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Suspense | Old Time Radio brings you classic mystery, crime, psychological thrillers, and suspense from the golden age of radio. Enter gripping stories of murder, danger, deception, desperate choices, and unexpected twists performed by some of the era’s greatest stars. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Suspense became one of radio’s most celebrated dramatic anthologies, known for exceptional performances, acclaimed writers, and unforgettable stories designed to keep listeners guessing until the end. Rediscover classic old time radio suspense, mystery, crime drama, psychological thrillers, horror, and vintage radio.

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Yesterday · 30 min
Suspense - "Till Death Do Us Part" (Old Time Radio, 1942)
Suspense presents “Till Death Do Us Part,” identified in this archival recording as episode 5, originally broadcast December 1, 1942. In an isolated English cottage during the early days of World War II, Professor Erwin Krafft becomes convinced that...
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Saturday · 30 min
Suspense - "The Angel of Death" (Old Time Radio, 1946)
Suspense presents “The Angel of Death,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946. This archival recording is identified as episode number 3. Paul Henreid stars as John Forsyth in a drama written by Alan Cameron and produced and directed by William Spier...
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Friday · 30 min
Suspense - "Death Has a Shadow" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Suspense presents “Death Has a Shadow,” originally broadcast on May 5, 1949. This local archival recording is episode 5. Bob Hope stars in an unusually dramatic role as Harvey Warren, a successful attorney, in a CBS presentation sponsored by...
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Thursday · 30 min
Suspense - "To None a Deadly Drug" (Old Time Radio, 1955)
Suspense presents “To None a Deadly Drug,” listed as episode 5 and originally broadcast October 2, 1955. This tense CBS drama was written by Hank Searls and directed by Antony Ellis. A family pharmacist discovers that a dangerous prescription mix-up...
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Wednesday · 30 min
Suspense - "If the Dead Could Talk" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
This archival presentation of Suspense, “If the Dead Could Talk,” is listed in the supplied recording metadata as episode 0, dated January 2, 1949. Established episode logs identify the original CBS broadcast as January 20, 1949, episode 324. On a...
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Tuesday · 30 min
Suspense - "Murder Goes for a Swim" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
Suspense presents “Murder Goes for a Swim,” listed as episode 0 and originally broadcast July 2, 1943. Michael Lanyard—the reformed jewel thief known as the Lone Wolf—arrives at an elegant house party with his valet, Jamison, after a mysterious...
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August 31 · 30 min
Suspense - "Marry for Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
Suspense presents “Marry for Murder,” originally broadcast on September 9, 1943. Commonly cataloged as episode 57, this archival recording is listed as episode 9 in the supplied source metadata. Lillian Gish stars in one of her rare radio appearances,...
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August 30 · 30 min
Suspense - "Vamp Till Dead" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Suspense presents “Vamp Till Dead.” The archival source identifies it as episode 1, dated January 1, 1951; surviving episode logs and broadcast documentation list it as Suspense #411, originally aired January 11, 1951. Ginger Rogers stars as Amy...
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August 29 · 29 min
Suspense - "The Customers Like Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
Suspense presents “The Customers Like Murder,” identified in this archival recording as episode 3, originally broadcast March 2, 1943. English mystery novelist Mr. Hopstone and his secretary find themselves caught in a dangerous criminal situation...
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August 28 · 30 min
Suspense - "Murder Through the Looking Glass" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
This archival presentation of Suspense features “Murder Through the Looking Glass,” listed in the source recording as episode 7, dated March 1, 1949. Established episode references identify the CBS broadcast as episode 332, originally aired March 17,...
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August 27 · 30 min
Suspense - "A Murderous Revision" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast December 3, 1951. This local archival recording is identified as episode 3; established broadcast listings also identify the program as episode 450. Richard Widmark stars in this tale...
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August 26 · 30 min
Suspense - "My Own Murderer" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
Suspense presents “My Own Murderer,” identified in this archival recording as episode 4, originally broadcast May 2, 1945. In this tense British crime drama, solicitor Richard Sampson receives a disturbing visit from Alan Renwick, who seeks...
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August 25 · 30 min
Suspense - "The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein" (Old Time Radio, 1943)
This archival episode of Suspense, “The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein,” is listed as episode 3, with an original broadcast date of November 2, 1943. In wartime Berlin, an Allied agent posing as Nazi officer Charles Umberstein finds his...
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August 24 · 30 min
Suspense - "Murder in Black and White" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Suspense presents “Murder in Black and White,” episode 4, originally broadcast April 1, 1949. This archival recording features Edmund Gwenn in a darkly ironic story adapted for radio by Eli David from a short story by Anne Wormser and Jess...
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August 23 · 30 min
Suspense - "A Plane Case of Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1946)
Suspense presents “A Plane Case of Murder,” listed in this archival source as originally broadcast October 1, 1946, episode 0. Other episode references commonly identify the production as a CBS broadcast from October 10, 1946. Recently returned from...
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August 22 · 31 min
Suspense - "Murder Aboard the Alphabet" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Suspense presents “Murder Aboard the Alphabet,” originally broadcast on August 21, 1947, as episode 259. Written by Charles Turrell McNair, this CBS production was sponsored by Roma Wines. Aboard the transatlantic tugboat Alphabet, First Mate...
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August 21 · 30 min
Suspense - "Death Sentence" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Suspense presents “Death Sentence,” originally broadcast November 4, 1948. Listed here as episode 4, this CBS thriller stars John Garfield as private investigator Tommy Cochran, with Gloria Blondell and Raymond Burr. The script was adapted for radio...
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August 20 · 30 min
Suspense - "Fragile-Contents Death" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Suspense presents “Fragile-Contents Death,” originally broadcast on February 1, 1951. This local archival recording is identified as episode number 1. Paul Douglas stars as postmaster Douglas Jordan in a script by John F. Suter, aired on CBS and...
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August 19 · 30 min
Suspense - "Dead Ernest" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Suspense presents “Dead Ernest,” listed in this archive as episode 4 with an original broadcast date of March 2, 1949. Contemporary listings and surviving documentation identify the CBS broadcast as March 24, 1949, episode 333; it stars Pat O’Brien...
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August 18 · 30 min
Suspense - "Green-Eyed Monster" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Suspense presents “Green-Eyed Monster.” The archival source lists this as episode 7, originally broadcast April 1, 1947; surviving episode catalogs also identify the title as episode 241, broadcast April 17, 1947. Lloyd Nolan stars as Michael Dawson,...
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