Martha Scott
A well written story about a mother's vision of the future.

480826 304 Song of the Heart Van Heflin

Van Heflin
Boy meets girl and plans the murder of "Tante Alice."

480902 305 The Morrison Affair Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll
A wealthy woman steals a baby on train, and convinces her husband that it's really his!

480909 306 Big Shot Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster
An American mining engineer, working in a crooked Mexican gold mine, gets the idea to keep it all for himself. A mention is made that this is "Burt Lancaster's first radio appearance." Actually, he appeared in a non-dramatic role on "Hollywood Fights Back," October 26, 1947

480916 307 Hitchhike Poker Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck
A war veteran hitchhiking home for the weekend is picked up by a friendly guy in a convertible.

480923 308 Celebration Robert Young, Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce
A man and his "hypo-maniac" wife "celebrate" their eighth anniversary.

480930 309 The Man Who Wanted To Be E G Robinson Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson
A meek man decides to kill his wife and asks the toughest guy he can think of for advice on how to do it...Edward G. Robinson.

481007 310 Night Cry Ray Milland

Ray Milland
After a man is killed at a gambling club, a bitter detective who always gets his man investigates.

481014 311 A Little Piece of Rope Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball
A woman makes her living enticing men, hitting them with a billy club and stealing their wallets. But this time, she picks the wrong guy.

481021 312 Give Me Liberty William Powell

William Powell
A train crash enroute to the state penitentary allows a convict to escape. He has $250,000 stashed away, but is unable to get off a pair of handcuffs. A well written drama for two voices and a tour de force performance by William Powell.

481104 313 Death Sentence John Garfield, Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr
A man is given just ten days to live by a gangster. He then meets a beautiful woman at a resort hotel.

481111 314 Muddy Track Edmund O'Brien, Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth
A horse player down on his luck gets a job with a bookie, and finds himself framed for murder.


481118 315 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.

481125 316 The Screaming Woman Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien
A little girl hears a screaming woman who is buried alive. Written by Ray Bradbury.

481202 317 The Hands of Mr Ottermole Vincent Price, Claude Raines

Claude Raines
A "strangler" is prowling the streets of London, killing at will. A police sergeant is suspicious of "Mr. Newspaperman," who always seems to be nearby when the "strangler" strikes.

481209 318 The Sisters Rosalind Russell, Lurene Tuttle

Rosalind Russell
Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them is crazy. The sane one buys a coffin!

481216 319 No Escape Jimmy Cagney

Jimmy Cagney
An excellent story about the town's safest driver who becomes the hit-and-run killer of four people.

481223 320 Holiday Story Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A meek British botany professor plans a "Devil's Garden" in the basement; a grave for his henpecking wife.

481230 321 Break-Up William Bendix, Wally Maher

William Bendix
A good gangster story despite the predictable ending. William Bendix is fine in his role as a rogue cop.

490106 322 To Find Help Gene Kelly, Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore
An old woman is terrorized by a man she has hired as a handyman.

490113 323 The Too Perfect Alibi Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye
A charming and wealthy guy from Croton decides to murder his rival, but only after putting together a perfect alibi. It is indeed a perfect alibi...

490120 324 If the Dead Could Talk Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease...the eternal triangle on the flying trapeze!

490127 325 The Thing in the Window Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery
A man sees a dead body sitting in a chair in an apartment across the street. However, he's the only one who can see it!

490203 326 Backseat Driver Marian Jordan, Jim Jordan

Jim and Marian Jordan
"Fibber and Molly" appear in a well-done thriller. A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies.

490210 327 De Mortuis Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
A good story about an English doctor who tries his hand at murder, finds it to his liking, and indulges himself again and again!

490217 328 Catch Me If You Can Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman
After a woman kills her husband, she is forced to guess which of her snow-bound companions is the detective.

490224 329 Where There's a Will James Mason, Pamela Mason

James Mason
An Englishman is plagued by gambling debts.

490303 330 Lovebirds Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine
A wife is trying to kill her husband, while everyone is sure that they're romantic "lovebirds."

490310 331 Three O'Clock Van Heflin

Van Heflin
A man is tied to a time bomb.

490317 332 Murder Through the Looking Glass Gegory Peck

Gregory Peck
An interesting mystery about a schizophrenic wanted for murder, and his attempt to discover the truth about the killing.

490324 333 Dead Ernest Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien
The classic radio drama of the cataleptic about to be embalmed.

490331 334 You Can't Die Twice Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson
An interesting drama about a man declared dead in error and who allows his wife to collect his insurance while he hides in another city.

490407 335 Noose of Coincidence Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman
A mild mannered bookseller meets a man who claims to be able to predict the future...and who can do just that!

490414 336 Murder in Black and White Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn
A mild little man carefully plans the murder of his business partner, and then is surprised when no one seems to notice.

490421 337 The Copper Tea Strainer Betty Grable, Raymond Burr

Betty Grable
A woman poisons her nagging mother, and is suspected of the murder. A good whodunit with a surprise ending

490428 338 The Lie Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney
fine performance by Mickey as the recently expelled college student who admits to a murder he did not commit in order to save his father.

490505 339 Death Has a Shadow Bob Hope, William Conrad

Bob Hope
A clever lawyer proves to be a bit too smart when threatened by a killer in a deserted office building.

490512 340 The Light Switch Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor
A jealous wife hires a cheap detective to prove that her husband has been unfaithful.

490519 341 Consequence James Stewart

James Stewart
A doctor fakes his own death in order to run off with his nurse.

490526 342 The Night Reveals Fredric March

Fredric March
A fire inspector suspects his wife is a pyromaniac.

490602 343 The Ten Years Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford
An excellent story of madness with a surprise ending.

490609 344 The Lunch Kit John Lund

Joan Lund
A worker is planning to blow up the factory and must leave before his bomb goes off, but circumstances keep slowing him down.

490616 345 The Trap Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A woman seems to be going crazy, caused by someone trying to force her into taking a long vacation.

490623 346 Ghost Hunt Ralph Edwards

Ralph Edwards
A disc jockey spends the night in a haunted house...with surprising results. A well written ghost story with a fine performance by Edwards. Ralph Edwards,

490630 347 The Day I Died Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
A man kills his business partner, but finds himself the prisoner of his wife, who despises him.

490901 348 Nightmare Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck
A good story about a father seeking revenge on the hit-and-run driver who killed his son on a mountain road. A different story with the same name was previously produced on "Suspense" on March 13, 1948

490908 349 Chicken Feed Ray Milland

Ray Milland
An exciting story about a man who has all kinds of exciting experiences because of a nickel...and his lack of one.

490915 350 Last Confession Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire
A distraught woman is sure that she's the killer that the police are looking for.

490922 351 Experiment 6R John Lund

John Lund
An assistant hotel manager is determined to kill his boss by infecting him with a deadly disease.

490929 352 Blind Date Charles Laughton, June Havoc

Charles Laughton
Excellent, tour-de-force performances by both principals in a story about a madman with a knife, threatening a vaudeville performer in her dressing room. A good story.

491006 353 The Defense Rests Van Johnson

Van Johnson
An ex-con trying to go straight gets a job in the same office as the hated D. A. who sent him to jail.

491013 354 Account Payable Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold
A meek book-keeper decides to bump off his boss and help himself to $50,000 from the safe. The story has a surprise ending.

491020 355 Good Night Mrs Russell Bette Davis

Bette Davis
A madman imprisons a woman and plans to kill her in half an hour, when his alarm clock goes off!

491027 356 Momentum Victor Mature

Victor Mature
A guy out of work and down on his luck becomes a victim of "momentum" and commits two murders. The "momentum" continues and a third and fourth murder soon follow!

491103 357 The Search for Isabel Red Skelton

Red Skelton
Red is bothered by a lot of people calling on the phone for a strange woman named Isabel

491110 358 The Murder of Aunt Delia Van Heflin

Van Heflin
A hitch-hiker has a perfect crime in mind. Can you guess where he goes wrong?

491117 359 The Red-Headed Woman Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz

Lucy and Desi
An embezzling red-head meets a bank robber down Texas way.

491124 360 The Long Wait Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster
A well written story about a man just out of prison who is planning to revenge his brother's death, and the strange way he goes about doing it.

491201 361 Mission Completed James Stewart

James Stewart
A well written story about a paralyzed soldier in a V. A. hospital who cannot move a muscle, but plans a murder nonetheless.

491208 362 For Love or Murder Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney
A fine performance by Mickey as a piano player in a bar who kills for love.

491215 363 The Flame Blue Glove Lana Turner

Lana Turner
"Dutch" the detective is sure Eloise Conway was murdered. His ex-assistant is now married to Jimmy Conway. Is she next?

491222 364 Double Entry Eddie Cantor, Sidney Miller

Eddie Cantor
Clerical crime at Christmas time." Eddie portrays a meek accountant who embezzles $2000 and puts it on the nose of a long shot.

491229 365 The Bullet Ida Lupino, Elliott Lewis

Ida Lupino
The story of a jealous ex-con husband, an errant wife, and an "unloaded" gun.

500105 366 I Never Met the Dead Man Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye
A truck driver with a prison record is framed for murder. The story has a surprise ending!

500112 367 Four Hours to Kill Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor
A good story about a man who kills his brother and then must track down and kill the girl who overheard the crime on the telephone.

500119 368 The Escape of Lacey Abbott William Powell

William Powell
A lunatic escapes from Bellevue with plans to kill the man responsible for his wife's death.

500126 369 Mr Diogenes Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
A tobacco store weighing machine gives Ozzie a strange fortune, "This will be the most memorable day of your life." A strange fat man is of the same opinion!

500202 370 Consideration Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell
A woman thinks that her husband plans to kill her after she loses their savings at the racetrack.

500209 371 The Butcher's Wife Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
A clerk in a supermarket plays around with the wife of the big strong butcher.

500216 372 Murder Strikes Three Times Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich
Four years after her husband was electrocuted in the bathtub, a woman marries again. Her new brother-in-law turns out to be the Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted her for the death of her first husband.

500330 378 Blood Sacrifice Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
A playwright and an actor are injured in an auto accident. Only a blood transfusion will save the actor...and only the right kind of blood.

500406 379 Salvage Van Johnson

Van Johnson
A pilot, his ex-wife and her new husband are involved in a three-way double-cross on a strange treasure diving expedition.

500413 380 Six Feet Under Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey
A man is buried alive every day at a carnival sideshow. He suspects his wife is having an affair, and that his wife and her lover will turn off his air pump. A very disturbing story if you suffer from claustrophobia.

500420 381 Pearls Are a Nuisance Ray Milland

Ray Milland
A private eye tries to recover a string of stolen pearls.

500427 382 The Chain Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A nagging woman vindictively sends a cursed chain letter to the wife of an ignorant foreigner...with disastrous results. A showcase performance for Agnes Moorehead,

500504 383 Statement of Mary Blake Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett
A scientist poisons his wife and manages to have his beautiful assistant blamed for the crime, but at the cost of his eyes!


500511 384 The Man in the Room John Lund

John Lund
A freelance writer hires a typist in a building with a most protective elevator operator. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe,

500518 385 Angel Face Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor
A woman's determined effort to save her brother, who's been framed for murder, leads to a surprise ending.

500525 386 Very Much Like a Nightmare Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe
A man awakes in an office building late at night and finds some strange goings on.

500601 387 A Case of Nerves Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. is featured in a typical role about an evil little man, his invalid wife, and temptation.

500608 388 The Case of Henri Vibard Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer
An amnesiac denies any knowledge of his wife...and with good reason!

500622 390 One Millionth Joe Jack Carson

Jack Carson
A man is lucky enough to be the one millionth visitor to the Los Angeles airport...or is he?

500629 391 Love, Honor, or Murder Cathy Lewis, Elliot Lewis

Elliott Lewis
A cab driver finds a wallet with $12,000 in his cab. His wife plans to leave him if he returns the money. Plans to kill the guy who lost the money soon develop.

500831 392 True Report Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien
A cop, investigating a hit-and-run murder, traces the owner of the car to...his own son!

500914 394 Over the Bounding Main Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey
A man battles the captain of a charter fishing boat and his wife...as they try to kill him!

500921 395 The Crowd Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews
An excellent radio sound picture of a homicidal maniac on the loose within the crowds of the city.

500928 396 Fly by Night Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
After being deprived of sleep, a murder suspect is forced to confess to the crime.

501005 397 The Rose Garden Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins
After her husbanad's death, a young woman moves in with her cousin and her cousin's strange tenant, a Mrs. Bone

501012 398 Rave Notice Milton Berle

Milton Berle
A good story about an actor who commits murder and then tries to convince the police that he's insane.

501019 399 The Wages of Sin Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck
The story of Ruby Miller, a tough girl who finally bought more trouble than she could handle.

501026 400 Too Hot to Live Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A drifting soldier finds himself on the run from a charge of murder...with no shoes!

501102 401 The Victoria Cross Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A housemaster at a British public school is being blackmailed by a bully and a cheat.

501109 402 Blood on the Trumpet William Holden, Baton Yarborough

William Holden
A jazz musician murders his wife, but is relentlessly pursued by a mysterious fat man.

501116 403 On a Country Road Cary Grant, Cathy Lewis

Cary Grant
A melodrama about an escaped madwoman and a couple out of gas in the dark.

501123 404 Going, Going, Gone Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
A couple buys a sealed trunk at an auction...containing a fortune in jewelry and leading to murder.

501130 405 The Lady in the Red Hat Van Heflin

Van Heflin
"The Avenger" has killed five women, all of whom were wearing red. Two reporters and a policeman are invited to meet with the killer in an eerie chapel at midnight.

501207 406 After the Movies Ray Milland

Ray Milland
A juror finds $10,000 in a drugstore, and it's obvious the "fix" is in. The story has a surprise ending.

501214 407 A Killing in Abilene Alan Ladd, Barton Yarborough

Alan Ladd
An hombre rides into town to get the man who killed his brother, only to find him about to be lynched for another murder!

501221 408 Christmas for Carole Dennis Day

Dennis Day
Dennis Day does very well in a serious drama about a bank teller determined to get some needed cash, by dealing with a notorious criminal.

501228 409 A Ring for Marya Cornell Wilde

Cornell Wilde
John plans to burn his store for the insurance money.

510104 410 Alibi Me Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney
A two-bit hoodlum murders his competitor and finds himself in need of an air-tight alibi...in a hurry!


510111 411 Vamp Till Dead Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers
A woman goes to work for a crazed writer who is suspected of murdering his wife.

510118 412 The Well-Dressed Corpse Eve Arden

Eve Arden
One of the "ten best dressed women" is rejected by one of the "ten best dressed men"...and Hell hath no fury!


510125 413 Aria from Murder Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza
A famous opera singer confesses to a murder.

510201 414 Fragile-Contents Death Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas
An interesting story about a postmaster's attempt to find a time bomb among thousands of packages, before it goes off.

510208 415 The Windy City Six Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray
A Chicago band deals with speakeasies, gangsters and a murder or two during the roaring twenties.

510215 416 The Death Parade Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A story almost identical to "Sorry, Wrong Number," but this time Agnes finds a letter warning of an impending murder.

510222 417 Backseat Driver Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan

Jim and Marian Jordan
Fibber and Molly appear in a well done thriller drama. A killer commandeers the car of a couple who are leaving the movies.

510301 418 The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan William Bendix

William Bendix
A safe cracker is released from jail after completing another stretch, determined to return to his old ways. His young son presents an unusual problem.

510308 419 A Vision of Death Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman
A nightclub mind reader discovers that his assistant really can read minds!

510315 420 Strange for a Killer Van Johnson

Van Johnson
A killer trapped by the cops is holding a man's wife and son hostage in their apartment.

510322 421 Three Lethal Words Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford
A former screenwriter describes her story about a forty-three year old woman who throws acid in the face of her younger boyfriend.

510329 422 Death Pitch Jack Carson

Jack Carson
Love and brotherly hate under the Big Top.

510405 423 Murder in G Flat Jack Benny

Jack Benny
A meek piano tuner's bag of tools is switched in the subway with a bag filled with $25,000.

510412 424 Early to Death Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
A fight for $300,000 in stolen loot in the Mexican desert.

510419 425 The Rescue James Stewart

James Stewart
A woman on a hotel ledge is threatening to jump.

510426 426 The Thirteenth Sound Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter
A woman who murders her jusband is plagued by a high pitch sound like a chalk squeaking on a blackboard.

510503 427 When the Bough Breaks Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell
Tensions mount between newlyweds after the bride is acquitted of murdering her grandfather.

510510 428 Death on My Hands Phil Harris, Alice Faye

Phil Harris and Alice Faye
A southern musician accidentally kills a young girl and has to face a lynch mob in a small town.

510517 429 Another Man's Poison Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer
An interesting story about a man who finds $98,000 in cash...and what happens to him and the money.

510531 431 Overdrawn Dick Powell

Dick Powell
A bank teller with seventeen years of faithful service embezzles $28,311, but is spotted by a new teller on his first day on the job.

510607 432 Tell Ya Why I Shouldn't Die Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A pitchman tries to explain...Why I Shouldn't Die...to the man holding the gun.

510614 433 The Truth About Jerry Baxter Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck
When a young drug dealer is paroled, he finds himself in big trouble within five minutes after his release. A stark portrait of drug addiction, the story is based on actual events.

510621 434 The Greatest Thief in the World James Mason

James Mason
Is Peter Marriott really "The Squire," a notorious jewel thief? A true story based on the files of Scotland Yard.

510628 435 The Case for Dr Singer Joseph Kearns, Larry Thor

Joseph Kearns and Bea Benaderet
Someone is passing on atomic secrets to the Russians. Who is it? The program is introduced as "a story suggested by actual events." The reference is possibly about the Rosenberg spy case. The Rosenbergs were convicted March 29, 1951 and sentenced to death April 5, 1952.

510827 436 Report on the Jolly Death Riders William Holden

William Holden
Hot roders on the loose; a serious problem! A dramatization based true facts.

510903 437 The Steel River Prison Break Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler
A good story about a prison escape during a Pittsburgh flood.

510910 438 The Evil of Adelaide Winters Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A good story about a phoney spiritualist who convinces a grief-stricken father that she can communicate with his dead son. She succeeds all too well! Agnes' twentieth appearance as the star of "Suspense."

439 Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
The story of the most notorious poisoner who ever lived.

510924 440 The McKay College Basketball Scandal Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis
A story based on actual events. Things aren't going well for a small town basketball star. He's given the chance to make $2000 to throw the big game.

511001 441 The Case Study of a Murderer Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain
"A story based on actual events." A married man loses his job, and starts to act strange.

511008 442 Betrayal in Vienna Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
"A story based on actual events." A colonel in the Austrian army is blackmailed into revealing his country's military secrets.

511015 443 The Flame Cornell Wilde

Cornell Wilde
A pyromaniac decides to help his best friend, in the only way he knows how.

511022 444 The Log of the Marne Ray Milland

Ray Milland
A British naval vessel is attacked by the Chinese communists during the Chinese civil war against the Nationalists. The story is based on a true 1949 incident.

511029 445 The Hunting of Bob Lee Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A story based on the true incidents of 1868, as a feud to the death breaks out in Texas.

511203 450 A Murderous Revision Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
The demented script writer of "Murder Please" plans to kill his boss.

511210 451 Blackjack to Kill Victore Mature

Victor Mature
An assassin is sent to Havana to kill an old enemy. This is not as easy as it sounds!

511217 452 The Case History of a Gambler John Hodiak

John Hodiak
A nineteen twenties melodrama about the rise and fall of a big time racketeer.

511231 454 Rogue Male Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
An Englishman, who had Hitler in his gun sights, finds himself the quarry for a Nazi big game hunt.

520107 455 The Case Against Loo Dock Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler
A well written story of the San Francisco Tong wars.

520114 456 The Fall River Tragedy Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
Lizzie Borden tells her side of the story!

520121 457 The Perfectionist Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart
A killer who considers himself a perfectionist has to change his plans when the trunk containing the body of the man he has just killed is sent to the wrong address...the home of a cripple.

520128 458 Carnival Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
Rene, a side show "mechanical man," has very human feelings after all. An excellent example of "radio noir."

520204 459 The Treasure Chest of Don Jose J. Carroll Naish

J. Carroll Naish
An impoverished Floridian moves to Cape Cod in search of the gold of his ancestor, Don Jose.

520211 460 Odd Man Out James Mason

James Mason
An adaptation of the famous film about the Irish rebellion and its betrayal.


520218 461 The Track of the Cat Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A hunt for a killer mountain cat in the snow is not all that it seems to be

520225 462 A Killing in Las Vegas Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell
A woman becomes convinced that her husband is trying to kill her. The story has a strange and melancholy ending.

520303 463 The Thirty Nine Steps Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A good adaptation, albeit severely abridged, of the spy thriller made famous by the Alfred Hitchcock movie.

520310 464 A Watery Grave Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
The story of a man who craved power, position and money and destroyed himself accomplishing it.

520317 465 The Wreck of the Old 97 Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A great piece of radio writing, telling a possible story behind the famous 1903 train wreck. The famous song of the same name is sung as transitions.

520324 466 A Murder of Necessity Robert Young

Robert Young
When a man kills his blackmailer, he finds out that someone on the phone has heard him.

520331 467 Lady Pamela Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr
A British crime drama about a clever woman jewel thief out to get her double-crossing partner after a two year jail term.

520407 468 Remember Me Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea
A robber shoots an old Jewish shopkeeper and then is forced to deal with a girl who witnessed the crime. The girl seems to have attended Stuyvesant High School with him (which must have been difficult, as Stuyvesant, at that time, was an all-boys high school). A good story.

520414 469 Mate Bram Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A triple ax murder on the high seas, and a mate with a bad memory!

520421 470 The Diary of Captain Scott Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
The story of the explorer who was second to arrive at the South Pole. He died, along with all his men, on the return journey.

520428 471 The Shooting of Billy the Kid Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
The well told story of the life and violent death of "Billy The Kid."

520505 472 Frankie and Johnny Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore
They were lovers, oh lordy, how they could love! A dramatization of the song written in 1850. Dinah plays the lead and sings the transitions as well.

520512 473 The Missing Person MacDonald Carey

MacDonald Carrey
A magazine writer attempts to track down a missing concert musician.

520519 474 The Flight of the Bumble Bee Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray
An exciting ride on a crippled B-29, returning from a bombing run over Korea.

520526 475 The Death of Me George Murphy

George Murphy
A man working in a remote lumber camp witnesses a murder...arranged with the help of his wife!

520602 476 A Good and Faithful Servant Jack Benny

Jack Benny
After thirty years on the job, a meek department store accountant plans his own unique retirement pension.

520609 477 Concerto for Killer and Eye Witnesses Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis
A good story about an escaped killer who swears revenge...and nearly succeeds in getting it.

520922 479 Jack Ketch Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
The story of the hangman of England, who gets into trouble with the law.

520929 480 Vidocq's Final Case Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer
France's greatest detective, himself a former criminal, returns to solve a puzzling series of crimes.

521006 481 The Diary of Dr Pritchard Cedric Hardwicke

Sir Cedric Hardwicke
The story of an infamous poisoner.

521013 482 How Long Is the Night Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
An excellent story about a U. S. soldier left alone on a Pacific island after an atomic test. But, is he alone!

521020 483 The Death of Barbara Allen Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter
An excellent radio production based on the song, told in story and music.

521027 484 Allen in Wonderland Cornell Wilde

Cornell Wilde
A southern lawyer in New York quotes a bit of Lewis Carroll in a train station, and finds himself involved in Balkan intrigue!

521103 485 Frankenstein Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
The classic story of a scientist who creates life, then is pursued by his creation.

521110 486 A Frightened City Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A soldier returns home to find that his brother-in-law has been murdered, along with three other people. But, nobody's talking!

521117 487 Death and Miss Turner Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An artist paints four portraits of a man with no face. Why?

521124 488 Mann Alive Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass
Paul Douglas gives an excellent performance in a cold war thriller set aboard the San Francisco-Oakland Ferry.

521201 489 The Big Heist John Hodiak

John Hodiak
The best bank buster in the business takes on a new man for his next job...much to his sorrow.

521208 490 Joker Wild Cathy Lewis, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis

521215 491 The Man with Two Faces Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan
A three year old corpse found in a packing case has plenty of false clues planted on it. A nifty bit of detection follows.

521222 492 Arctic Rescue Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
A well told chronicle of an early voyage of exploration to the Arctic, and of a rescue by the "Christmas Star."

521229 493 Melody in Dreams John Lund

John Lund
When a father makes a citizen's arrest of his own daughter, the narcotics detail cops get a lead on $70,000 worth of drugs being sold to teen-agers.

530105 494 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Part One Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A well-done adaptation of the famous Victorian thriller.

530112 495 Mystery of Edwin Drood Part Two Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A well-done adaptation of the famous Victorian thriller.

530119 496 Gold of the Adomar John Hodiak, Joseph Kearns

John Hodiak
A well written, exciting story about a treasure hunt aboard a sunken ship with a cargo of dynamite.

530126 497 The Spencer Brothers Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
The story of three bank robbers and killers, and their flight on horseback across the state of Kansas.

530202 498 Plan X Jack Benny

Jack Benny
Zeno the Martian is sent to meet the first rocket from Earth to land on his planet, and to put "Plan X" into effect.

530209 499 The Man Who Cried Wolf William Powell

William Powell
A cipher clerk at the Russian embassy in Mexico City steals valuable documents and tries to defect to freedom, but no-one will believe him!

530216 500 The Love and Death of Joaquin Murietta Victure Mature

Victor Mature
A well told story about the rise and fall of the famous Mexican bandit.

530223 501 St James Infirmary Blues Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney
The story behind the song, a fine portrait of the gangsters of the roaring 20s.

530302 502 The Storm Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks

Frank Lovejoy
An egotistical dancer splits up with his partner and tries to out-dance the forces of nature!

530309 503 The Dead Alive Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A fine story of the supernatural, set shortly after the Civil War.

530316 504 The Mountain John Hodiak

John Hodiak
Three men are attempting an unclimbed mountain. When one of them falls and is killed, his rope is discovered to have been deliberately cut.

530323 505 The Signalman Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A strange light has been seen at a lonely railroad tunnel.

530330 506 Tom Dooley Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
The story behind the hit tune by the Kingston Trio...a post-Civil War murder-for-love.

530406 507 Around the World Van Johnson

Van Johnson
The program is broadcast live from the stage of the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in New York as part of the 1953 Auto Show. An enjoyable story of the first around-the-world auto race in 1908.

530413 508 The Great Train Robbery Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurry
An ordinary, everyday guy and his uncle decide to strike it rich by robbing a mail train.

530420 509 Public Defender Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A killer, accused of a robbery he says he did not commit, is defended by the husband of his victim. The program is interrupted for a Korean War P. O. W. exchange bulletin.

530427 510 The Man Within Herbert Marshal

Herbert Marshal
A professional smuggler and an amateur coward are put on the spot.

530504 511 Othello, Part 1 Cathy Lewis, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis
The program is announced as the first radio dramatization of the play.

530511 512 Othello, Part 2 Cathy Lewis, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis
The program is announced as the first radio dramatization of the play. The conclusion of the story.

530518 513 Vial of Death Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan
A vial of cholera bacteria is loose in the city, and it must be found before dawn.

530525 514 Pigeon in the Cage Dick Haymes

Dick Haymes
A paper-hanger trapped in a residential elevator witnesses a murder...and becomes the next intended victim

530601 515 A Vision of Death Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman
An interesting story about a couple with a nightclub mind-reading act who are amazed to find that they no longer need their codes...they really can read minds! The program has clever ending.

530608 516 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste Van Heflin

Van Heflin
A well crafted reconstruction of what might have caused the abandonment of the ship that was found adrift.

530914 517 Message to Garcia Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
Shortly before the Spanish-American War, an agent from the United States arrives in Jamaica inroute to Cuba. Once there, his adventures are only beginning.

530921 518 The Empty Chair Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A young teen drives recklessly, races hot rods and get into big trouble.

530928 519 Hellfire John Hodiak

John Hodiak
A wildcat oil driller strikes it rich with an oil find, then strikes it poor when the oil well catches fire.

531005 520 Action Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshal
A good story about a man who believes himself to be dying that decides to go in style...by climbing a reverse slope on a mountain made of ice!

531012 521 The Shot Van Heflin

Van Heflin
A well written story about an "affair of honour" during the Confederacy.

531019 522 My True Love's Hair Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler
The story of Rachel and of the sailor who loved her.

531026 523 Dutch Schultz Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford
A well-done drama about the famous gangster's life, times, and murder..

531102 524 Ordeal in Donner Pass Edmund O'Brien

Edmund O'Brien
A drama about a wagon train that became trapped in a mountain pass for five months and slowly starved to death.

531109 525 Needle in the Haystack William Holden

William Holden
A radio portrait of the U. S. Navy, aboard a minewsweeper trying to clear a path into a North Korean harbor. A sailor is put ashore to gain information about the mines guarding the harbour.

531116 526 The Moonstone - Part One Peter Lawford

The story about the search for a fabulous gem, called "The Moonstone."

531123 527 The Moonstone - Part Two Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford
The conclusion of the story about the search for a fabulous gem, called "The Moonstone."

531130 528 The Wreck of the Maid of Athens Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A sailing ship sinks, leaving the crew, the captain and his wife on a deserted island.

531207 529 Trent's Last Case Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman
A British reporter solves one last murder, and it very much appears as if the butler did it! It's Trent's last case for an unusual reason!

531214 530 The Mystery of Marie Roget Cornell Wilde

Cornell Wilde
A fascinating work of detection. Who killed the beautiful Parisienne, who was in reality murdered in New York City!

531221 531 'Twas The Night Before Christmas Greer Garson

Greer Garson
The parents of a little girl aren't coming back for Christmas. They were on a plane reported missing over the Atlantic.

531228 532 The Queen's Ring James Mason

James Mason
The tumultuous love story of Queen Elizabeth and Essex. Did he really love her or only covet her crown?

540104 533 On a Country Road Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A couple run out of gas during a storm while "The Crazy Woman" is chopping off people's heads somewhere out in the darkness. Good radio!

540111 534 The One Man Crime Wave Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews
An overcoat with a missing button is the only clue to a murderer

540118 535 The Face Is Familiar Jack Benny

Jack Benny
An innocent schnook is used by a gang of bank robber to help them with a caper.

540125 536 Want Ad Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings
"A story based on fact" about a small time crook who answers want ads offering merchandise for sale and then robs the advertiser.

540201 537 Never Follow a Banjo Act Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman
A mature cabaret performer is hired to coach a young crooner...who seems to enjoy playing with knives.

540208 538 Death at Skikerod Pond Jeff Chandler

Jeff Chandler
An elderly couple are trying to escape the Nazis by crossing into neutral Sweden. When they endanger the entire underground, the are killed to protect the other anti-Nazis. After the war, a murder trial is held.

540215 539 The Outer Limit William Holden

William Holden
A warning to mankind from "The Guardians Of The Universe."

540222 540 Murder by Jury Herbert Marshall

Hebert Marshall
A courtroom drama about a man on trial for murdering his wife. Three years after his acquittal, evidence is found to prove his guilt. A perfect crime seems to have taken place...

540301 541 The Barking Death William Powell

William Powell
An infected dog escapes and is roaming the city. The dog is adopted by a little boy and brought into his home.

540308 542 Circumstantial Terror Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
A good story about an unemployed man who is accused of robbery and murder when he goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes.

540315 543 The Girl in Car 32 Victor Mature

Victor Mature
A plainclothes cop aboard a transcontinental train tries to strike up a relationship with a beautiful woman, suspected of being the moll of a jewel thief.

540322 544 The Guilty Always Run Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power
When a man is accused of murder, he runs into a friend, and blackmail.

540329 545 Somebody Help Me Cornell Wilde

Cornell Wilde
A divorced loser commits a murder, but buys his victim a sandwich first...

540405 546 Grand Theft David Niven

David Niven
A gentleman planning insurance fraud files a claim on a jewel robbery that never happened. In fact, the jewels never even existed!

540412 547 Parole to Panic Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford
An ex-con trying to go straight is tracked down and shot by members of his old gang.

540419 548 The Card Game Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
A good suspenseful story about a compulsive gambler out for a big killing.

540426 549 The Bertillion Method Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer
The scientific super sleuth of the French Surete tracks down another killer.

540503 550 The Giant of Thermopylae Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A man framed for murder is trapped in an amusement park fun house with a strange mechanical creature blocking his escape.

540510 551 The Last Days of John Dillinger Van Heflin

Van Heflin
An excellent radio-noir portrait of a mad-dog killer. Beware "The Lady In Red"! Mostly fiction.

540517 552 The Revenge of Captain Bligh Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton
The story of how the captain brought the loyal members of the crew to safety after the mutiny on the "Bounty."

540524 553 Weekend Special-Death Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
Agnes has another tangle with a telephone operator when she finds herself trapped in a supermarket with two safe crackers.

540531 554 Listen, Young Lovers Robert Wagner, Mona Freeman

Robert Wagner
A supposedly true story about a young Czechoslovakian couple who try to escape from Communism.

540607 555 A Terribly Strange Bed Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford
The famous horror tale about the bed that presses its victims flat, until they are dead.

540615 556 The Earth Is Made of Glass Joseph Kearns

Joseph Kearns and Bea Benaderet
A laboratory experiment in murder?

540622 557 Sequel to Murder Whitfield Connor
An editor with no imagination follows the plot in a novel in order to commit his perfect crime.

540629 558 Too Hot to Live Sam Edwards, Paul Frees

Paul Frees
A guy wandering through town finds himself accused of murder...and barefoot!

540706 559 The Tip Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle
A man bent on revenge holds a woman captive in her own home while they wait for her husband's return...so he can kill him!

540713 560 Run Sheep Run Cathy Lewis, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis
"Run, Sheep, Run". An average guy with a nagging wife picks up a beautiful hitch-hiker and quickly becomes a fugitive from a murder rap!

540720 561 Telling Antony Ellis
A weak son just back from Ceylon, gathers his courage and commits murder...but no one wants to listen!

540727 562 Destruction Larry Dobkin, Paula Winslowe

Larry Dobkin
The story of a very small man, who is being cheated on by his wife, is fired from his job, and THEN things start going wrong!

540803 563 Goodnight Mrs Russell Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin

Virginia Gregg
A madman imprisons a woman and plans to kill her in half an hour, when his alarm clock goes off!

540810 564 Never Steal a Butcher's Wife Hy Averbach

Hy Averbach
A clerk in a supermarket plays around with the wife of the big strong butcher.

540930 565 A Little Matter of Memory Larry Dobkin

Larry Dobkin
A mad killer is loose on the English moors, but where is he...and who is he?

541007 566 Chicken Feed Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell
For want of a nickel, a great deal was almost lost.

541014 567 Lost William Conrad, Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
A woman with amnesia is found lost in New York City, and is accused of murder!

541021 568 Rave Notice Hans Conried

Hans Conried
A good story about an actor who commits a murder and then tries to convince the police that he's insane.

541028 569 The Shelter Vic Perrin, Joyce McCluskey

Vic Perrin
A man and a woman wait at a deserted bus stop. One of them is possibly an escaped homicidal maniac!

541104 570 The Last Letter of Dr Bronson John Dehner

John Dehner
A doctor tries an experiment and tries to get someone to murder him...but fails five times....

541111 571 The Sure Thing Hy Averbach

Hy Averback
A bookie bets $250,000 on a sure thing...and loses.

541118 572 Blind Date Shirley Mitchell, Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin
A good story about a madman with a knife, threatening a vaudeville performer in her dressing room.

541125 573 Shooting Star Virginia Christine, Joseph Kerns

Virginia Christine
A good story about an aging movie star who enacts a strange revenge on the mogul who refuses to renew her contract.

541202 574 The Shot William Conrad, John Dehner

William Conrad
A well written story about an "affair of honour" during the Confederacy.

541209 575 On a Country Road Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg

Harry Bartell
A couple runs out of gas during a storm while "the crazy woman" is chopping off people's heads, somewhere out in the darkness.

541216 576 Pretty Girl Lynn Allen, Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin
A campus "tease" meets up with the one man who won't take "No" for an answer.

541223 577 Premonition Lawrence Dobkin, Charlotte Lawrence

Lawrence Dobkin
In a small inn on a snow covered side of the Alps, a stranded American has a fear of impending doom.

541230 578 Odd Man Out Ben Wright

Ben Wright
The Irish rebellion and its betrayal.

550113 580 Final Payment Harry Bartell, Peter Leeds

Harry Bartell
Two old army buddies plan the perfect insurance fraud. Nothing can go wrong...right?

550120 581 Study of a Murderer William Conrad, Charlotte Lawrence

William Conrad
The study of a man who was determined to finish a murder he never started.

550127 582 The Operation Hy Averbach, Mary Jane Croft

Mary Jane Croft
A robber holding up a doctor's office.

550203 583 A Killing in Abilene Parley Baer

Parley Baer
A Texan arrives in Pleasant Valley to bring the man who killed his brother to justice.

550210 584 Diagnosis of Death Jean Bates, Larry Dobkin

Larry Dobkin
A hypochondriac overhears the wrong diagnosis and thinks he's going to die a painful death.

550217 585 The Man with the Steel Teeth John Dehner

John Dehner
An American journalist is arrested in Moscow by the Secret police. He is imprisoned and tortured to get him to confess to false charges...by a man with steel teeth!

550222 586 Waiting Vivi Janiss, Helen Cleve

Vivi Janis
As the execution hour approaches, the relatives of the condemned man are waiting.

550301 587 The Screaming Woman Sherry Jackson, Paula Winslowe

Sherry Jackson
A little girl hear's a screaming woman, who is buried alive!


550308 588 Nobody Ever Quits Tom McKee
It's a snowy night atop a mountain, and the leader of the old gang is coming to get the guy who went straight.

550315 589 The Game Sam Edwards, Gil Stratton Jr

Gil Stratton Jr.
An exciting story about two kids, and a game of Russian Roulette. A drama for two voices...good radio!

550322 590 The Cellar Eric Snowden, Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
A British bloke murders his wife, buries the body in the cellar and plans on running to the Argentine with his girlfriend. Then, in walks his mother-in-law.

550329 591 Give Me Liberty Tony Barrett
A good story about an escaped prisoner trying to get those damn handcuffs off.

550405 592 Zero Hour John Dehner

John Dehner
The classic tale about "Drill" and the game of "Invasion."

550412 593 Lunch Kit Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell
A worker is planning to blow up the factory in which he works and must leave before his bomb goes off.

550419 594 Speed Trap Eddie Firestone, Larry Thor

Eddie Firestone
A gripping tale about two highway cops on a treacherous, rain slicked road, chasing a drunken speeding driver.

550426 595 Sight Unseen Terrence De Marnay, Ben Wright

Ben Wright
A British story about two ordinary looking men, coming to "get" a London reporter.

550503 596 Remember Me Tony Barrett, Charlotte Lawrence
A good story, making creative use of radio sound. A killer is alone with his victim in a room.

550510 597 Going, Going, Gone Tom Brown, Eve McVey

Tom Brown
A couple buys a sealed trunk at an auction...containing a fortune in jewelry.

550517 598 Lili and the Colonel Ramsey Hill, Paula Winslowe
Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
A story of the British fighting the Mau Mau in Kenya. Life and death in an African colony.


550524 599 I Saw Myself Running Charlotte Lawrence, John Dehner

John Dehner
A surrealistic story about a woman's battle with the creatures of her dreams.

550531 600 Beirut by Sunrise Mary Jane Croft, Ben Wright

Mary Jane Croft
A modern tourist looks for romance and intrigue in Beirut,

550607 601 Frankenstein Stacy Harris, Herb Butterfield

Stacy Harris
Many liberties have been taken with the original, but the story is still a winner.

550614 602 The Whole Town's Sleeping Jeanette Nolan, William Conrad

Jeanette Nolan
"The Lonely One" is roaming at night, strangling women out after dark.

550621 603 Over the Bounding Main Tony Barrett
A two-timing woman plans to kill her husband aboard a broken down fishing boat. The closing has been deleted, but the story is complete.

550628 604 The Holdout Harry Bartell, Parley Baer

Harry Bartell
The score is 11 to 1 in the jury room. Slowly, opinions start to charge.

550705 605 The Cave-In Ben Wright

Ben Wright


550712 606 Kaleidoscope William Conrad, Howard McNear

William Conrad
After a space ship explodes, the surviving crew members have a last conversation as they drift to their deaths.

550719 607 Backseat Driver Vivi Janiss, Parley Baer

Vivi Janiss
A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies.

550726 608 The Greatest Thief in the World Ben Wright

Ben Wright
Scotland Yard pursues "The Squire," a notorious jewel thief.

550802 609 Black Death Edgar Barrier, William Conrad

William Conrad
A mad scientist has invented a death ray. Guess what he's planning to use it on.

550809 610 Love, Honor or Murder Charlotte Lawrence, William Conrad

William Conrad
A cab-driver's wife goads him into committing murder, so he can keep the $12,000 he found in his cab.

550816 611 A Study in Wax William Conrad, Stacy Harris

William Conrad
A good story and fine performance by William Conrad, about two men trapped in an Arctic blizzard with a phonograph record of "The Sabre Dance" to drive them mad.

550823 612 The Beetle and Mr Bottle Eric Snowden
A mild little man who enjoys his garden, marries a terrible shrew.

550830 613 The Lady in the Red Hat Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin
Two reporters and a cop are trying to track down a killer known as "The Thirteenth Apostle," each receive an invitation to meet with the killer.

550906 614 Strange for a Killer John Dehner

John Dehner
A killer trapped by the cops is holding a man's wife and son hostage in their apartment.

550913 615 A Story of Poison Joseph Kearns

Joseph Kearns
A British doctor, the infamous Neil Cream, poisons his wife...and a few other folks as well.


550920 616 The Stool Pigeon John Dehner, Parley Baer

Parley Baer
A group of prisoners on Devil's Island decides to find out who is the stool pigeon who foils their escape plans.


550927 617 The Frightened City Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell
A soldier returns home to find that his brother-in-law has been murdered, along with three other people. But, nobody's talking!

551004 618 Goodbye, Miss Lizzie Borden Paula Winslowe, Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg
Interesting "what if" story. The mystery of Lizzy Borden, axe murderess, is carried to a plausible conclusion.

551011 619 Heavens to Betsy Truda Marson, Hy Averbach

Hy Averbach
When a flying saucer lands in his back yard, Henry Doyle is determined that a man's home is in his castle!

551018 620 Life Ends at Midnight Paula Winslowe, Stacy Harris

Paula Winslowe
A bad son returns to his mother for a visit. He soon turns to thoughts of murder.

551025 621 To None a Deadly Drug Harry Bartell, Charlotte Lawrence

Harry Bartell
A druggist gives a small boy the wrong medicine and tries to find him before he takes it and dies.
.
551101 622 The Mountain Parley Baer, Ben Wright

Parley Baer
Three men are attempting an unclimbed mountain. When one of them falls and is killed, his rope is discovered to have been deliberately cut.

551108 623 Report on the X-915 Stacy Harris, Jack Kruschen

Stacy Harris


551115 624 Once a Murderer Ben Wright

Ben Wright
A cockney discovers the way to get away with murder...confess!

551122 625 Classified Secret Parley Baer

Parley Baer
Spies and counterspies match wits on a cross-country bus.

551129 626 This Will Kill You Sam Edwards

Sam Edwards
A not to bright worker is jealous of his boss and decides to kill him.

551206 627 When the Bough Breaks Virginia Gregg, Stacy Harris

Virginia Gregg
Tensions mount between newlyweds after the bride is acquitted of murdering her grandfather.

551213 628 A Present for Benny Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen
A comedy/gangster story about two boxes. One box contains an ermine coat, the other has a bomb. Which is which?

551220 629 The Cave Richard Beals, Billy Chapin

Billy Chapin
The thoroughly delightful Christmas story about two boys who enter a cave filled with pirates!

551227 630 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste John Dehner

John Dehner
A most imaginative interpolation of a true-to-life mystery about a deserted ship.

560110 632 Two Platinum Capsules Stacy Harris, Edgar Barrier

Stacy Harris
A story about two small boys who "carried death in their pockets."


560117 633 End of the String Stacy Harris

Stacy Harris
A jeweler steals a million dollar necklace, and then learns that it's not so easy to dispose of.

560124 634 The Cellar Door Parley Baer, Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
Interesting story of two parents trapped in the basement while their two year old is left unattended upstairs.

560131 635 Arctic Rescue John Stevenson

John Stevenson
The story of the attempted rescue of the Franklin expedition to the arctic in 1852.

560207 636 Variations on a Theme Parley Baer

Parley Baer
The ultimate wife-in-the-trunk story.

560214 637 Listen, Young Lovers Charlotte Lawrence, Sam Edwards

Sam Edwards
A supposedly true story about a young Czechoslovakian couple who try to escape from Communism.

560221 638 Hollywood Hostages Eve McVeagh, Tom Brown

Tom Brown
Two members of a movie crew arrive at a ghost town to shoot a picture. Two desperate criminals have arrived there ahead of them

560228 639 The Diary of Captain Scott Ben Wright

Ben Wright
A well-done story of the tragic journey of Scott to the South Pole.

560306 640 Quiet Night Stacy Harris

Stacy Harris
A story about a group of escaped convicts in the Florida swamps.

560313 641 The Groom of the Ladder Hans Conried

Hans Conried
A story of the many problems of a servant of the King...the hangman.


560320 642 Gallardo Vic Perrin, Tony Barrett

Vic Perrin
A triangle on the flying trapeze.

560327 643 The Murderess Cathy Lewis, John Dehner

John Dehner
A woman with a conscience awaits the execution of an innocent woman...for the crime she committed. Ending is cut short but the story is complete.

560403 644 Game Hunt Raymond Lawrence, Joseph Kearns

Joseph Kearns
A hunter in Africa is not too sure of himself. His cowardly client meets a wounded lion hiding in tall grass; this is a deadly combination.

560410 645 The Lonely Heart Ben Wright

Ben Wright

560417 646 The Seventh Letter Stacy Harris, Parley Baer

Stacy Harris
The story of the death of a postman and the search for a missing letter.

560424 647 A Case Of Nerves Parley Baer

Parley Baer
An evil man, his invalid wife, and temptation.

560501 648 The Waxwork William Conrad

William Conrad
A reporter spends the night in an eerie wax museum. A one man show. all voices and narration are done by William Conrad. An excellent use of radio.

560508 649 The Phones Die First Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell

560515 650 The Death Parade Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
A woman finds a letter warning of an impending murder.

560522 651 Fragile-Contents Death Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin
An interesting story about a Postmaster's attempt to find a time bomb among thousands of packages before it goes off.

560529 652 The Flame Tony Barrett
A pyromaniac decides to help his best friend, in the only way he knows how.

560605 653 The Twelfth Rose Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe
Death and eleven roses. What about the twelfth?


560612 654 A Matter of Timing William Conrad, Stacy Harris

William Conrad
A man hires a professional killer to bump off his partner, with surprising results.

560619 655 A Sleeping Draught Ben Wright, Hans Conried

Ben Wright
Revolt aboard a prison ship to Australia.

560626 656 The Treasure Chest of Don Jose Edgar Barrier
A search for a treasure chest is successful...too successful!

560703 657 The Music Lovers Ben Wright

Ben Wright
Scotland Yard is on the trail of a gang of spies who torture and murder for information.

560711 658 Want Ad Stacy Harris

Stacy Harris
A robber uses the newspaper to find mink coats to steal, but a murder complicates his plans.

560718 659 The Man Who Threw Acid Tony Barrett, William Conrad

William Conrad
Once a punk, always a punk.

560725 660 The Tramp Ben Wright

Ben Wright
A trio of Limeys has a go at the piracy of an old hulk and her drunken captain.

560808 662 Double Identity Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin
A man steals $50,000 from the company safe and heads off towards Paris. Who gets on the plane with him...but his boss!

560815 663 A Friend to Alexander John Dehner

John Dehner
The story of a very personal reaction to the Hamilton-Burr duel.

560829 664 Hold-Up Joseph Kearns

Joseph Kearns
A quick-on-the-trigger grocer has killed three hold-up men, and is determined never to be robbed.


560905 665 The Security Agent Parley Baer, Howard McNear

Howard McNear
A dramatized version of one of the first airplane high-jackings.


560925 666 A Case of Identity Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett

Parley Baer
A man takes out a $100,000 life insurance policy, then murders a bum whom he closely resembles.


561002 667 Waiting Vivi Janiss, Paula Winslowe

Vivi Janiss
A man's wife, mother and sister await his execution.

561009 668 The Digger Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher
Three men are in a mine shaft that's filling with smoke...and man-eating rats!

561016 669 The Prophecy of Bertha Abbott Sam Edwards, Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna
The story of the brief but doomed criminal careers of two young boys.

561023 670 The Doll Patty McCormick

Patty McCormick
Interesting tale of a talking doll. The first show of the program's 15th year on the air. This is the first show of the series that was produced and played back on magnetic tape.

561030 671 Red Cloud Mesa Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley
A Native American, mentally unbalanced from war combat, goes out on his last patrol.

561104 672 The Signalman Sarah Churchill, Ben Wright

Sarah Churchill
A strange light has been seen at a railroad tunnel
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561111 673 Three Skeleton Key Vincent Price, John Dehner

Vincent Price
The story of a lighthouse island over-run by large rats.

561118 674 The Long Night Frank Lovejoy, Stacy Harris

Frank Lovejoy
An air traffic controller tries to talk down an inexperienced pilot during bad weather.
561125 675 The Man Who Stole the Bible John Lund, June Foray

John Lund
It's Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, and a salesman has a date with the devil!

561202 676 The Rim of Terror Barbara Whiting, Ben Wright

Barbara Whiting
The story of a spy in the desert and a beautiful girl with a Mercedes.

561209 677 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Victor Jory, Larry Thor

Victor Jory
The shocking story about the spy who was caught during the Civil War.


561216 678 Eyewitness Howard Duff, Joseph Kearns

Howard Duff
A newspaper reporter finds himself a hostage in the midst of a prison riot.

561223 679 Back for Christmas Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A delightful British murderer with a henpecking wife.


570106 680 A Shipment of Mute Fate Jack Kelly

Jack Kelly
A deadly bushmaster snake has broken loose and is hiding somewhere on an ocean liner.

570113 681 Russian New Year Helmut Dantine

Helmut Dantine

570120 682 Second Class Passenger Sterling Hollaway

Sterling Holloway

570127 683 Freedom This Way Hans Conried

Hans Conried

570203 684 Frankie and Johnny Margaret Whiting, Shepard Menken

Barbara Whiting
They were lovers, oh lordy, how they could love! A dramatization of the song written in 1850.

570210 685 Door of Gold Myron McCormick, Shirley Mitchell

Myron McCormick
An excellent edge-of-your-chair horror tale about two archeologists trapped in an Inca burial mound.

570217 686 Murder and Aunt Delia Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford
A hitch-hiker has a perfect crime in mind, can you guess where he goes wrong?

570224 687 227 Minutes of Hate Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw
A man just fired from his job at a local television station steals an airplane and plans to fly into the station's transmitter towers. The fact that he doesn't know how to fly an aircraft doesn't even slow him down.

570303 688 Present Tense Vincent Price

Vincent Price
A strange, well-written story of an axe murder with time dimension warpage..


570310 689 The Paralta Map Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr
An excellent story, about the search for the "Lost Dutchman Mine," in spite of a story of no-one returning alive from "Superstition Mountain."

570317 690 The Outer Limit Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
The oft-repeated story about the experimental jet with ten minutes of fuel left that somehow stays aloft for ten hours.


570324 691 Shooting Star June Lockhart

June Lockhart
A good story about a movie star who enacts a strange revenge on the mogul who refuses to renew her contract.

570331 692 A Good Neighbor Jeff Chandler, Virginia Gregg

Jeff Chandler
A jewel thief hiding on the Maine coast during a storm is plagued by a "helpful" old lady.


570407 693 Vanishing Lady Vanessa Brown

Vanessa Brown
A retelling of the classic tale about the English girl whose mother disappears without a trace from a Paris hotel.


570414 694 Thou Shalt Not Commit Victor Jory

Victor Jory
A doctor's wife on a tropical island is tempted to leave him when a savage sea captain visits.

570421 695 Chicken Feed Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges
For want of a dime, a great deal was almost lost.

570428 696 Escape to Death Francis Lederer

Francis Lederer
A Hungarian doctor is forced by the Communists to kill an escapee.

570505 697 Celebration Joy Lefleur
A woman checks out of her "club"...which happens to be an insane asylum!

570512 698 Tarawa Was Tough John Lund

John Lund
A well-done dramatization of what it was like to hit the beaches. The program features an accurate representation of "Tokyo Rose."

570519 699 Death and Miss Turner Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An artist paints four portraits of a man with no face. Why?

570526 700 The Big Day John McIntire

John McIntire
Which is the fastest car on Earth? The Stanley Steamer of course!

570602 701 Crossing Paris Hans Conried, John Dehner

Hans Conried
Four suitcases of black-market pork.

570609 702 The Green and Gold String Vincent Price

Vincent Price
Dr. Alkazar, a Coney Island fortune teller, knows a good thing when he sees it.

570616 703 Trial by Jury Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly
A lady attorney is married to a gambler.

570623 704 A Load of Dynamite Bartlett Robinson

Bartlett Robinson
A good story about a dynamite truck driver, his beautiful wife, and his ex-convict brother.

570630 705 The Yellow Wallpaper Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A well written story, excellently performed by Agnes Moorehead. A woman going mad, is she, spends the summer in a room with yellow wallpaper, whose pattern come to life!

570707 706 Alibi Everett Sloane

Everett Sloane
A businessman hires an assassin to murder his partner.

570714 707 Flood on the Goodwins Herbert Marshall, Hans Conried

Herbert Marshall
A Nazi and a one-armed Englishman duel on a small boat in the English Channel.

570721 708 America's Boyfriend Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge
A murder is solved by a two-year-old baby!

570728 709 Murder on Mike Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
A radio mystery writer, fired by the show's producer, plans the ultimate revenge...a real murder on the show!

570804 710 Flesh Peddler DeForest Kelly

DeForest Kelly
A well-written, suspenseful story about a strange ventriloquist and his even stranger secret.

570811 711 Pigeon in the Cage Lloyd Bridges, Ellen Morgan

Lloyd Bridges
A paperhanger trapped in an elevator overhears a murder, and finds himself the next planned victim.

570818 712 Peanut Brittle Skip Homeier, John Dehner

John Dehner
A good story about a new guy in the penitentiary who's life is in danger because of a box of peanut brittle.

570825 713 Leiningen vs the Ants William Conrad

William Conrad
A determined man battles an elemental force of nature.

570901 714 The Man from Tomorrow Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
An interesting story about a Korean war jet jockey chosen to develop his senses beyond mortal men.


570908 715 Old Army Buddy Victor Jory

Victor Jory
A pompous foreign correspondent is amazed to discover that his wife plans to divorce him!


570922 717 Shadow on the Wall Jackie Kelk

Jackie Kelk
A slightly mad man kills his brother and buries the body behind the fireplace of a house that's being built. The results are diabolical.

570929 718 Vamp Till Dead Venessa Brown

Vanessa Brown
A woman goes to work for a crazed writer who is suspected of murdering his wife...

571006 719 Misfire Jack Carson

Jack Carson
An atomic-bomb test that fails to detonate because of a small wrench caught in the door.

571013 720 The Well-Dressed Corpse Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting
One of the "ten best dressed women" is rejected by one of the "ten best dressed men"...and Hell hath no fury!

571020 721 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
The start of the program's 16th year on the air. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!

571027 722 The Country of the Blind Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr
The classic tale set in the land of the sightless.

571103 723 Firing Run Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey
Two kids are trapped in a drone "Flying Fortress" about to be shot out of the sky by a test pilot...their father!

571110 724 The Pit and the Pendulum Vincent Price

Vincent Price
A well-done adaption of the classic.

571117 725 The City That Was Francis X. Bushman

Francis X Bushman
A murder story of old Hollywood starring Francis X. Bushman star of the original "Ben Hur."

571124 726 The Star of Thessaly Ray Noble

Ray Noble
A British gentleman undertakes an adventure...guarding

571201 727 Jet Stream Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
An interesting story about an Air National Guard pilot who murders his miserable wife in Los Angeles and flies back to New York for an alibi.

571208 728 Speed Trap Everett Sloane, William Conrad

Everett Sloane
A story about a break-neck ride down a killer mountain with two cops who are after a drunken blonde.

571215 729 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
The shocking story about the spy who was caught during the Civil War.

571222 730 Dog Star Evelyn Rudy
All that a little girl wants for Christmas is a little puppy. She finally gets one...from outer space! A fine Christmas story


571229 731 Never Steal a Butcher's Wife Cathy Lewis, William Conrad

William Conrad
A clerk in a supermarket plays around with the wife of a big strong butcher.

580105 732 A Week Ago Wednesday Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke
A dream of murder and counter-murder.

580112 733 The Island John Lund

John Lund
What is the secret of a hidden Japanese island, the most terrible weapon during the war?

580119 734 The Crowded Void Bartett Robinson, John Dehner

John Dehner


580126 735 Nineteen Deacon Street Jerome Thor

Jerome Thor
A brash tie salesman arrives in Chicago and comes upon an old theatrical murder.


580202 736 The Silver Frame Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw
A man just out of prison plans to frame himself for revenge on the D.A. that sent him up.

580209 737 The Long Shot Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A cross-country drive with a $200,000 pot of gold at the finish.

580216 738 One Chef Well Done Maurice Marsac

Maurice Marsac
A comedy about a new French chef who discovers what really happened to the old French chef.

580223 739 The Five Buck Tip (AFRTS) Karl Swenson, Cathy Lewis

Karl Swenson
A very well written story about a criminal's attempt to escape the electric chair by switching places with his twin brother.

580223 739 The Five Buck Tip Karl Swenson, Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis
A very well written story about a criminal's attempt to escape the electric chair by switching places with his twin brother.

580302 740 Never Follow a Banjo Act Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting
A cabereted performer is hired to coach a young crooner...who seems to enjoy playing with knives.

580309 741 The Chain Agnes Moorehead, Jay Novello

Agnes Moorehead
A woman appears to be in desperate trouble when her husband leaves her and then her neighbor tries to kill her!

580316 742 Game Hunt Everett Sloane

Everett Sloane
A white hunter in Africa is not too sure of himself. His cowardly client meets a wounded lion hiding in tall grass; this is a deadly combination.

580323 743 Affair at Loveland Pass Jim Ameche, Vanessa Brown

Vanessa Brown
An escaped killer, along with a man and a woman, are stranded in the Colorado mountains.

580330 744 The Sisters Frances Farmer, Cathy Lewis

Francis Farmer
Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them is crazy; the sane one buys a coffin!

580406 745 Just One Happy Little Family Ray Noble, Lee Patrick

Ray Noble
A lady poisoner marries a gentleman wife-butcher. They decide to practice their crafts together...with a surprising results.

580413 746 Win, Place or Die Frank Lovejoy

Frank Loveoy
A book-keeper in debt to a book-maker takes desperate steps to break even.

580420 747 Alibi Me Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg
A two-bit hoodlum murders his competitor and finds himself in need of an air-tight alibi...in a hurry!

580427 748 Winner Lose All John Lund

John Lund

580504 749 Sundown Jackie Kelk

Jackie Kelk
A young boy grows up with only one desire...to kill the fastest gun in the West.

580511 750 Subway Stop Skip Homeier

Skip Homeier
A man mugged on a deserted subway station is mistaken for a drunk by everyone as he tries to get help.

580518 751 Zero Hour Evelyn Rudy
The story of the game of "invasion" and a visit from "Drill."

580525 752 Like Man, Somebody Dig Me Ted Reid(Elliott Reid)

Elliott Reid
The adventures of a beatnik, so cool that not even his own lynching blows his wig.
580601 753 Rave Notice Vincent Price

Vincent Price
A actor commits murder then mounts the greatest performance of his life in order to convince his jailers that he's insane.

580608 754 The Invisible Ape Larry Parks

Larry Parks
A young scientist decides to use his newly discovered secret of invisibility for his own evil ends.

580615 755 Strange for a Killer Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy
A trapped killer holding an entire family hostage shows a strange sense of values.

580622 756 The Last Kilometer Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt
The program begins its 17th year on the air.

580629 757 Rain Tonight John McIntire

John McIntire
A prison break is planned with the unwilling assistance of the prison chaplain.

580706 758 Rub Down and Out Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges
A man who runs a gym is having an affair with the wife of Big Eddie...

580713 759 The Long Night Frank Lovejoy, Barney Philips

Frank Lovejoy
A chilling story about a lost pilot and an air traffic controller.

580720 760 It's All in Your Mind Berry Kroeger

Berry Kroeger
Telepathy pills aren't all they're cracked up to be.

580727 761 The Steel River Prison Break Bartlett Robinson
A story about a prison escape during a Pittsburgh flood.

580803 762 The Voice of Company A Everett Sloane

Everett Sloane
Placed aboard a military satellite, a tape recording in many languages saying, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." But who recorded the tape? An interesting story.

580810 763 The Diary of Sophronia Winters Mercedes McCambridge, Karl Swenson

Mercedes McCambridge
A great horror story about a new bride, a madman, and a hotel with one hundred and twenty five deserted rooms!

580817 764 The Bridge Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis
An eternal triangle finds itself trapped in a wrecked auto hanging off a bridge by the rear tires.

580824 765 Remember Me Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper
A murderer's old school chum has too good a memory for her own good.

580831 766 The Whole Town's Sleeping Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
The story about the lonely spinster walking across a dark ravine at night...with "the lonely one" on the loose. Miss Moorehead gives and excellent performance.

580907 767 The Man Who Won the War Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

580914 768 Command Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

580921 769 No Hiding Place Jim Ameche

Jim Ameche
A woman's crazy ex-husband threatens to kill her present husband...and nobody will do anything to stop him!

580928 770 Misfire William Conrad, John Dehner

William Conrad
A well-written story about an atomic-bomb test that fails to detonate because of a small wrench caught in the door.

581004 771 The Wait Maria Palmer, John Dehner

Maria Palmer
A well written story of revolution, honor, and betrayal.

581011 772 The Treasure Chest of Don Jose Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr
Buried treasure on old Cape Cod leads to more trouble and a different kind of jackpot than expected.

581018 773 Three Skeleton Key Vincent Price, Ben Wright

Vincent Price
The story about the rats.

581025 774 Headshrinker Helmut Dantine, Nina Foch

Helmut Dantine
Psychiatrist...healing thyself!

581101 775 The Dealings of Mr Markheim James Mason, Pamela Mason

James Mason
The story about an antique dealer who dabbled in blackmail and calmly came back from the dead.

581108 776 Two for the Road William Conrad, Charles McGraw

William Conrad
Two television actors driving across the country are accused of robbery and murder.

581115 777 Affair at Aden Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy

581123 778 My Dear Niece Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick
A good story with a surprise ending about the proverbial little old lady being held hostage by a murderer.

581130 779 A Statement of Fact Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis
An ambitious District Attorney gets a confession from an accused murderess...and a glimpse of himself.

581214 781 For Old Times Sake John Lund, Virginia Gregg

John Lund

581221 782 Out for Christmas Raymond Burr

Raymon Burr
Santa Claus has a gun and is out for revenge.

590104 784 Don't Call Me Mother Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A good story about a possessive mother who's determined to break up her son's marriage.

590111 785 Night on Red Mountain Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna
A gas station owner atop a California mountain is threatened by members of his old gang during a blizzard.

590118 786 Ride Down Cajon William Bishop

William Bishop
An exciting story about a ride down a BIG hill in a truck with no brakes.

590125 787 Four of a Kind Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid
A hitch-hiker learns how to play "License Plate Poker"...for very high stakes.

590201 788 Return to Dust Richard Beals

Richard Beals
A well written and superbly produced horror story about a biologist shrinking to microscopic size. Good radio!

590208 789 Death Notice Victor Jory

Victor Jory
A man has just learned he has but a short time to live.

590215 790 The Signalman Ellen Drew

Ellen Drew
A strange light has been seen at a lonely railroad tunnel.

590222 791 Star over Hong Kong Marie Wilson, Ben Wright

Marie Wilson
A comedy about a dumb movie actress who almost causes an international incident in Asia.

590301 792 The Waxwork Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
A night spent in a wax museum, a most macabre setting. Then, one of the statues starts to move! A one man show.

590308 793 Madman of Manhattan Myron McCormick

Myron McCormick
A lunatic strangles his lawyer, and escapes form a mental ward...bent on revenge.

590315 794 Death in Box 234 Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A good story about an "inside job" bank robbery...

590322 795 Script by Mark Brady Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor
"Who killed who? "

590329 796 John Barbey and Son John McIntire

John McIntire
A man and his son are on the run from the police.

590412 797 Too Hot to Live Van Heflin

Van Heflin
A drifter with a hole in his shoe comes upon a small town and a murder during a heat wave.

590419 798 See How He Runs Jim Backus

Jim Backus
A good story about a blind man with larceny in his heart who's the finger man for a gangland killing.

590426 799 Deep, Deep Is My Love Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges
Rapture in the deep...with a mermaid!

590503 800 The Amateur Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper
The witness to a hit-and-run accident decides to try his hand at a little blackmail.

590510 801 On a Country Road Howard Duff, Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino
An escaped lunatic has killed five people with a meat clever an now a stranded couple whose care has broken down are frightened she'll show up and attack them.

590517 802 Friend of Daddy's Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A friend of Daddy's during the war pays a visit.

590524 803 Spoils for Victor Robert Horton

Robert Horton
An out-of-work actor marries the richest girl in the world...and his agent want his 10%!

590531 804 The Man Who Would Be King Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy
The famous Kipling story about the two Irishmen who rule a kingdom of savages as their gods.

590607 805 The Pit and the Pendulum Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr
Poe's tale of the Inquisition.

590614 806 Drive-In Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting
Hamburgers and a murderer-to-go.

590621 807 Ivy Is a Lovely Name Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy
A race against time; the Hollywood freeway vs. Mother Nature and a mother-to-be.

590628 808 Analytical Hour Jack Carson

Jack Carson
A good story about a patient and his psychiatrist. A two-voice drama.

590705 809 Blood Is Thicker Everett Sloan

Everett Sloan
A planned murder during a boat race is made difficult because blood is indeed...thicker than water.

590712 810 Eyewitness John Lund

John Lund
A newspaper reporter finds himself a hostage in the midst of a prison riot.

590719 811 Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Vincent Price

Vincent Price
A suspected saboteur during the American Civil War is caught.

590726 812 Night Man Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt
An excellent horror story.

590802 813 Red Cloud Mesa Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten
An Indian, mentally unbalanced from war combat, goes out on his last patrol.

590809 814 Everything Will Be Different Cathy Lewis, Peter Leeds

Cathy Lewis
A story about a new bride and her drinking husband.

590816 815 Like Man, Somebody Dig Me Dennis Day

Dennis Day
The adventures of a beatnik, so cool that not even his own lynching blows his wig.

590823 816 Headshrinker Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
A woman seeing a psychiatrist has more problems than she's aware of.

590830 817 A Matter of Execution Peter Lazer, Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
An eleven year old boy hears a deathbed confession and tries to save the life of an innocent man about to be executed.

590906 818 After the Movies Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy
A juror finds $10,000 in a drugstore, and it's obvious the "fix" is in. The story has a surprise ending.

590913 819 Death and the Escort Don Mclaughlin, Elspeth Eric
An honest citizen, willing to testify against a killer, finds himself under police protection.

590920 820 The Beetle and Mr Bottle John Gibson
A mild little man who enjoys his garden, marries a terrible shrew.

591004 821 Room 203 Ellen McCrea, Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A new bride sees a murder in a hotel room window...or did she?

591011 822 Infanticide Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
An eight year old asthmatic boy has been murdered. Questioning the father reveals some surprises.

591018 823 The Crisis of Dirk Diamond Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A comic-strip cartoonist creates the ideal villain...and winds up with a bad case of the funnies.

591025 824 Easy Victim Paul McGrath, Elspeth Eric

Paul McGrath
A man $10,000 in debt to gamblers, decides to take the easy way out...and marry for money.

591101 825 Re-Entry Lyle Sudrow, Margaret Draper
The first man to fly the X-15 rocket plane into space starts to act strangely.

591108 826 The Last Trip Ralph Bell, Connie Lembke

591115 827 The Companion Virginia Payne, Elizabeth Lawrence

Virginia Payne
The story of a night of horror for a young bride and her crippled mother...with a surprise ending.

591122 828 The Thimble Joe DeSantis, Teri Keane

Joe DeSantis

591129 829 Leiningen vs the Ants Luis Van Rooten

Luis Van Rooten
A determined man battles an elemental force of nature.


591206 830 Dynamite Run Mason Adams, Larry Haines

Mason Adams
A last truckful of dynamite is complicated by an escaped killer.

591213 831 The Country of the Blind Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A seeing man in a sightless world

591220 832 A Korean Christmas Carol Bill Lipton
The story of a strange G. I., his A. W. O. L. bag, and an even stranger Christmas battle.

591227 833 Moonlight Sail Frank Thomas, Jr., Luis Van Rooten

Luis Van Rooten
An American charterboat captain on the French Riviera tries to prevent the murder of a beautiful girl.

600103 834 Zero Hour Francine Meyers, Ginger Jones
The classic tale about "Drill" and the game of "Invasion."

600110 835 The Long Night Ellen McRea, Bill Adams

Ellen McRae(Ellen Burstyn)
An air traffic controller tries to talk down an inexperienced pilot through a heavy overcast.


600117 836 The Time, The Place and the Death Eric Dressler
A gypsy tells a wealthy man that he's going to die in two weeks. A "radio noir" story follows as the man makes his final preparations.

600124 837 Turnabout Leonard Stone

Leonard Stone

600131 838 End of the Road Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
An unusual "beauty-and-the beast" story, well written.

600207 839 The Mystery of Marie Roget Jackson Beck, Robert Dryden

Jackson Beck
A fascinating work of detection. Who killed the beautiful Parisienne, who was in reality murdered in New York City!

600214 840 Sorry Wrong Number Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.

600221 841 Crank Letter Lyle Sudrow, Les Damon

Les Damon
A doctor's life is being threatened by a very strange person!

600228 842 Lt Langer's Last Collection Frank Mellano, Murrey Forbes
A rotten cop "on the take" shakes down an honest shopkeeper, but has a heart attack right after.

600306 843 Sleep Is for Children Elspeth Eric, Ralph Bell
A killer specializes in women who are alone at night...and a little known fact about telephones.

600313 844 Revolution Phillip Meader, Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice
In a dictatorship, a honeymoon turns into an execution when a photo is taken of "El Supremo."

600320 845 Talk About Caruso Mason Adams, Robert Dryden

Mason Adams
A mediocre prize fighter is also a mediocre opera singer...who thinks he's alot better than he really is.

600327 846 Coffin for Mr Cash Leon Janney, Mandel Kramer

Leon Janney
An easy "come" into $2,500,000, and an easy "go" too.

600403 847 A Shipment of Mute Fate Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A deadly bushmaster snake has broken loose and is hiding somewhere on a ship.

600410 848 Two Horse Parlay Lyle Sudrow, Ellen McRae

Ellen McRae (Ellen Burstyn)
A man needs $4000 to pay his gambling debts, and the only way to get it is from his blind old aunt, who thinks he's a concert pianist.

600417 849 Tonight at 5:55 Luis Van Rooten, Ralph Komargo

Luis Van Rooten
A good story of Armageddon. The U. S. military leaders are locked in a room, awaiting the Russian missiles to fall.

600424 850 One More Shot Joseph Julian, Frank Thomas

600501 851 Bitter Grapes Phillip Meader, Rita Loyd
A dying woman poisons her husband, records a confession on a phonograph record, then regrets the whole idea.


600508 852 The Legend of Robbie Larry Robinson, George Matthews


Radio Actor Larry Robinson & radio actress Arlene McQuade during "The Goldbergs" on WCBS-TV.

600515 853 Deadman's Story Kevin McCarthy, Sam Gray

Kevin McCarthy
An interesting story about an escaped convict's brush with death in an air pocket formed by a sinking ship.


600522 854 Out the Window Santos Ortega, Ginger Jones

Santos Ortega
A dishonest politician almost quits those controlling him.


600529 855 Perfect Plan George Petrie, Elizabeth Lawrence

George Petrie
A couple has an unusual scheme to make a fast $50,000 withdrawal from a bank.

600605 856 Two Came Back Robert Readick, Connie Lembke
An eternal triangle in the jungle, complicated by gold and head-hunters.


600612 857 Elemental Phillip Meader, Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
Can a man and a woman go without food for one week, and then not fight each other for a crumb?

600619 858 Sixty Grand Missing Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant

600626 859 The Daisy Chain Joan Lorring, John Clark

Joan Looring
A killer is on the loose in England, but it's not the obvious one.

600703 860 Bon Voyage Robert Readick
An embezzler with $200,000 and a boat to catch has a problem with a robber.

600710 861 Report from a Dead Planet Bill Mason, Les Damon

Bill Mason
A spaceship lands on a beautiful world and finds that all the inhabitants have vanished.

600717 862 Memorial Bridge Robert Dryden, Charlotte Manson

Charlotte Manson
A man kills his wife and puts her body in a highway bridge pillar that is about to be filled with concrete.

600724 863 Cold Canvas William Redfield, Ginger Jones

William Redfield

600731 864 End Game Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
A chess master is forced to play a game against a mad sheriff...with murder as the stakes.

600807 865 The Big Dive Leon Janney, Rosemary Rice

Leon Janney
A high diver at a side show needs $10,000 and plans the perfect murder to get it.

600814 866 Night Ferry to Paris William Redfield, Robert Dryden

William Redfield

600821 867 Truck Stop Mandel Kramer, Larry Haines

Mandel Kramer
Two robbers use a diner to stage an armored truck hold up.

600828 868 The Girl in the Powder Blue Jag Rita Loyd
A couple decides to cheat a rich woman staying at their house who's a victim of amnesia.


600904 869 A Rest for Emily Abby Lewis, William Smith
A farmer has just murdered his wife and decides to bury her out in the barn.

600911 870 Rakovsky's Rubles Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
A poor Russian peasant decides to steal a fortune and hide it until he gets out of prison.

600918 871 A Statement of Fact Rita Lloyd

600925 872 Time on My Hands Santos Ortega, Vera Allen
A middle aged couple go back in time to kill Hitler.

601002 873 Ivy Is a Lovely Name for a Girl Phillip Meader
A race with the stork along the Los Angeles Freeway.

601009 874 Witness for Death William Redfield, Frank Thomas Jr

William Redfield
A well written story about a man who witnesses a murder committed by his best friend.

601016 875 Inferno Mandel Kramer, Richard Holland

Mandel Kramer
A couple driving across the desert are waylaid by two larcenous prospectors and left to die in the heat. >b>

601023 876 Night Man Ginger Jones
A woman is convinced that the elevator operator in her building is an escaped murderer who plans to kill her.

601030 877 The City That Was Michael Kane, Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A murder story set in old Hollywood.


601106 878 The Green Lorelei Robert Readick

Frank and son Robert Readick
An impoverished mystery writer hears a beautiful woman's voice coming from a room in his boarding house. A good story!

601113 879 The Man Who Murders People Vivian Smollen, George Petrie

Vivian Smollen
A good story about a commuter train ride into fear. Who is "The Roseville Killer?"

601120 880 Night on Red Mountain Mandel Kramer, Lawson Zerbe

Mandel Kramer
A gas station owner atop a California mountain is threatened by members of his old gang during a blizzard.


601127 881 Home Is Where You Find It Mandel Kramer

Mandel Kramer
A story of the rackets and a double double-cross in the big town.

610625 882 Call Me at Half Past Bernard Grant, Elspeth Eric

Bernard Grant
A man is trapped in a hotel room by his insane wife, who is determined to kill him. The story has a strange ending.

610702 883 Night of the Storm Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice
A woman tries to prevent her husband's execution by finding the real killer.


610709 884 Epitaph Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath
After a woman's death, her sister is romanced by a suitor with a heart of evil.


610716 885 The Man Who Knew How to Hate Leon Janney, Joan Lorring

Leon Janney
How to get rid of her wealthy but "creepy" husband?

610723 886 Stranger with My Face Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant
A man finds himself four years in the future, in a strange city, with somebody else's face!

610730 887 You Can Die Laughing Larry Haynes, Evelyn Juster

Larry Haynes
A woman and her lover carefully plan the murder of Herbert, her jolly and ever-laughing husband. Herbert however, gets the last laugh...literally!

610806 888 Bells Bill Lipton, Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice
A couple move into a house haunted by poltergeists, who like to use the telephone!

610820 889 Murder Is a Matter of Opinion Phillip Meader, Bill Lipton
Two brothers at college plan to fake a murder, but the blanks in the gun turn out to be very real bullets.


610827 890 Sold to Satan Kermit Murdock

Kermit Murdock
Two partners are plagued by a blackmailing model. There's only one way to get rid of her...murder!

610903 891 The Juvenile Rebellion Jimsey Summers, Court Benson
A good story about a plot by mutant children to take over the world.

610917 892 The Green Idol Parker Fennelly

Parker Fennelly
A "Down East" couple visits Mecca,

610924 893 The Man in the Fog Robert Dryden, Ethel Everett

Robert Dryden
A man prowls the London fog, killing women.

611001 894 No Hiding Place Court Benson, Grace Matthews
The family with the first fallout shelter in town puts it to use sooner than expected.


611008 895 Dreams Phillip Sterling

611015 896 Seeds of Disaster Bernard Grant

Bernard Grant

611022 897 Witness to Murder Joan Lorring, Leon Janney

Joan Lorring

611029 898 Death of an Old Flame Larry Haynes, Teri Keane

Larry Haynes
A cocktail lounge pianist meets his old runaway wife...

611105 899 Till Death Do Us Part Sam Gray

611112 900 The Imposters
A butler and maid kill their wealthy employers and take their place living in luxury.

611119 901 The Black Door Robert Readick

Robert Readick and Father
The story of the search for "The City Of The Fire God," and the strange secret behind that black door!


611126 903 Man Trap Don McLaughlin
Who blew up Artie Finch?


611203 904 The Luck of the Tiger Eye Joan Lorring, Leon Janney

Joan Lorring
An eccentric millionaire's last request is to have his body burned after death with a strange ring still on his finger!

611210 905 And So to Sleep My Love William Redfield

William Redfield
A good story about a man determined to kill his wife for her money.

6611217 906 Yuletide Miracle Larry Haynes

Larry Haynes
A very well written, heartwarming Christmas story, Sir Benjamin being a most mischievous ghost.


611231 907 The Old Man Leon Janney, Reynold Osbourne

Leon Janney
An amusing New Year's Eve story. Old man 1961 claims geriatric discrimination and refuses to resign to make way for 1962!


620107 908 Breakthrough Adelaide Klein, Philip Sterling

Philip Sterling

620114 909 Feathers Lawson Zerbe
A gangster is forced to confess by the spirit of his victim.

620121 910 2462 Lawson Zerbe
A frightening story of the future, another "Brave New World."

620128 911 Please Believe Me Joan Lorring, Robert Readick

Joan Lorring
20204 912 Friday Ivor Francis

620211 913 The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln Ian Martin, Jim Bole
A time travel story about an attempt to alter the present by preventing an assassination in the past.


620218 914 The Old Boy Friend Elspeth Eric, Joe Julian
A man just out of prison asks his old girlfriend for food and shelter, repaying her kindness by kidnapping her daughter.

620225 915 Date Night Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice
A father imagines terrible evil befalling his daughter on her first date.

620304 916 Doom Machine Leon Janney

Leon Janney
In the year 2500, an artificial brain named "Max" is created. Max's first job is to create unlimited energy from the sun!

620311 917 Heads You Lose William Redfield

William Redfield
A private eye searches for Joshua Franklin, missing for many years. Mr. Franklin is found...sort of!

620318 918 Perchance to Dream Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath
A woman suspects that her husband, just out of the hospital, is planning to commit suicide.

620325 919 Memory of a Murder Philip Sterling

Philip Sterling
The young janitor in a theatre falls in love with a magician's assistant.

620401 920 You Died Last Night Robert Readick, Santos Ortega

Santos Ortega
Atomic Energy has made human beings a menace to other races in the universe. An Earth man must convince an alien not to destroy the Earth.

620408 921 Let There Be Light Ivor Francis

Ivor Francis
Four people are in a snowbound cabin in the dark. The blind man welcomes the evening of the odds.

620415 922 Brother John William Redfield

William Redfield
The story of a plan to continue an extortion scheme, even after the blackmailer has been killed.

620422 923 The Curse of Kamashek Ian Martin
A bone from an ancient Egyptian, the curse upon it, and a thoroughly miserable person lead to mayhem.

620429 924 Blackbeard's Ace Elaine Ross
A house seems to be haunted by the ghosts of pirates.

620506 925 The Second Door Robert Readick

Robert Readick and Father
A man's neighbor has a special door that can transport whoever goes through it to anywhere you want to go...