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Andrew Rhynes

Suspense presented some of the best stories of the thriller genre. Although classic short stories and novellas were sometimes adapted, many of the best Suspense scripts were original radio plays created for the show. Rightly considered one of Radio’s greatest programs, the relationship between Suspense and the motion picture industry is undeniable.

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S44 · E13
March 26 · 31 min
Cat and Mouse | Suspense (03-30-44)
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. Original Air Date: March 30, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Stars: • Sonny Tufts Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E12
March 25 · 31 min
Sneak Preview | Suspense (03-23-44)
A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy. Original Air Date: March 23, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Joseph Cotten Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E49
Jul 28, 2025 · length unknown
The Lodger | Suspense (12-14-44)
Set in London in the year 1888, a London terrorized by the fifth in a succession of recent murders, murders of young attractive women. The unknown killer at large and little else absorbed their horrified imagination of the great city. A couple suspects that their lodger is really “The Avenger,” a homicidal maniac. Original Air Date: December 14, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Robert Montgomery Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E48
Jul 21, 2025 · length unknown
The Black Curtain | Suspense (11-30-44)
A man wakes up lying on a street, with no memories of the previous three and one half years! Original Air Date: November 30, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Cary Grant Writer: • John Dickson Carr Author: • Cornell Woolrich Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E47
Jul 14, 2025 · length unknown
The Fountain Plays | Suspense (11-23-44)
The Fountain Plays is an unusual murder study. It deals with the fortunes and misfortunes of a middleclass Englishman by the name of Archibald Spiller. He lives on a little country estate with a cook and a manservant and in the garden a fountain. Original Air Date: November 23, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Charles Laughton Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E46
Jul 7, 2025 · length unknown
Dead of the Night | Suspense (11-16-44)
A story about the troubles getting rid of a dead body at a seaside resort. Original Air Date: November 16, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Robert Cummings Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E45
Jun 30, 2025 · 31 min
You Were Wonderful | Suspense (11-09-44)
You Were Wonderful stars Lena Horne as a noted entertainer called Lorna Dean who finds herself embroiled with dangerous intrigue and murder in a South American capital. Original Air Date: November 09, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Lena Horne Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Robert L. Richards Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E44
Jun 23, 2025 · 32 min
The Singing Walls | Suspense (11-02-44)
A cop’s brother wakes from a drugged stupor to find himself a killer! Original Air Date: November 02, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Van Johnson Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E43
Jun 16, 2025 · 30 min
The Night Man | Suspense (10-26-44)
Ten years ago Tom Nixon had killed Miss Rhodes’ mother in cold blood and was now in jail for it or so Rose thought until that day that she saw him in her building in the elevator and discovered he was the night man. She fears that he has escaped and come back to kill her for testifying against him but Tom couldn’t have for he died in prison. Original Air Date: October 26, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Stars: • Virginia Bruce (Stella Rhodes) • Richard Wharfe (The Night Man) Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Lucille Fletcher Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E42
Jun 9, 2025 · 31 min
Eve | Suspense (10-19-44)
A wife with a shady past tries to get the evidence needed to clear her husband of a charge of murder. Original Air Date: October 19, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Nancy Kelly Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E41
Jun 2, 2025 · 33 min
The Merry Widower | Suspense (10-12-44)
A story about a music box that plays the famous title waltz, and the strange effect that it has on a strange man. Original Air Date: October 12, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Reginald Gardiner Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Adaptation: • Robert L. Richards Author: • Roy Vickers Based on a short story The Rubber Trumpet – Roy Vickers Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E40
May 26, 2025 · length unknown
Dateline: Lisbon | Suspense (10-05-44)
During the war, in a neutral port, Nazi and Allied spies are everywhere. A young photographer becomes involved in intrigue when she accidentally photographs a lobby full of them. Original Air Date: October 05, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • John Hodiak Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E39
May 19, 2025 · length unknown
The Man Who Couldn’t Lose | Suspense (09-28-44)
A story about an incredible run of luck…both bad and good! By day Leonard Snell is a rather pathetic insurance salesman, but he has a penchant for betting on the horses. Unfortunately, he is as bad at gambling as he is at selling insurance policies and he’s up to his eyeballs in debt. The consequences are unthinkable if he cannot find the money, after a heated argument Leonard ends up killing. From that moment on Leonard’s luck changes completely – for the better – but how long can his change of fortune last. Original Air Date: September 28, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Gene Kelly Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E38
May 12, 2025 · length unknown
The Bluebeard of Bellac | Suspense (09-21-44)
During the Nazi occupation of France, an amateur murderer is at work, filling the town with mutilated bodies. The story takes place in occupied France. The Bluebeard of Bellac has taken another victim. This time it is Captain Franz Murdoch, a medical officer… Original Air Date: September 21, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Merle Oberon Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E37
May 5, 2025 · length unknown
You’ll Never See Me Again | Suspense (09-14-44)
An American husband named Ed Bliss in a story of Marriage and Murder. Original Air Date: September 14, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Joseph Cotten Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Cornell Woolrich Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E36
Apr 28, 2025 · length unknown
Voyage Through Darkness | Suspense (09-07-44)
It is 1939 shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving as travelling companion to wealthy American Mrs. Prescott. When Mrs. Prescott died Judith had promised to arrange her a burial at sea. It was on this journey that she learned of the “Blackout Killer” and feared that he was the man she had befriended and fallen in love with. Original Air Date: September 07, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Stars: • Olivia De Havilland • Reginald Gardiner Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Joel Malone Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E35
Apr 21, 2025 · length unknown
Black Path of Fear | Suspense (08-31-44)
It was their first day in Havana. Taking a hack in a open horse drawn carriage they had spent the afternoon driving around seeing the sights. They had stopped off in a bar and had just had their photograph taken when suddenly Eve collapsed… Original Air Date: August 31, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Brian Donlevy Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Cornell Woolrich Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E34
Apr 14, 2025 · length unknown
Actor’s Blood | Suspense (08-24-44)
On a dusky summers night in 1927 Marsha made her final exit from the stage after being murdered. In the wake of his glamorous daughters demise from the stage, Maurice slid into depression. After witnessing a miserable modern dressed caricature of the Bard’s greatest play MacBeth he reappears with an idea to avenge his daughter by revealing her murderer. Original Air Date: August 24, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Star: • Fredric March Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author/Narrator: • Ben Hecht Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E33
Apr 7, 2025 · length unknown
The Diary of Sophronia Winters | Suspense (08-17-44)
A most handsome man is following Sophronia Winters. When they meet she feels like she’s known him all of her life, and they fall in love. Before long, they decide to marry and be alone together. Soon after their marriage the cracks in their relationship begin to appear… Original Air Date: August 17, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Stars: • Agnes Moorehead • Ray Collins Author: • Lucille Fletcher Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 · E32
Mar 31, 2025 · length unknown
The Man Who Knew How | Suspense (08-10-44)
On a late-night train, Mr. Pender strikes up a chilling conversation with a stranger about the perfect undetectable murder—a potion that only becomes fatal after a hot bath. A mere theory… or a deadly secret? With recent mysterious bathtub deaths, the line between fiction and reality blurs. Tune in for a gripping tale of intrigue and suspense! Original Air Date: August 10, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Suspense Stars: • Charles Laughton • Hans Conried Writer: • John Dickson Carr Producer: • William Spier Author: • Dorothy L. Sayers Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc

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