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Following the unearthing of a peculiarly decomposed body by archaeology students in the Arizona desert, a lady detective is brought in to unravel the mystery.
A troubled couple seeks shelter from a raging blizzard in a secluded cabin, only to discover a mysterious occupant whose true intentions are unknown.
A newly married woman and her husband encounter a strange situation while on their honeymoon.
Two men who were cheated, seek revenge. Unbeknownst to them, someone already beat them to it.
A man in financial trouble is offered the chance to make a fortune for an anonymous murder.
A young criminal is taken by a couple who discovers her talent for finding lost things - including dead bodies.
A trip to the country to visit a friend turns into a nightmare as a couple comes across a small girl being whipped by a man. It's only the beginning of a journey back into an old family curse and a murder - all wrapped up in a ring.
Two elderly women go on a cruise to get away from it all. It get a little strange when they find out that no one else is aboard.
Coming home late one night, a man finds parked in the front of the garage a getaway car with the driver dead and a satchel containing fifty thousand dollars.
A reporter heads to a nearly abandoned town to investigate the recent disappearance of a couple.
A woman believes that her mild-mannered husband suspects her infidelity and plans to kill her for it.
A man is convinced that he murdered his wife. He is also convinced that he has been having an affair with another woman. However, he can't convince a police detecitve of either.
While staying at a mountain resort during the off-season, a woman plans to kill her husband. Some guests arrive that complicate her plans. Starring Jane Wyman.
Two American pilots on an Arctic patrol mission sight a downed Soviet aircraft. Suddenly their own plane mysteriously loses power and they too are forced down onto the ice. Just who or what is responsible?
A fictional account of what might have happened to the crew of the Marie Celeste on her final voyage as told by a stowaway.
Two archaeologists go on an expedition to the Vermillion Cliffs of Arizona seeking to uncover ancient Aztec artifacts. They instead, find a cave containing something bizarre and deadly.
Fibber McGee and Molly appear on Suspense as a couple with a killer riding in the backseat of their car.
One his way to Hurricane Cove during a storm, a woman's brother get a premonition of danger. Can he save his sister in time?
A man trying to raise money for his failing business brings his recently paroled father home from the hospital.
After retiring, A woman moves from the city to the country and is tormented by a young woman and her cat.
A playboy is tormented be the ghost of a former girlfriend that died in a horse riding accident.
A man's plans to inherit his mother's house and wealth are thwarted when he finds out she is not actually dead.
During a snown storm, a woman's husband gets out of the car to clean off the windshield and suddenly disappears.
An engrossing story about a nurse who starts a rumor about her former employer, hoping for revenge. Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
A woman just coming home from her honeymoon discovers her new husband has vanished. Her sister insists that the entire marriage was nothing but a dream. She enlists the aid of the police to prove that her husband was actually murdered.
An innocent waiter's life is turned upside down when he overhears a plot to commit murder.
Just when he is about to be made CEO of his father-in-law's company, a man is blackmailed for a horrible deed in his past.
A wealthy widow's offers money to spend a night locked in a haunted yellow room in the mansion. Despite the fact that previous volunteers have all gone insane.
A mean husband tries to make life miserable for his wife who is deathly afraid of dogs.
In order to set things right, a man who is accidently killed in combat is sent back to earth to trade places with the victim.
A kind, old egg farmer begins to feels the pressure of his small town becoming a blossoming community - so he begins to murder the town's women.
An angry man kills his wife after he discovers she has given all their money away. He believes she has come back to life as cat to seek her revenge.
An old woman takes in a mysterious border who is very sick. While he is dying, the stranger makes an incredible deathbed confession that brings danger and trouble into the house.
Pedestrian clerk questioned for murder of a movie star becomes Mr. Popular - until the real murderer steps forward. One of the more humorous CBSRMT's.
A hunter persuades a ship's captain to transport a very deadly snake. These episodes are chocked full of suspense.
A man has dreams of his friendship with Alexander Hamilton, and of his upcoming duel with Aaron Burr.
A very rich and secretive family will go to any length to protect their wealth and giant diamond.
Jack Benny stars in this non-comedic role as a piano tuner who accidentally gets the wrong bag, a bag full of $25,000.
Fred MacMurray stars as a member of a band that is basically kidnapped and forced to play for a gang of hoodlums.
Corrupt war plant owners, who use cheap materials and shortcuts to make grenades, become the focus of suspicion for the FBI.
Troubled male teen serving time for destroying a pet shop has an even more troubled girlfriend.
The ultimate femme fatale radio noir; gun moll forces green thief to become a replica of a former gang leader who was her old boyfriend. Bizarre and unique story, extremely well done.
A thick fog rolling in, the bridge is out. Why is a man's dead wife calling him on the phone?
Someone takes a picture and sees a hand with a gun sticking out the window. Can Sam figure it out before someone gets killed.
A strange visitor and his robot land on earth with an important message for all mankind.
A mobster who had adopted the daughter of a dead compatriot finds as he is getting older that he keeps on seeing men without mouths everywhere.
Rudy is just an average joe who loves a good murder mystery written by crime novelist Mace Hacker. Rudy notices that all of Mace Hackers stories seem to take place in reality shortly after the books have been written. When he learns of a book in the series he had never read, Rudy obtains a copy only to find what appears to be a forecast of his future. Is life imitating art or is Rudy just going mad?
The shadow goes up against a group selling drugs, one of which (a woman of india) holds the key to exposing the secrets of The Shadow. Will the Shadow bring the drug sellers to justice, or will the Shadow fall into shadow?
A mysterious phone call leads Rocky to an old friend who's been shot. There's a gold mine up for grabs and people will kill to get it.
Broadcast in the late 1940s, this adventure series centers around the travels of a tramp steamer called The Scarlet Queen to exotic ports of call in the Pacific. The show's use of the ship's log as a narrative device is reminiscent of Star Trek and may well be where Gene Roddenberry lifted the idea from. The stories themselves are a pleasing mix of swashbuckling Indiana Jones and hard-boiled detective, liberally seasoned with saltwater for flavoring.
In this episode, the ship is chartered for a lucrative voyage, but before she can set sail, the first mate is accused of murder and it is up to the captain to prove his innocence.
While vacationing in London, Scottland Yard informs Bill Leslie that he is an exact double for a wanted murder. See what happens when Bill takes matters into his own hands.
A couple finds themselves stranded on an isolated country road at night in the middle of a storm. If that's not bad enough... There is a murderer on the loose that just escaped from a mental institution! Starring Cary Grant. Original broadcast 1950.
An ambitious developer builds a hotel on a remote tropical island but all his plans go out the window when he gets mixed up with a greedy woman, a hidden treasure and a misanthropic hermit.
Gripping stuff starring Frank Lovejoy, Paul Frees and Mary Lansing.
Feels like a Somerset Maugham piece, but was actually written by the prolific scriptwriting team of John and Gwen Bagni
SUSPENSE September 30, 1954 "A Little Matter of Memory" was based on the story by James Helvick. A couple staying in an isolated cottage return from a walk only to discover a note on their door telling of a dangerous maniac on the loose. Very tense beginning and middle with some quintessential radio drama scenes, but the Third Act problems are nigh insurmountable. Having set the plot in motion, there are only a couple of ways that it can end. But kudos to Norman MacDonnell who produced and directed. Lawrence Dobkin played Edward and Paula Winslowe played Joan. Also appearing were Edgar Barrier, Joseph Kearns, and Richard Peel. James Helvick was a pseudonym for Francis Claud Cockburn (1904-1981), a British journalist and novelist who wrote an interesting book about the phenomenon of the best-selling novel. (He was also the cousin of Evelyn Waugh.)
The background is as interesting as the plot. Who remembered that sixty years ago you could make gramophone records in your own home the way you make CDs today? Here the lead-up to a murder is captured on record by the victim and it's up to Nick Carter to make sense of it all.
A friend of Dan Holiday's who was teaching at a college was engaged to be married when suddenly his fiance's uncle "committed suicide" and she called the engagement off and was determined to marry someone much older than she was. Listen and find out what the uncle was involved in and who found out and how the tangled mess got solved.
One of the rare comical episodes of Suspense. Arthur Ross (writer) Elliott Lewis (director) and guest star Jack Benny combine to give us a whimsical thriller about a talkative small-town nobody who runs into an old acquaintance... who happens to be a bank robber. Jack is soon playing the leading role in a hold-up without knowing it. The robbers' theory is that he's such a boring and unmemorable type that none of the witnesses will even be able to describe him!
This Halloween will mark the 70th aniversey of the Orson Wells broadcast "War of the Worlds". Because of its format, many listeners who tuned in late believed the play about an invasion from Mars to be live news coverage of the actual event! Public panic ensued.
Even out for a quiet drive in the country, Nick and his assistant/girlfriend can't help but stumble over a curious murder. This time it's a woman who dies at the wheel of her car for apparently no reason. You may be ahead of the sleuth in parts of the plot, but it's an entertaining journey to get to the finish.
Sherlock Holmes solved this case without meeting with any of the suspects. He was attempting to retire to his bee farm when the case became irresistible. Listen to the show to find out what these scientists were doing with radium and why all of them disappeared.
This mostly faithful adaption of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale of intemperance, murder, and supernatural justice features the unmistakable voice talent of Peter Lorre in the starring role. Lorre is at his manic best as he draws the listener along on his journey into madness at the hands--or should we say paws--of a mysterious ebony feline named 'Pluto'.
Mystery In The Air was an limited-run anthology series, which originally aired in the summer of 1947. Each episode featured Peter Lorre in a different spooky or suspenseful tale, "culled from the pages of world literature". Mystery In The Air only ran for eight episodes, but each is an audio gem in its own right.
When the body of a man is discovered in a freezer dressed in a devil costume, why isn't it reported to the police? And, just where did the body go when Candy Matson tries to show it to the police? Listen to Devil in the Deep Freeze and find out.
A masquerade party, a body in the study and misleading clues make this mystery one not to miss.
Simon, a movie star, an assasin a shrink and Card sharp all add up to a mystery that anyone would enjoy.
Rocky Jordan must solve the mystery of murder, a treasure map and backstabbing friends in cairo.
A desperate phone call from an old friend... Can Barry get to him in time? Find out now...
A fast talking sales lady tries to get an honest man to kill his wife. Will he actually do it? Find out now...